Exit (Shugo Tokumaru album)

Exit
Studio album by Shugo Tokumaru
Released October 17, 2007
Recorded 2007
Genre Indie pop
Length 35:21
Label Almost Gold, Startime
Producer Shugo Tokumaru
Shugo Tokumaru chronology
L.S.T.
(2006)		 Exit
(2007)		 Port Entropy
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Boston Globe(very favorable) [2]
cokemachineglow(80%) [3]
Pitchfork Media(8.0/10) [4]
PopMatters [5]
Spin [6]
Sputnikmusic [7]

Exit is the third album from Japanese multi-instrumentalist Shugo Tokumaru. The album garnered universal acclaim by music critics, eventually earning the title of being tied for the sixth best album of 2008 according to Metacritic.[8]

Background

Tokumaru plays more than fifty different instruments on the album and claims that he "drew inspiration" for its music from Japanese pop and a pile of old Beatles cassettes. Both of these were very influential music styles. He attained the album's experimental sound using everyday household objects such as a fork, ashtray, doorbell, wind-up toys; along with more traditional instruments such as acoustic guitar and wooden flutes. Most or all of the instruments were played in major key in a clipped, almost clockwork cadence. The album was mixed and recorded on his laptop, using the popular digital audio program Pro Tools.[9]

Track listing

  1. "Parachute" - 3:04
  2. "Green Rain" - 4:53
  3. "Clocca" - 3:27
  4. "Future Umbrella" - 2:04
  5. "Button" - 4:02
  6. "Sanganichi" - 2:37
  7. "D.P.O." - 1:51
  8. "Hidamari" - 4:37
  9. "La La Radio" - 5:28
  10. "Wedding" - 3:16

Personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Japan October 17, 2007 [10][11]
United States September 2, 2008 Almost Gold Compact disc 31960

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