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Uchū Nippon Setagaya (Japanese: 宇宙 日本 世田谷) is the seventh and final studio album by Japanese dream pop band Fishmans, first released 24 July 1997 on Polydor.[3] The album's title roughly translates to Space Japan Setagaya.

Uchū Nippon Setagaya
Studio album by Fishmans
Released	24 July 1997
Studio	Waikiki Beach[1]
Genre	Dub,[2] dream pop
Length	58:23
Label	Polydor Records
Fishmans chronology
Long Season (1996) Uchū Nippon Setagaya (1997) 8月の現状 (1998)

Background

After signing a deal with Polydor Records for a three-album deal, Fishmans put out Kuchu Camp and Long Season (both 1996). The band returned to their studio, Waikiki Beach, to record a third album, but the band was plagued with internal struggle. Frontman Shinji Sato would often come to rehearsals with nearly-complete home demo recordings, which alienated the other members of the band.[1]

This would be the band's final studio album, but was followed up by two live albums, 8月の現状 (1998), and 98.12.28 男達の別れ (1999). Sato died of a lifelong heart condition shortly after the recording of the latter.[2]

Track listing

• Note: All tracks are presented in all caps, with the exception of tracks 3 and 6, which are in Japanese on all versions of the album. Translations for these tracks are approximate.

Personnel

Adapted from CD liner notes:[4]

Fishmans

• Shinji Sato – vocals, guitar
• Yuzuru Kashiwabara – bass guitar
• Motegi Kinichi – drums

Additional personnel and production

• Honzi – keyboards, violin, melodica, toy piano, mandolin
• Michio Sekiguchi – additional guitars
• ZAK – producer, mixing, recording engineer
• Yuka Koizumi – mastering engineer
• Tak – recording engineer
• Mei Sumita – photography

Charts

Chart（2016）	Peak position
Japan Weekly Charts (Oricon)[5]	121

External links

Uchū Nippon Setagaya at Discogs (list of releases)

References

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