Fantasia of Life Stripe is the second full album by Japanese rock band Flumpool. The album was released on January 26, 2011 in Japan under their record label A-Sketch in two editions: a limited edition premium package and a normal package. The album was certified gold by the RIAJ in January 2011.[1]
Album information
Both editions contain fourteen tracks; however, the limited edition premium package comes with a 48-page booklet and a special CD titled Fantezie muzicală de curcubeul vieţii (Fantasia of Life Stripe~Bloody Remix~). This CD is a remixed version of the album by a project called Red Dracul Scar Tissue.
The title of the album is derived from the theme of the album. The word "Fantasia" represents the songs in the album which are created freely without deciding on the rules and styles of creating them. The words "Life Stripe" represent an artwork of the actions done in daily lives which are replaced with 21 colors.
Songs
Fantasia of Life Stripe contains three of the band's previously released singles: "Zanzō", "reboot~Akiramenai Uta/Nagareboshi" and "Kimi ni Todoke".
"Zanzō" was used as the theme song for the second season of the drama Bloody Monday. "reboot~Akiramenai Uta~" was used as a support song of Japanese television network NTV's coverage of the FIFA World Cup. "Kimi ni Todoke" was used as the theme song for the movie with the same title. The song "Snowy Nights Serenade~Kokoro Made mo Tsunagitai~" included in the album is the original version of the song "Snowy Nights Serenade~Kokoro Made mo Tsunagitai~ Xmas ver." which was released in December 2010 as a single limited to the members of the band's mobile fan club.
"two of us", the second track, is being used as the theme song for the show "Ainori 2".
"Snowy Nights Serenade~Kokoro Made mo Tsunagitai~", the fourth track, was used as the ending theme song for December for the show "Onegai!Ranking".
Track listing
All lyrics written by vocalist, Ryuta Yamamura.
CD
No.
Title
Music
Arranger(s)
Length
1.
"Kimi ni Todoke" (君に届け, Delivered to You)
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
5:23
2.
"two of us"
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
4:48
3.
"reboot~Akiramenai Uta~" (reboot~あきらめない詩~, reboot~Do not give up poetry~)
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
5:16
4.
"Snowy Nights Serenade~Kokoro Made mo Tsunagitai~" (Snowy Nights Serenade~心までも繋ぎたい~)
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
5:48
5.
"Tōkyō Aika" (東京哀歌, Tōkyō Lamentations)
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
4:45
6.
"Music Surfer"
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
4:06
7.
"Boku wa Koko ni Iru" (僕はここにいる, I'm here)
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
4:55
8.
"Kimi no Tame no 100 no Moshi mo" (君のための100のもしも)
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
5:48
9.
"Kono Jidai wo Ikinuku Tame ni" (この時代を生き抜くために)
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
4:00
10.
"Nagareboshi" (流れ星, Shooting Star)
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
5:34
11.
"Giruto" (ギルト, Guilt)
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
4:56
12.
"Shiori" (しおり, Bookmark)
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
4:36
13.
"Vega~Kako to Mirai no Hokkyokusei~" (ベガ~過去と未来の北極星~)
Genki Amakawa
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
5:00
14.
"Zanzō" (残像, Afterimage)
Kazuki Sakai
Tamai Kenji, Momota Rui
5:47
Special CD
No.
Title
Music
Remixed and engineered by
Length
1.
"Pentru tine (Kimi ni Todoke)" (Penturu tine (君に届け))
"Serenadă de noapte înzăpezită~vreau să fiu cu tine~ (Snowy Nights Serenade~Kokoro Made mo Tsunagitai~)" (Serenaada de noapute enzapajita~vurau sa fiu ku tine~ (Snowy Nights Serenade~心までも繋ぎたい~))
^ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2011年01月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (January 2011)]. RIAJ (in Japanese). February 10, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2011.