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Spitz is a studio album by Spitz, released via Polydor Records in 1991. It is the band's first major-label album. It peaked at number 60 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[1] In 2007, Rolling Stone Japan placed it at number 94 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".[2]

Spitz
Studio album by Spitz
Released	March 25, 1991 (1991-03-25)
Recorded	October 23 - November 20, 1990
Studio	Key-Stone Studios, Smile Garage, Sound Inn
Genre	J-pop, alternative rock
Length	48:17
Label	Polydor Records
Producer	Spitz, Nobuhiko Takahashi
Spitz chronology
Spitz (1991) Namae o Tsukete Yaru (1991)
Singles from Spitz
"Hibari no Kokoro / Bīdama" Released: March 25, 1991 "Natsu no Mamono / Ninoude no Sekai" Released: June 25, 1991

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes.

Spitz

• Masamune Kusano – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Tetsuya Miwa – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric/acoustic twelve-string guitar, classical guitar
• Akihiro Tamura – four-string bass guitar, eight-string bass guitar
• Tatsuo Sakiyama – drums, tambourine, cabassa, triangle, claves

Additional musicians

• Tsunehiko Yashiro – harmonium ("Bīdama"), ensoliq ("Tsuki ni Kaeru"), Farfisa organ ("Shinigami no Misaki e"), Hammond organ ("Hibari no Kokoro")
• Aska Kaneko – violin ("Umeboshi")
• Jun Takeuchi – violin ("Umeboshi")
• Shigeo Horiuchi – cello ("Umeboshi")
• Shinichi Horiuchi – cello ("Umeboshi")
• Jake H. Conception – bass clarinet ("Umeboshi")

Production

• Spitz – producer, art direction
• Nobuhiko Takahashi – producer
• Juli Kawai – recording engineer, mixing engineer
• Shinya Nakamura – additional engineer
• Jiro Takita – additional engineer
• Koreyuki Tanaka – additional engineer
• Shinji Kobayashi – additional engineer
• Takayoshi Yamauchi – additional engineer
• Reiko Miyoshi – mastering engineer
• Yoshiro Kajitani – art direction, design
• Michiko Arakawa – design
• Masao Torii – photography
• Takeo Ogiso – photography
• Yutaka Yoda – hair, make-up
• Mayumi Katayama – styling
• Yoshitomo Yoshimoto – graphic novel (1997 reissue)
• Stephen Marcussen – remastering engineer (2002 reissue)
• Yoichiro Yamazaki – sleevenotes (2002 reissue)

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[1]	60

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number	Notes
Japan	March 25, 1991	Polydor Records	CD	POCH-1080
	July 7, 1997		LP	POJH-1009	Reissue
	October 16, 2002	Universal Music Group	CD	UPCH-1181	Reissue, original recording digitally remastered
	December 17, 2008		SHM-CD	UPCH-1671

References

External links

• Spitz at Discogs (list of releases)

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