Challenge is a 1969 album by Flower Travellin' Band

Flower Travellin' Band

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 (credited to Yuya Uchida and the Flowers). It featured mainly cover songs, and was a means for producer Yuya Uchida

Yuya Uchida

is a Japanese actor and singer, who is regarded as a major figure in Japanese popular music.He began his music career in 1957, and became one of Japan's pivotal rock and roll figures. He became good friends with John Lennon after touring with The Beatles in 1966...

 to explore the emerging psychedelic rock

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 movement outside his own career, and to introduce the work of upcoming bands such as Cream

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 to a Japanese audience.
This album also gained noriety for featuring all of the band members nude on the album's cover.

Track listing

1. "Combination of the Two"
2. "Intruder"
3. "Summertime"
4. "I'm So Glad"
5. "Greasy Heart"
6. "Hey Joe
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7. "White Room
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8. "Hidariashi no Otoko"
9. "Piece of My Heart
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10. "Stone Free"

Personnel

• Remi Aso – vocals
• Hiroshi Chiba – vocals
• Takeshi Hashimoto – bass
• Katsuhiko Kobayashi – steel guitar
• Yuya Uchida – percussion, backing vocals
• Joji "George" Wada – drums