, also known as Superficial Gossip, is the fourth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Ringo Sheena, released on June 24, 2009, in Japan and Korea through EMI Music Japan and Virgin Music and released in Taiwan on June 26. The album debuted at number 1 with 120,446 units sold and is certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2009年6月
Background It was 2 years and 4 months since she had last released an album under the name Ringo Sheena, and was also the first time in about six years since she released an album on her own because her previous album, Heisei Fūzoku, was released as a joint project with Neko Saito.
Ringo Sheena composed all 14 songs, and she collaborated with various musicians and producers such as Neko Saito, Takayuki Hattori, Masayuki Hiizumi, Ukigumo, Soil & "Pimp" Sessions. Each song was given the various elements, such as pop, rock, jazz, hip-hop, and orchestra.
All songs, except 2 songs "Karisome Otome" and "Marunouchi Sadistic," are new compositions. "Karisome Otome (Death Jazz ver.)", released before by digital distribution, is featured on the album and "Marunouchi Sadistic (Expo Ver.)," used as background music at the ending of her concert "Ringo Expo 08", is featured as a bonus track.
The track list is symmetric about the middle song (excluding the bonus track "Marunouchi Sadistic (Expo Ver.)"), as has been the case with all her albums except Muzai Moratorium.
This album title comes from the Gibson SG, an idea which she hit upon before Heisei Fūzoku was completed. Although she was charmed by the shape of the SG, she had not used it. At that time she thought that she would make the album of the jacket using an SG and that started the naming of this album. She associated the word "Sanmon" with "S" and the word "Gossip" with "G", which are her favorite words.
The song "Shun" was covered by R&B musician Daichi Miura on his tour Daichi Miura Live Tour 2010: Gravity on November 20, 2009.
Track listing
Note All the official English titles are given at Ringo Sheena's website.
Personnel
Ryūkō vocals: Ringo Sheena wurlitzer electric piano: Masayuki Hiizumi (Pe'z) drums: Kō (Pe'z) bass guitars: Masahiro Nirehara (Pe'z) electric guitars: Tomoyasu Takeuchi (Maboroshi) rap: Daisuke Sakama / Mummy-D (Maboroshi) clap: All the members
Rōdōsha vocals: Ringo Sheena keyboards & backup vocals: Takafumi Ikeda (100s) drums & percussions: Tom Tamada (100s) bass guitars: Hiroo Yamaguchi (100s)
Mittei Monogatari vocals: Ringo Sheena organ: Nobuo Kurata electric guitars: Masayoshi Furukawa upright bass: Hitoshi Watanabe drums: Tomoo Tsuruya Latin percussions: Masato Kawase flute: Hideyo Takakuwa trumpet: Koji Nishimura, Hitoshi Yokoyama trombone: Yoichi Murata alto saxophone: Bob Zung tenor saxophone: Osamu Koike baritone saxophone: Masakuni Takeno vibraphone: Yoshihiko Katori conductor: Takayuki Hattori
Zero Chiten Kara vocals, piano & lead synthesizer: Ringo Sheena Music sequencer (programming & manipulate): Nobuhiko Nakayama electric sitar & guitars: Yukio Nagoshi flute, ocarina & bass ocarina: Hideyo Takakuwa
Karisome Otome (DEATH JAZZ ver.) vocals: Ringo Sheena performance: Soil & "Pimp" Sessions
