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is the tenth studio album released by Mr. Children
on April 7, 2004. Its limited edition
includes a documentary DVD
on the making of the album and an interview with the band. The song "Tagatame" was originally made as a country
-style song, but the band re-arranged the song as a rock song because Kazutoshi Sakurai
felt that the lyric of the song didn't match the original arrangement.
Mr. Children
, commonly called , is a Japanese rock band formed in 1988 by Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki. As a group, they are one of the most successful Japanese rock artists, having sold over 50 million records and creating the in the mid 1990s in Japan...
on April 7, 2004. Its limited edition
Special edition
The terms special edition, limited edition and variants such as deluxe edition, collector's edition and others, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints or recorded music and films, but now including...
includes a documentary DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
on the making of the album and an interview with the band. The song "Tagatame" was originally made as a country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
-style song, but the band re-arranged the song as a rock song because Kazutoshi Sakurai
Kazutoshi Sakurai
is a Japanese musician and entrepreneur. He composes and writes almost all of the songs for his band Mr. Children, in addition to writing lyrics and singing for his solo project group Bank Band. In 2006, Sakurai ranked #8 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Singers of All Time" and in 2007 was voted #4...
felt that the lyric of the song didn't match the original arrangement.
Track listing
- "Paddle"
- "Any"
- "Hero"