Sweet Revenge (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)

Sweet Revenge
Studio album by
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Released17 June 1994
Studio
GenreDowntempo, Trip-hop, Chillout
Length60:26 (Japanese version)
51:29 (International version)
LabelGüt / For Life Music (Japan)
Elektra (USA)
ProducerRyuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology
Little Buddha
(1994) 		Sweet Revenge
(1994) 		Smoochy
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NME5/10[2]

Sweet Revenge is a 1994 album by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The Japanese and international releases have different track listings, with the international pressing featuring (uncredited) re-mixes of half of the songs.

A re-recording of "Psychedelic Afternoon", featuring original lyricist David Byrne on vocals and sporting modified lyrics, was released in 2013 as a way to raise money and awareness for children who survived the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. An animated music video was released concurrently with the new version.[3]

Track listing

All music is composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Japanese version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tokyo Story" 1:16
2."Moving On"J-Me5:45
3."二人の果て" (Futari no hate, "The two people have split up")Taeko Ohnuki5:56
4."Regret"J-Me5:38
5."Pounding At My Heart"Paul Alexander5:32
6."Love and Hate"Holly Johnson5:27
7."Sweet Revenge" 4:07
8."7 Seconds"J-Me3:33
9."Anna" 4:47
10."Same Dream, Same Destination"Roddy Frame4:04
11."Psychedelic Afternoon"David Byrne4:10
12."Interruptions"Latasha Natasha Diggs4:51
13."君と僕と彼女のこと" (Kimi to boku to kanojo no koto, "You and me and that girl")Taeko Ohnuki5:20
Total length:60:26
International version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tokyo Story" 1:16
2."Moving On" (different mix)J-Me5:45
3."Sentimental" (English language version of "二人の果て")Vivien Goldman5:56
4."Regret" (different mix)J-Me5:38
5."Pounding At My Heart" (different mix)Paul Alexander5:32
6."Love and Hate"Holly Johnson5:27
7."Sweet Revenge" 4:07
8."7 Seconds"J-Me3:33
9."Same Dream, Same Destination" (different mix)Roddy Frame4:04
10."Interruptions" (different mix)Latasha Natasha Diggs4:51
11."Water's Edge" (English language version of "君と僕と彼女のこと", different mix)Vivien Goldman5:20
Total length:51:29

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Sweet Revenge". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ Dee, Johnny (17 September 1994). "Long Play: Short Cuts". New Musical Express. p. 55.
  3. ^ Mineo, Mike (12 March 2013). "Ryuichi Sakamoto + David Byrne – "Psychedelic Afternoon"". Obscure Sound. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.