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Spank Happy

"Freak Smile"

(TM Factory/Toshiba-EMI, TOCT-8893) (CD)

  1. I Love You no Gyakushu (3:46)
  2. Tetsu no Uma to Onna (3:44)
  3. Hakai (4:44)
  4. Travel Lolita (4:49)
  5. Sora Tobu Hanayome (5:21)
  6. Spanks no Theme (5:12)
  7. Watashi no Baai (5:10)
  8. Love Crank In (3:46)
  9. Kanashimu Buttai (6:42)
  10. USSR? (5:40)
  11. 80 Nendai (5:12)
  12. Sayonara to Organ (to Taiko) (5:19)

Spank Happy
Midori Hara: vocal; chorus (1, 3, 5, 7, 12); hand claps (3, 11)
Naruyoshi Kikuchi: saxes (1, 5, 6); soprano sax (4, 12); tenor sax (7-9, 11); baritone sax (10); chorus (3); hand claps (3, 11)
Shin Kono: synthesizers (1-8, 10-12); piano (2-4, 7, 8, 10, 12); hammond (2, 9); organ (5, 6, 12); guitar-sample (6); rhodes (8, 11); chorus (11); hand claps (3, 11)

Tsuneo Imahori: guitar (1-3, 6)
Yoshihide Otomo: turntables (1, 10); guitar (1, 9)
Kazuhisa Uchihashi: guitar (9)
Haruo Kubota: guitar (10)
Graucho Putiatih: guitar (10)
Hideaki Nakaji: trombone (11)
Shiro Sasaki: trumpet (11)
Mekken: bass (6)
Hiroshi Sawada: bass (7)
Mitsuru Nasuno: bass (9)
Chico Godowsky: bass (10)
Masahiro Uemura: drums (1)
Akira Sotoyama: drums (3, 6, 8); percussion (12)
Kiyoshi Kamata: drums (7)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums (9)
Karl Muraviyou: drums (10)
ASA-CHANG: drums and percussion (10)
Izumi MIsawa: percussion (4, 8); chorus (8)
Hijiri Kuwano Strings: strings (1, 9)
Naomi Araki: chorus (8)
Napori Sakamoto: office lady talk (11)
Tatsuya Suzuki: hand claps (3, 11)
Seiji Mitsuyama: hand claps (3, 11)

All words, music and arrangement by Spank Happy

Recorded and mixed by Hideaki Nojima and Masashi Yabuhara
Mastered by Masao Nakazato
Photography: Takashi Honma
Art direction: Yoichi Komatsu
Produced by Spank Happy

Released May 1995