Thank You!

8th Album / Stereo

Ki/oon KSCL 1746/7 (Limited Edition)
KSCL 1748 (Regular Edition)

Released March 9, 2011

Produced by Michael S. Kawai

Highest Chart Ranking: #25
Weeks on Chart: 5

For Puffy's 15th anniversary album, they turned to Michael S. Kawai (percussionist on amiyumi and Jet CD) to produce, the first time a Puffy album has been handled by one producer since Andy Sturmer helmed 59 back in 2004. Another change comes from the fact that, on this album, all of the musical backing is provided by Puffy's live touring band. Also, Ami and Yumi write most of the lyrics on the album -- there's only one song in which they contribute nothing lyrically. Overall Kawai sticks to a basic rock sound, sometimes trending toward a honeycreeper style of grungy guitar rock, though there are a few surprises, most notably "Wake up, Make up," which is a contemporary-sounding synth-pop song featuring rapping from ANI·Bose of the rap group Scha Dara Parr. Elsewhere there are songs contributed by longtime collaborators Tamio Okuda (two songs), Linus of Hollywood, Hiroharu Kinoshita (Puffy's longtime concert bassist) and the Merrymakers. There are some bits of production here and there I don't like, and a couple of fairly weak tracks, but overall the good outweighs the bad.

This record is definitely a step up from Bring It! (which has several really good songs, but overall was too patched-together sounding for my taste), and is a good addition to Puffy's discography.

Track Listing

1. My Country Road (lyrics & music: Tamio Okuda)
2. Jet Love (lyrics: Yumi Yoshimura/music: Shigeo Naka)
3. R.G.W. (lyrics: Tamio Okuda & Puffy/music: Tamio Okuda)
4. Hoshi Girl (lyrics: Yumi Yoshimura/music: COOZi)
5. Wake up, Make up with ANI·Bose (Scha Dara Parr) (lyrics: Ami Onuki, Makoto Koshima & Yousuke Matsumoto/music: Masaaki Asada)
6. Haru no Uta (lyrics: Ami Onuki/music: Linus of Hollywood & Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.)
7. Koi no Yama Arashi (lyrics: Ami Onuki/music: Taka Aoki)
8. Ai no Odyssey (lyrics: Yumi Yoshimura/music: Shunsuke Watanabe)
9. Banzai! (lyrics: Yumi Yoshimura/music: Yusuke Fujita)
10. Fish On (lyrics: Ami Onuki/music: Hiroharu Kinoshita)
11. NO! (lyrics: Ami Onuki/music: Makoto Ogata)
12. Yokubou (lyrics: Ami Onuki/music: Yusuke Fujita)
13. Happy Birthday (lyrics: Puffy/music: David Myhr & Peter Kvint)

Notes:

• The limited edition came with a bonus DVD collecting all of Puffy's PVs from "Hajimari no Uta" through "Happy Birthday." The limited edition also came housed in a special box that is able to be propped up like a picture frame.

Other

• Larger Image of Limited Edition Album Cover
• Larger Image of Limited Edition Booklet (without the box)
• Thank You ! [w/ DVD, Limited Edition] / PUFFY at CDJapan
• Thank You ! [Regular Edition] / PUFFY at CDJapan