Bagdad Cafe the Trench Town is Japanese reggae band founded in 2001. Their début album Love Sunset was released in 2003. The front-woman, Mai, sings mostly in Japanese but adds in many English words too. In 2008 the band took part in the Fuji Rock Festival for the first time.
The group took their name from a combination of the 1987 West German movie "Bagdad Café", and the Trenchtown neighbourhood in Kingston, Jamaica.
Members Mai - vocals Raita - guitar Muramoto - guitar Big mom - chorus Ran - chorus - piano Umeken - trombone - organ Ogi - tenor saxophone Yama - bass - drums
Discography Studio albums TitleRelease dateLabelJapan Oricon Chart Peak PositionsLove SunsetAugust 6, 2003Independent－Up Right and SmileyJune 23, 2004Independent233Movin' OnSeptember 22, 2005Victor226Good TimesAugust 9, 2006Victor75SatisfactionJuly 25, 2007Victor102We're LivingJuly 22, 2009Victor221
Singles TitleRelease dateLabelAlbumEverythingAugust 31, 2005VictorMovin' OnSunshineJuly 19, 2006VictorGood TimesNice TimeJuly 25, 2007VictorSatisfaction
Compilations TitleRelease dateLabelJapan Oricon Chart Peak PositionsMeets the Reggae: Passing PointSeptember 21, 2007Victor204
References
External links Bagdad Cafe the Trench Town Official Website (Japanese) BAGDAD's SISTERS Official blog (Japanese) Victor Entertainment (Japanese) Oricon Style (Japanese ranking)