Tsugō no Ii Karada vocals: Ringo Sheena piano: Hideo Ichikawa guitars: Sadanori Nakamure bass guitars: Kenji Takamizu drums: Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami Latin percussions: Mataro Misawa classic percussions: Midori Takada trumpet: Koji Nishimura, Hitoshi Yokoyama, Masahiko Sugasaka, Mitsukuni Kohata trombone: Yoichi Murata, Akira Okumura, Hiroki Hakoyama, Tsutomu Ikeshiro alto saxophone: Masakuni Takeno, Kei Suzuki tenor saxophone: Koji Shiraishi, Ryoji Ihara baritone saxophone: Takuo Yamamoto horn: Otohiko Fujita, Kenshow Hagiwara, Yasushi Katumata, Shunsuke Kimura tuba: Kiyoshi Sato flute: Hideyo Takakuwa, Maiko Seino oboe: Satoshi Shoji clarinet: Masashi Togame bassoon: Osamu Fukui harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa concert master: Great Eida violin: Kojiro Takizawa, Chieko Kinbara, Hitoshi Konno, Takayuki Oshikane, Haruko Yano, Genichiro Nakajima, Tomoko Abe, Tatsuo Ogura, Nagisa Kiriyama, Kioko Miki, Kanako Sakata, Midori Eida, Kon Shirasu, Ayumu Koshikawa, Chizuko Tsunoda viola: Yuji Yamada, Toshiki Akiyama, Amiko Watabe, Mayu Takashima, Sachie Onuma, Aiko Hosokawa cello: Yoshihiko Maeda, Ayano Kasahara, Masashi Abe, Seigen Tokuzawa, Wataru Mukai, Erika Yokooka upright bass: Jun Saito, Teruhiko Saito, Shigeki Ippon, Akio Ando conductor: Neko Saito
Shun vocals: Ringo Sheena piano: Josei (Soil & "Pimp" Sessions) upright bass: Akita Goldman (Soil & "Pimp" Sessions) drums: Midorin (Soil & "Pimp" Sessions) concert master: Great Eida violin: Kojiro Takizawa, Chieko Kinbara, Haruko Yano, Takayuki Oshikane, Akane Irie, Jou Kuwata, Tomoko Abe, Tatsuo Ogura, Nagisa Kiriyama, Motoko Fujiie, Midori Sakaeda, Kioko Miki, Kon Shirasu, Ayumu Koshikawa, Chizuko Tsunoda viola: Toshiki Akiyama, Eriko Kono, Tomoko Shimaoka, Manami Tokudaka, Ruca Suzuki, Mayu Takashima cello: Yoshihiko Maeda, Haruki Matsuba, Masaaki Shigematsu, Yutaka Ozawa, Toshiki Fujisawa, Naoko Okisawa upright bass: Jun Saito, Teruhiko Saito, Takashi Taninaka, Kazuki Chiba conductor: Neko Saito
Futari-bocchi Jikan vocals: Ringo Sheena guitar: Sadanori Nakamure, Fumio Yanagisawa upright bass: Kenji Takamizu drums: Hideo Yamaki Latin percussions: Tamao Fujii, Yuko Takashima glockenspiel: Midori Takada vibraphone: Marie Oishi trumpet: Koji Nishimura, Hitoshi Yokoyama, Masahiro Kobayashi, Mitsuru Tanaka trombone: Yoichi Murata, Akira Okumura, Hiroki Sato, Junko Yamashiro alto saxophone: Masato Honda, Kei Suzuki tenor saxophone: Masakuni Takeno, Osamu Yoshida baritone saxophone: Takuo Yamamoto conductor: Neko Saito tap dance: Kazunori Kumagai
Mayakashi Yasaotoko vocals: Ringo Sheena performance: Soil & "Pimp" Sessions
Togatta Teguchi vocals: Ringo Sheena programming & manipulate: Nobuhiko Nakayama electric sitar & guitars: Yukio Nagoshi rap: Mummy-D
Irokoizata vocals: Ringo Sheena Rhodes piano: Nobuo Kurata upright bass: Hitoshi Watanabe drums: Tomoo Tsuruya guitars: Masayoshi Furukawa Latin percussions: Masato Kawase trombone: Yoichi Murata vibraphone: Yoshihiko Katori concert master: Chieko Kinbara violin: Haruko Yano, Noriyo Obayashi, Jou Kuwata, Osamu Iyoku, Yukiko Iwato, Great Eida, Nagisa Kiriyama, Yu Manabe, Yuko Okubo, Takayuki Oshikane, Motoko Fujiie viola: Yuji Yamada, Takahiro Enokido, Sachie Onuma, Amiko Watabe cello: Akio Ueki, Ayano Kasahara conductor: Takayuki Hattori
Bonsai Hada vocals: Ringo Sheena accordion: coba
Yokyō vocals: Ringo Sheena guitars: Yukio Nagoshi bass guitars: Maki Kitada (Syrup16g) drums: Ken-ichi Shirane (Great3) chorus & clap: Mayumi Sugiyama, Yuko Sugiyama, Nanae Mizushima, Yumi Ota & Mari Kawashima & Setsuko Kawataki & Rie Byoudo (Kuronekodow)
Marunouchi Sadistic(EXPO Ver.) vocals: Ringo Sheena chorus: Ukigumo (Tokyo Jihen) bass: Jungo Miura（Petrolz） programming: Uni Inoue
Charts and certifications
Charts Chart (2009)PeakPositionJapan Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 1Japan Oricon Monthly albums chart 6Japan Oricon yearly albums chart 39
Sales and certifications Country ProviderSalesCertification Japan RIAJ 202,000 Gold
References
External links Ringo Sheena Discography