Dai Hakken

Dai Hakken (大発見; literally great discovery) is the fifth studio album by Japanese rock band Tokyo Jihen, released on June 29, 2011[1] in Japan through EMI Music Japan and Virgin Music. The album was produced by the band and Japanese recording engineer Uni Inoue.

Dai Hakken
Studio album by Tokyo Jihen
Released	June 29, 2011 (2011-06-29)
Genre	Pop, jazz, pop rock, big band jazz
Length	50:44
Label	EMI Music Japan (distributor) Virgin Music (label)
Producer	Uni Inoue, Tokyo Jihen
Tokyo Jihen chronology
Sports (2010) Dai Hakken (2011) Color Bars (2012)
Singles from Dai Hakken
"Tengoku e Yōkoso" Released: July 21, 2010 "Dopa-mint!" Released: July 28, 2010 "Sora ga Natteiru" Released: February 8, 2011 "Onna no Ko wa Dare Demo" Released: April 20, 2011

Background

In this album, the characters making up the song titles are aligned in all songs except for the additional English words in the first and last song as well as the additional seven characters on track 7. Ringo Sheena's tradition of symmetrically matching song titles written in Kanji, Hiragana and Latin characters throughout the album, however, was broken for this record. Some of titles of the official European language were named for a movie (especially French movie).

Track listing

Credits adapted from Ringo Sheena's website.[2]

All lyrics are written by Sheena except "Regardez-moi" by Ukigumo; all tracks arranged and performed by Tokyo Jihen except "Fly Me to Heaven" arranged by Takayuki Hattori and performed by the Tokyo Magical Big Band.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Where's Heaven for the Disc" (天国へようこそ for the Disc Tengoku e yōkoso)	Sheena	3:01
2.	"Relative vs. Absolute" (絶対値対相対値 Zettai-chi tai sōtai-chi)	Ichiyō Izawa Sheena	3:01
3.	"Atarashii Bunmei Kaika"	Izawa Sheena	4:31
4.	"City Without Electricity" (電気のない都市 Denki no nai toshi)	Izawa	4:17
5.	"Regardez-moi" (海底に巣くう男 Kaitei ni sukuu otoko)	Ukigumo	4:09
6.	"Jeux interdits" (禁じられた遊び Kinji rareta asobi)	Izawa Sheena	4:00
7.	"Dopa-Mint!" (ドーパミント！BPM 103 Dōpaminto!)	Izawa	2:44
8.	"Les adultes terribles" (恐るべき大人達 Osorubeki otona-tachi)	Seiji Kameda Sheena	4:39
9.	"Child of the 21st Century Universe" (21世紀宇宙の子 21 Seiki uchū no ko)	Kameda Izawa	3:22
10.	"Un homme et une femme" (かつては男と女 Katsute wa otoko to on'na)	Ukigumo	3:31
11.	"Reverberation" (空が鳴っている Sora ga natte iru)	Kameda	3:59
12.	"Go With the Wind" (風に肖って行け Kaze ni ayakatte ike)	Izawa	2:36
13.	"Fly Me to Heaven" (女の子は誰でも On'nanoko wa dare demo)	Sheena	3:53
14.	"Where's Heaven for the Tube" (天国へようこそ for the Tube; bonus track)	Sheena	3:01
Total length:			50:44

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2011) Peak Position Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1 Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[3] 1 Japan Oricon Monthly albums chart 6 Japan Oricon yearly albums chart 48 Japan iTunes Store yearly Albums Chart[4] 25

Sales and certifications Country Provider Sales Certification Japan RIAJ 133,000 Gold[5]

Notes and references

1. "Daihakken EMI profile". Archived from the original on 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
2. 大発見. website (in Japanese). kronekodow. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
3. "Daihakken Oricon profile". Retrieved 2011-10-14.
4. "2011年に最もダウンロードされた作品は? 「iTunes Rewind 2011」発表" (in Japanese). BARKS. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
5. ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2007年9月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2012-05-28.

External links

• Tokyo Jihen Discography