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Material (Aco album)

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Released
  
23 May 2001

Artist
  
Aco

Label
  
Ki/oon Music

Material (2001)
  
Irony (2003)

Release date
  
23 May 2001

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Producer
  
Shin Kono, Hideki Yamashita, Adrian Sherwood, Skip McDonald, TOSH Masuda (from FUNKY TWEAK MOB), Michiharu Shimoda (from SILENT POETS), Yoshinori Sunahara

Genres
  
Electronica, Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Trip hop, Experimental music

Similar
  
Absolute Ego, Mask, Lady Soul, Aco Best: Girl's Diary, The Other Side of Absolute

Material, also stylized as material, is Japanese singer-songwriter ACO's fifth studio album, released on May 23, 2001.

Contents

Material delves deep into the experimental, electronica-based music trend ACO touched upon on her previous album Absolute Ego.

The album was produced by Sunahara Yoshinori from Denki Groove, Adrian Sherwood and Skip McDonald (who both produced Sinéad O'Connor). "This Woman's Work" is a cover of the Kate Bush song of the same name.

The album reached #19 on the Oricon weekly chart, and stayed on the chart for a total of four weeks, it sold approximately 25 000 copies.

Track listing

  • All lyrics by ACO except for track 7. For tracks 2, 4, 8, 9, 11, and 12, all music by ACO.
  • Music by ACO and A. Maxwell for tracks 1, 6, 10. ACO shares music credit on tracks 3 and 5 with Shin Kono and Michiharu Shimoda, respectively.
    1. Melancholia (メランコリア) (6:35)
    2. Hoshi no Kuzu (ja:星ノクズ) (4:56)
    3. Canary wa Naku (カナリアは鳴く) (3:04)
    4. Shinsei Romanticist (真正ロマンティシスト) (6:46)
    5. Sora Shiranu Ame (空シラヌ雨) (4:33)
    6. ASK ME (3:59)
    7. This Woman's Work (3:35)
    8. 4 gatsu no Hero (ja:４月のヒーロー) (4:53)
    9. Time (4:37)
    10. Interlude (4:47)
    11. Anata ni Sasagu Uta (貴方に捧ぐうた) (5:25)
    12. Heart wo Moyashite-Special Branch Mix- (ハートを燃やしてーSpecial Branch Mixー) (5:32)
    13. Hoshi no Kuzu-dub version- (星ノクズーdub versionー) (5:05)
  • Track 7 is a cover of the Kate Bush song of the same name
  • Tracks 6 and 10 are instrumental

    • Songs

    ASK ME4:01
    This Woman's Work3:36
    Time4:38

    References

    Material (Aco album) Wikipedia
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