Singer: くるり
Title: The Pier
Label: HMV Record Shop ‎– HRLP065/6
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Japan
Date of released: 19 Apr 2017
Category: Rock, Pop
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, J-pop
Size MP3 zip: 1727 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1895 mb
Rating: 4.4✭
Format: MP3 TTA VQF MP1 WAV MOD FLAC DXD FLAC

Tracklist

A1	2034
A2	日本海
A3	浜辺にて
B1	ロックンロール・ハネムーン
B2	Liberty & Gravity
B3	しゃぼんがぼんぼん
B4	Loveless
C1	Remember Me
C2	遥かなるリスボン
C3	Brose & Butter
D1	Amamoyo
D2	最後のメリークリスマス
D3	メェメェ
D4	There Is (Always Light)

Companies, etc.

• Licensed From – Speedstar
• Licensed From – Victor Entertainment, Inc.
• Distributed By – Lawson HMV Entertainment, Inc.
• Recorded At – Studio Sound Dali
• Recorded At – Avaco Creative Studios
• Recorded At – Studio Jive
• Recorded At – Aobadai Studio
• Recorded At – Onkio Haus
• Recorded At – Studio Fine
• Recorded At – PDV Records OG
• Recorded At – Wiener Konzerthaus
• Mixed At – Swoon Factory
• Mixed At – Studio Sound Dali
• Mixed At – Aobadai Studio
• Mastered At – JVC Mastering Center

Credits

• Accordion – Koharu*
• Art Direction – Kazunari Hattori
• Bass, Percussion, Vocals, Programmed By – Masashi Sato
• Coordinator [Visual] – Maiko Izumi, Yuichiro Soshi
• Design – Tomoko Yamashita
• Drums, Percussion – BoBo (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B2, B3, C2, C3, D1, D4), Kohei Nitta (tracks: D2), Toshiki Hata (tracks: B1), Yoko Fukuda (tracks: A1), Yuko Arai (tracks: B4, C1)
• Euphonium, Flugelhorn – Tomohiko Gondo (tracks: B1, C2, D4)
• Keyboards – Carwyn Ellis (tracks: C3), Erwin Bader (tracks: B2), Masato Suzuki (tracks: B3), Shinya Okuno (tracks: D2)
• Liner Notes – 田中宗一郎*
• Mastered By [Cutting] – Tohru Kotetsu
• Mastered By [Original] – Tohru Kotetsu
• Mellotron, Guitar – Hikaru Ishizaki (tracks: B1)
• Mixed By – Dietmar Tinhof (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B2, B3, B4, C1, C2, C3, D1, D3, D4), Yoichi Miyazaki (tracks: B1, D2)
• Photography By [Artist] – Hirohisa Nakano
• Photography By [Cover] – Fanfan
• Photography By [Inner] – Masashi Sato, Shigeru Kishida
• Recorded By – Dietmar Tinhof (tracks: C1), Junpei Ohno (tracks: C1), Oliver Brunbauer (tracks: C1), Volker Werner (tracks: A1, A2), Yoichi Miyazaki
• Recorded By [Assistant] – Benjamin-Zsolt "Benji" Zonbori, Hibiki Kakinuma, Kei Aizawa, Makoto Okawa, Masayoshi Shinomiya, Tetsuro Sawamoto, Yoshiki Kashiwakura, Yuta Ohtake
• Tabla – U-zhaan* (tracks: B2)
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals, Programmed By – Fanfan
• Viola – Michael Buchmann (tracks: A1, A2, C1)
• Violin – Lucia Hall (tracks: A1, A2), Mariam Margaryan-Petkova (tracks: A1, A2), Nicolas Geremus (tracks: C1), Wang-Yu Ko*
• Violoncello – Arne Kirchen (tracks: A1, A2), Bernhard Aichner (tracks: C1)
• Vocals, Guitar, Sitar, Instruments [Sazu], Programmed By – Shigeru Kishida

Notes

2017 vinyl reissue.
Reissued on vinyl for the first time.

Gatefold Sleeve.
Comes with obi-strip.
Includes insert with lyrics and liner notes in Japanese.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped): VIJL 60177 A X
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped): VIJL 60177 B
• Matrix / Runout (Side C, stamped): VIJL 60178 A X
• Matrix / Runout (Side D, stamped): VIJL 60178 B2 X
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Rights Society: NexTone (RC39279)

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
VICL 64167	くるり*	The Pier ‎(2xCD, Album)	Speedstar	VICL 64167	Japan	2014