Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi is a compilation album by pop duo Puffy AmiYumi, released in 2004. It was compiled to tie in with the group's animated series of the same name."The Happy-Fun Puffy AmiYumi Empire", Shojo Beat (February 2008). There is also a Japanese version of this CD, of which contains the subtitle, "Happy Fun Rock Music from the Series" and includes two additional "TV Mix" tracks. The album peaked at #49 on the Japanese Albums Chart.
Commercial performance By April 2005, the album had sold around 11,000 copies.
Track listing "Hi Hi" (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer) – 2:54 "Friends Forever" (Sturmer) – 4:03 "Planet Tokyo" (Sturmer) – 3:50 "Joining a Fan Club" (Jellyfish cover) (Manning, Sturmer) – 3:58 "Forever" (Sturmer) – 2:29 "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N" (Yasuharu) – 3:30 "Love So Pure" (Sturmer) – 3:57 "True Asia" (Inoue, Okuda) – 4:40 "Boogie-Woogie No. 5" (Okuda) – 4:10 "That's the Way It Is" (Okuda) – 3:19 "Sunrise" (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer) – 3:56 "Into the Beach" (also known as "To the Beach" (Okuda) – 3:12 "December" (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer) – 4:20 "Teen Titans Theme" (Sturmer) – 3:10 "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (TV Mix)" (Sturmer) – 2:59 † "Teen Titans Theme (TV Mix)" (Sturmer) – 3:06 †
† Appears only on the Japanese Version of this CD.
Personnel Ami Onuki - vocals Yumi Yoshimura - vocals Puffy AmiYumi - vocals, harmony Ikhoka Mukara - guitar Kohsaku Abe - drums Shinji Asakura - percussion Dorian Crozier - drums John Fields - bass, guitar, keyboards Takashi Furuta - drums, harmony Michael S. Kawai - percussion Hiroharu Kinoshita - bass Maki Kitada - bass Masahiro Kitahara - trombone Haruo Kubota - guitar Daisaku Kume - keyboards Takamune Negishi - bass, harmony Tamio Okuda - guitar, saxophone, vocoder, harmony Susumu Osada - guitar, harmonica Zac Rae - glockenspiel, theremin, optigan Yuta Saito - keyboards Zuyi Ratza - background vocals Tetsutaro Sakurai - background vocals Iyaza Kukora - background vocals Thomas Tjärnqvist - bass, guitar, keyboards Lyle Workman - guitar Konishi Yasuharu - keyboards
Production
Producers: Tamio Okuda, Tetsutaro Sakurai, Andy Sturmer Executive producers: Yasunori Heguri, Taizo Ito Mixing: David Bianco, John Fields, Osamu Hirose, Tetsuhiro Miyajima, David Thoener, Dave Way, Joe Zook Mastering: Stephen Marcussen A&R: June Shinozaki Director: Isao Tanuma Compilation: Kaz Utsunomiya Art direction: Aimee MacAuley Design: Aimee MacAuley Photography: Bruce Osborn
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