Artist:         Paint in Watercolour
Title:          Unknown
Production Co:  Invitation
Cat#:           VICL-312
Release:        1992?
Price:          Y3000
Length:         41'39"
Track Data:
         1  The Sweetest Sugar
         2  You Are Here
         3  Glare
         4  Melt
         5  I'll Be Your Eyes
         6  Creeper
         7  Hypocrite
         8  Guess
         9  I Wish to Die
        10  Cradle (Version)
Goodies:        Standard jewelbox.  Booklet with lyrics.

Comments:
Good album.  These guys got into the "Manchester" sound that made groups like
the Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays famous.  They're good, with nice lyrics
and arrangements.  The vocals are good too.  Good, good, good (it must be
getting late).
Cover:
Blurry yellow-toned photo of band members.
"paint in watercolour - unknown"

Grade:  A-              Genre:  Indie Rock, "Manchester"
Bought at Kinokuniya Bookstore in Shinjuku.

(Benjamn List: list@scf.usc.edu)
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Artist:         Poison Girlfriend
Title:          Shyness
Production Co:  Columbia
Cat#:           COCA-75490
Release:        93/7/21
Price:          Y2800
Length:         44'02"
Track Data:
         1  Madame de Sade
         2  Mister Polyglot
         3  Pure Selfishness
         4  Multiple Choice
         5  Daddy My Dear
         6  Monche
         7  More I Se
         8  Shyness
         9  Doomed Love
        10  The End of History
        11  Nobody...
Goodies:        Standard Jewelbox.  Booklet with lyrics, photos and liner
notes by Nobby Style and Kawasaki Kazu(?), essay by Ohana Yukimi.

Comments:
Heavily French Pops oriented, but also an interesting electronic, almost
ambient sense, with "sekushii na rorita voisu."  Very unusual,
beautiful sound. Vocals in English, Japanese and French  Some
lyrics written by Marc Currie.
Cover:
Black letters: "POiSON"
Blue Letters: "SHYNESS"
Black Letters: "GiRL FRiEND"
Two closed eyes composited over what appears to be a painting of a sky at
sunset.

Grade: A-               Genre: op, Alternative
Bought via special order at Kinokuniya Bookstore

(Benjamin List: list@scf.usc.edu)
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Artist:		Psy-S (Sa'iz) (V: CHAKA, Everything else:Matsuura Masaya)	
Title:		Two Hearts	
Production Co:	Sony Music
Cat#:		SMJ 9041.2	
Release:	91/??/??
Price:		?? yen 
Length:		70'?? (15 tracks)
Track Data:
	 1 	Woman-S 		(new version)	5'02" 
	 2	denki to MINTO		(movie mix)	4'19" 
	 3	Friends or Lovers	(new mix)	4'11" 
	 4 	Lemon no yuuki		(new mix) 	4'24" 
	 5 	FAJII na mitami				5'06" 
	 6 	Desert			(new version)	4'07" 
	 7	Another Diary 		(new version)	3'32" 
	 8	Brand New Menu		(new version)	3'57"
	 9	keshiki			(new version)	5'20" 
	10	Cubic Lovers				5'35"	
	11	Angel Night - tenshi ni iru 	(new mix)	4'28" 
	12	???? to NONFIKUSHON				3'42" 
	13	From The Planet With Love 	('87 version)	4'58" 
	14	Parachute Limit				5'32"
	15	Wondering up and down - mizu no MA-JINARU	5'04"

Goodies:	standard jewel box	

Comments:
	A lot of good songs, and very good rhythm.   The lead singer (female)
has a kind of strange voice which I guess is hard to describe but definitely
interesting and adds to the originality of the band.   The lead singer also 
uses a sort of singing/talking style in a couple of songs thats is very 
interesting.  My favorites are #2, #5, #13 and especially #15 which has a 
mellow tempo and nice drum work.  Songs #6 and #13 are in English.   This
CD seems to a be remix of a lof of older stuff, as apparent in the song
descriptions.  But this CD and this duo is definitely worth checking out.  

(Ray Tang: rtang@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca)
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