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      • Another Game is the fifth studio album by P-Model.


      Background


      In March 1983, Yasumi Tanaka, P-Model's original keyboardist, left the group and the music industry entirely due to a severe case of writer's block. His departure left the band in a state of crisis, as leader Susumu Hirasawa was for the first time the only major creative force since the group's days as Mandrake.


      Composition


      With Hirasawa assuming full creative control of the band, Another Game's songs reflected the signature mood that would be prevalent throughout his career. The album carries over the sensory experimentation of Perspective and their 1983 self-released album Fu Kyoka Kyoku Shū. Hirasawa uses atypical song structures, as well as those to affect the listener through biofeedback and alpha waves. Guitar and atmospheric synths are emphasized as opposed to the loud bass and drums of Perspective. The album also pays homage to Pink Floyd, whom Hirasawa drew deep inspiration from for his music.

      Hirasawa described the concept underpinning the album thus:"There is a certain logic that the world has been based on thus far, right? Even if the world changes, that logic remains unchanged. Unless that logic changes, there is nothing that has been fundamentally changed, for better or for worse. Changing the situation over and over again accomplished nothing, so in order to create the idea that this logic needs to be completely changed the name ended up being Another Game."


      Release


      The album was originally scheduled to be released on 25 October 1983. However, the band's label Japan Record postponed it three times. A situation that deeply aggravated Hirasawa, to the point of going public:"The [Recording Industry Association of Japan's Record Creation Standards and Ethics Committee (レコード制作基準倫理委員会（レコ倫）)] put in a complaint about the words 'deformed' and 'defect' in the lyrics [of "Atom-Siberia"]… that was 4 days before the release.
      So I decided to use ateji when rewriting so the release could be on 25 November, but the CEO of the record company told me to 'change the lyrics for the offending parts'. That 'even if ateji gets us past the Ethics Committee, those pronunciations could still get the company in hot water'.
      I said I didn't want to, but opposing the stupidity of the Ethics Committee and the record company would just wear us out. I didn't want to delay the release yet again by getting caught up on details, and it's not like those words were crucial to the lyrics, so I went ahead with re-recording the vocals.
      Using the studio and cutting the vocals again would take around 2 months, so the release date became 25 January of this year.
      In the meantime, P-Model had been touring 30 locations around the country since 24 October to coincide with the release of the album, and I had corrected the date to 25 January at each stop. But it got pushed again to 25 February, this time because of the company's circumstances. I was never told what these circumstances were. I didn't say anything because I didn't want another delay, and there's always been these issues since the first album.

      The record company probably doesn't want this said, but I don't care. They were the ones who didn't probably give out information on why there were so many delays."


      Track listing



      "Harm Harmonizer" contains a sample of "Two on a Floor" by P-Model, from the album Fu Kyoka Kyoku Shū.
      The titles of the songs are officially rendered out in all caps, except for the sub-titles of the first and last songs. "Fu-Ru-He-He-He" has had its title rendered in hiragana and translated as "FuLu He He He" on various sources.
      On vinyl issues, "Awakening Sleep〜α click" leads into a locked groove, so that the track would have an "endless" effect.


      Personnel


      P-Model – Production, Arrangements
      Susumu Hirasawa – Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer, Heavenizer
      Sadatoshi Tainaka – Drums, Real Drum programming
      Tatsuya Kikuchi – Bass, Backing vocals
      Shunichi Miura – Keyboards, Piano, Backing vocals
      Guest musicians & production
      Toshinobu Kyozima – Voice on "Another Game step1"
      Manami Takada – Backing vocals on "Mouth to Mouth"
      Eiichi Tsutaki (courtesy of Floor Records) – Xylophone and Slit drum on "Floor"
      Yasushi Konishi – Engineering
      Toshiyuki Asakuno – Assistant Engineering
      Staff
      Shōzō Shiba – Direction
      Yūichi Hirasawa (credited as "Yū1 Hirasawa") – Art director
      Yōko Matsubara & Jaish (GIN-BAN) – Photography
      Model House – Productive Management
      Thanks to: Akiro "Kamio" Arishima, Ako (Zelda), Takashi Kokubo (Tsutomu Yamashita & Muse), TS STUDIO, Susumu Shigaki, Taro Yamamoto, Yuichi Yamaguchi


      Release history



      "Atom-Siberia" ("Malformed Area" version) is included on the Impossibles! 80's JAPANESE PUNK & NEW WAVE various artists compilation.


      See also


      1984 in Japanese music


      References


      Notes

      Citations

      Bibliography


      External links


      ANOTHER GAME at NO ROOM – The official site of Susumu Hirasawa (P-MODEL)
      ANOTHER GAME at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
      ANOTHER GAME at SS RECORDINGS Official Site

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