Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (album)

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi is a compilation album by pop duo Puffy AmiYumi, released in 2004. It was compiled to tie in with the group's animated series of the same name.^[2] There is also a Japanese version of this CD, of which contains the subtitle, "Happy Fun Rock Music from the Series" and includes two additional "TV Mix" tracks. The album peaked at #49 on the Japanese Albums Chart.^[3]

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
Compilation album /Soundtrack album by Puffy AmiYumi
Released	November 16, 2004
Recorded	1996–2004
Genre	J-pop rock
Length	51:25
Label	Epic, Sony Music Soundtrax
Producer	Tamio Okuda, Andy Sturmer, Tetsutaro Sakurai
Puffy AmiYumi chronology
59 (2004) Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (2004) Splurge (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Hi Hi" (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer) – 2:54
2. "Friends Forever" (Sturmer) – 4:03
3. "Planet Tokyo" (Sturmer) – 3:50
4. "Joining a Fan Club" (Jellyfish cover) (Manning, Sturmer) – 3:58
5. "Forever" (Sturmer) – 2:29
6. "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N" (Yasuharu) – 3:30
7. "Love So Pure" (Sturmer) – 3:57
8. "True Asia" (Inoue, Okuda) – 4:40
9. "Boogie-Woogie No. 5" (Okuda) – 4:10
10. "That's the Way It Is" (Okuda) – 3:19
11. "Sunrise" (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer) – 3:56
12. "Into the Beach" (also known as "To the Beach" (Okuda) – 3:12
13. "December" (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer) – 4:20
14. "Teen Titans Theme" (Sturmer) – 3:10
15. "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (TV Mix)" (Sturmer) – 2:59 †
16. "Teen Titans Theme (TV Mix)" (Sturmer) – 3:06 †

† Appears only on the Japanese Version of this CD.

Personnel

• Ami Onuki - vocals
• Yumi Yoshimura - vocals
• Puffy AmiYumi - vocals, harmony
• Ikhoka Mukara - guitar
• Kohsaku Abe - drums
• Shinji Asakura - percussion
• Dorian Crozier - drums
• John Fields - bass, guitar, keyboards
• Takashi Furuta - drums, harmony
• Michael S. Kawai - percussion
• Hiroharu Kinoshita - bass
• Maki Kitada - bass
• Masahiro Kitahara - trombone
• Haruo Kubota - guitar
• Daisaku Kume - keyboards
• Takamune Negishi - bass, harmony
• Tamio Okuda - guitar, saxophone, vocoder, harmony
• Susumu Osada - guitar, harmonica
• Zac Rae - glockenspiel, theremin, optigan
• Yuta Saito - keyboards
• Zuyi Ratza - background vocals
• Tetsutaro Sakurai - background vocals
• Iyaza Kukora - background vocals
• Thomas Tjärnqvist - bass, guitar, keyboards
• Lyle Workman - guitar
• Konishi Yasuharu - keyboards

Production

• Producers: Tamio Okuda, Tetsutaro Sakurai, Andy Sturmer
• Executive producers: Yasunori Heguri, Taizo Ito
• Mixing: David Bianco, John Fields, Osamu Hirose, Tetsuhiro Miyajima, David Thoener, Dave Way, Joe Zook
• Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
• A&R: June Shinozaki
• Director: Isao Tanuma
• Compilation: Kaz Utsunomiya
• Art direction: Aimee MacAuley
• Design: Aimee MacAuley
• Photography: Bruce Osborn

References

1. Sendra, Tim. "Allmusic review". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
2. "The Happy-Fun Puffy AmiYumi Empire", Shojo Beat (February 2008).
3. "Oricon charts listing". Oricon. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-02-08.

External links

• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi at AllMusic