69/96

Not to be confused with 96/69.

69/96 is the second studio album by Japanese musician Cornelius. It was released on November 1, 1995 by Trattoria Records.^[3] The album peaked at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart.^[4] A remix album titled 96/69 was released the following year.

69/96
Studio album by Cornelius
Released	November 1, 1995 (1995-11-01)
Genre	Shibuya-kei[1]
Length	72:00
Label	Trattoria
Producer	Keigo Oyamada
Cornelius chronology
The First Question Award (1994) 69/96 (1995) 96/69 (1996)
Singles from 69/96
"Moon Walk" Released: October 16, 1995[2]
Alternative cover
Limited edition

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"69/96 a Space Odyssey: Prelude (In Atami)"		1:20
2.	"Moon Walk"		5:31
3.	"Brand New Season"		5:18
4.	"Volunteer Ape Man (Disco)"		5:27
5.	"1969 (Case of Monsieur Kamayatsu)"		0:22
6.	"How Do You Feel?"	Yasuharu Konishi	5:47
7.	"1969"		4:25
8.	"Last Night in Africa"		5:10
9.	"1996"		1:03
10.	"Blow My Mind"		3:20
11.	"69/96 Girl Meets Cassette"		4:17
12.	"Concerto No. 3 from the Four Seasons (Pink Bloody Sabbath)"		1:03
13.	"Heavy Metal Thunder"		5:55
14.	"Rock/96"		7:18
15.	"World's End Humming: Reprise (In Hawaii)"		2:27
16.	Untitled		4:08
69.	Untitled		0:33
96.	Untitled		1:18
Total length:			72:00

All lyrics are written by Keigo Oyamada and Bryan Burton-Lewis, except where noted; all music is composed by Oyamada

Notes

• Tracks 17 to 68 and 70 to 95 are silent.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[5]

Musicians

• Keigo Oyamada – vocals, 12-string, acoustic, and electric guitars, ukulele, harp, sitar, electric sitar, kazoo, sounds, conducting, arrangement
• Asa-Chang – drums (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 13–15), percussion (tracks 2, 6, 11, 15), noises (track 3), trumpet (track 15)
• Bonzow – drums (track 8)
• Bryan Burton-Lewis – vocals (track 9)
• Reon Daniels – vocals (track 1)
• Ellie – vocals (track 1)
• Hirohisa Horie – Hammond B-3 organ (track 2)
• Riki Imanari – sound manipulation (tracks 2–14)
• Wornell Jones – vocals (track 1)
• Monsieur Kamayatsu – vocals (track 5)
• Kahimi Karie – vocals (track 11)
• Daisuke Kawai – Wurlitzer piano (tracks 3, 14), clavinet (tracks 5, 7), Hammond B-3 organ (track 10), synthesizer (track 10)
• Kinbara Strings – strings (tracks 12, 14)
• Maki Kitada – bass (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 13–15)
• Toyoaki Mishima – sound manipulation (tracks 2–14)
• Masaya Nakahara – noises (tracks 2, 14)
• Takashi Ozaki – pedal steel guitar (tracks 3, 11, 15)
• Pink Sabbath – noises (tracks 8, 12, 14)
• Vagabond Suzuki – bass (track 10)
• Yoshié Toda – drums (tracks 6, 10)
• Hitoshi Watanabe – bass (tracks 3, 11), bass sitar (track 6), ukulele (track 15)
• Nobuo Yagi – blues harp (track 11), harp (track 13)
• Moog Yamamoto – turntables (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8–10, 13, 14)
• Sugar Yoshinaga – TB-303 synthesizer and electric guitar (track 4)

Production

• Keigo Oyamada – production
• Yuka Koizumi – mastering
• Ken Makimura – executive production
• Ichiro Oka – production direction and management
• Michifumi Onodera – mixing (assistant), recording (assistant)
• Tohru Takayama – mixing (tracks 1–3, 5–15), recording
• Shojiro Watanabe – mixing (track 4)

Design

• Keigo Oyamada – art direction, artwork concept, photography
• Gen Inaba – photography
• Kahimi Karie – photography
• Masakazu Kitayama – design
• Masaya Nakahara – T-shirt design
• Akemi Nakano – face painting
• Hiroshi Nomura – photography
• Mitsuo Shindō – art direction, artwork concept
• Skate Thing – T-shirt design
• Hiroko Umeyama – props

Charts

Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4]	3

References

1. Mills, Ted. "69/96 – Cornelius". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
2. "MOON WALK | CORNELIUS" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
3. "69 96 | CORNELIUS" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
4. "CORNELIUSのアルバム売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
5. 69/96 (liner notes). Cornelius. Trattoria Records. 1995. Menu.69.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

• 69/96 at Discogs (list of releases)
• 69/96 at MusicBrainz (list of releases)