Big Body (P-Model album)

Big Body (stylized as big body) is the ninth studio album by P-Model and the second by the band's "defrosted" lineup.

Big Body
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 25, 1993 (1993-03-25)
RecordedOctober–December 1992
StudioEggs, Shep Studio, Oshino, Minamitsuru, Yamanashi
Key-Stone Studio, Ōhashi, Meguro, Tokyo
Tokyu Fun Digital Mastering Room (mast.), Dōgenzaka, Shibuya, Tokyo
Genre
Length35:19
LabelPolydor K.K.
Producer
P-Model chronology
P-Model
(1992)
Big Body
(1993)
Fune
(1995)

Overview

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Following in the footsteps of the self-titled P-Model, Big Body is another take on a science fiction themed album, putting greater emphasis on melodic variety.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Susumu Hirasawa, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cluster" 3:44
2."Chevron" 3:14
3."Biiig Eye" 3:32
4."Big Foot" 3:36
5."Welcome to the House of 'Time's Leaking Through Equal Distance Curve'" (時間等曲率漏斗館へようこそ Jikantō Kyokuritsu Rōtokan e Yōkoso, Welcome to the House of Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum) 3:19
6."Journey Through Your Body"Katsuhiko Akiyama [ja]3:38
7."Neoteny Box" (幼形成熟BOX Yō Keisei Juku BOX)Hikaru Kotobuki2:39
8."Burning Brain"Akiyama4:06
9."Binary Ghost" 2:40
10."Homo Gestalt" 4:44

"Biiig Eye" contains a sample of "Loud, Loud, Loud" by Aphrodite's Child (lyrics by Costas Ferris).[1]

All tracks arranged by Hirasawa, except 6 & 8 by Akiyama and 7 by Kotobuki. All track titles are stylized in all caps.

Personnel

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P-Model
technical
visuals
  • Masahiro Kubo (VF) – art director, design
  • Hideki Namai – photography
  • Kazunori Yoshida – hair & make-up
  • Akemi Tsujitani – styling
  • Yoshino Takatsuki – costume design
operations
  • Osamu Takeuchi (Polydor K.K.) – director
  • I3 Promotion – artist management
    • Yūichi Kenjo – co-producer
  • Hiroki Yamaguchi – personal manager
  • Shoko Mashio, Saya Ohta, Yuki Abiko – publicity coordination
  • Tsutomu Fukushima – stage coordination
  • Masami Fujii, Roppei Iwagami (Pre Octave) – publisher
thanks

Release history

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Date Label(s) Format Catalog Notes
March 25, 1993 (1993-03-25) Polydor K.K. CD POCH-1195
May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10)
July 4, 2014 (2014-07-04)
Chaos Union, Teslakite CHTE-0011 Remastered by Hirasawa. Part of Disc 7 of the Ashu-on [Sound Subspecies] in the solar system box set, alongside P-Model. Re-released with new packaging by Kiyoshi Inagaki.
September 8, 2004 (2004-09-08)
December 5, 2012 (2012-12-05)
UM³, USM Japan UPCY-6022
UPCY-9273
Part of the "GOLDEN☆BEST" budget bundle brand, packaged with P-Model. Reissue available for sale for a limited time.
May 2, 2012 (2012-05-02) Universal Music Japan, Tower Records PROT-1023 Limited reissue, sold only through Tower Records.

References

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  1. ^ "P-Model's 'Biiig Eye' sample of Aphrodite's Child's 'Loud, Loud, Loud'". WhoSampled. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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