Tsumi to Batsu

"Tsumi to Batsu"
A woman in a red leather suit with a katana stands beside a brown Mercedes-Benz W114, cut entirely in half. The number plate reads "Преступлéние и наказáние," the Cyrillic title of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment.
Single by Ringo Sheena
from the album Shōso Strip
Released January 26, 2000 (2000-01-26)
Format CD Single
Genre Alternative rock, pop, pop rock
Length 13:49
Label Toshiba EMI / Virgin Music
Writer(s) Ringo Sheena
Producer(s) Uni Inoue
Ringo Sheena singles chronology
"Honnō"
(1999)
"Tsumi to Batsu"
"Gips"
(2000)
"Mayonaka wa Junketsu"
(2001)

"Tsumi to Batsu" (罪と罰 Crime and Punishment) is Japanese singer Ringo Sheena's 6th single and it was released on January 26, 2000 by Toshiba EMI / Virgin Music. It was certified platinum by the RIAJ for 200,000 copies shipped to stores.[1]

Background

"Tsumi to Batsu" is taken from Sheena's second album Shōso Strip. When she sang this song on her first national tour Senkō Ecstasy, she joked with her fans, "If you want to buy this song as a single, please send a letter to Toshiba-EMI". Then, the letters actually poured in to Toshiba EMI, and it was decided to release this song. Ken-ichi Asai, ex-Blankey Jet City, plays the guitar on "Tsumi to Batsu."

The song was covered by Kent Ohgiya on his piano cover album Try Try Try "Piano yo Utae" Special (2004) and by General Head Mountain on their third album Tsuki Kanashi Blue (2006). It was covered again by Blistar on Blistar Rockin' Covers: Rock & Sexy (2011).

Track listing

CD
No. TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s) Length
1. "Tsumi to Batsu" (罪と罰, "Crime and Punishment")Ringo SheenaSeiji Kameda & Ringo Sheena 4:43
2. "Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru" (君ノ瞳ニ恋シテル "Your Eyes Make Me Fall in Love", "Can't Take My Eyes off of You" cover)Bob Crewe, Bob GaudioSeiji Kameda & Ringo Sheena 4:31
3. "17 (Seventeen)"  Ringo SheenaSeiji Kameda & Ringo Sheena 4:33
Total length:
13:49

Credits and personnel

Tsumi to Batsu

Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru

17

References

  1. "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年3月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. March 2000 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 486: 8. May 10, 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
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