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The Same as a Flower

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Released
  
2004 (2004)

Producer
  
Nagisa Ni te

Artist
  
Nagisa ni te

Label
  
P-Vine Records

Length
  
50:39

The Same As a Flower (2004)
  
Dream Sounds (2005)

Release date
  
2004

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Recorded
  
October 2002 (2002-10) - February 2004 (2004-02)

Genres
  
Psychedelic rock, Folk rock

Similar
  
On the Love Bea, Yosuga, Feel

The Same As a Flower is the fourth studio album by Japanese psychedelic-folk rock duo Nagisa Ni te. It was released in 2004 by Org Records. In 2004, P-Vine Records re-released this album, followed by Jagjaguwar in 2004 for North American/European distribution with added text to the album cover.

Contents

The album can be described as the band's most intimate effort, focusing on the delicate and naive pop sounds of their music.

Track listing

  1. "The Same As a Flower" – 6:45
  2. "Threads of Souls" – 4:51
  3. "River" – 3:49
  4. "A Light" – 5:42
  5. "Wife" – 4:42
  6. "Bramble" – 11:41
  7. "Beyond the Grass" – 5:59
  8. "After a Song" – 4:13
  9. "Hope" – 3:02

Personnel

  • Masako Takeda: vocals, drums, electric guitar, nylon string acoustic, steel guitar, "fuzz" guitar, mellotron, congas, surdo, maracas, Leslie organ, Korg synthesizer bass, Mirano echo chamber
  • Shinji Shibayama: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin, Leslie piano, Ace tone rhythm-box, glockenspiel, guiro, chamberlin
  • Eiji Tanaka: bass
  • Naoki Zushi: electric guitar and backing vocals
  • Soichiro Nakamura: organ, rohdes piano, and backing vocals
  • Production and credits

    All songs written by Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda

  • Recorded and Mixed at Peace Music, Tokyo, during October 2002 and February 2004
  • Engineered by Soichiro Nakamura
  • Mixed by Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda
  • Digital mastering by Akihiko Takenaka at Heart Beat, Tokyo, February 2004
  • English translation by Alan Cummings
  • Art direction and design by Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda
  • Photographs by Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda
  • Illustration by Masako Takeda
  • Special thanks to Noriyuki Ando
  • Arranged and produced by Nagisa Ni te for Org Records

    Songs

    1Same as a Flower6:45
    2Threads of Souls4:51
    3River3:49

    References

    The Same as a Flower Wikipedia