Splurge (U.S. Version)

as Puffy AmiYumi
3rd U.S. Album / Stereo

Tofu TOF 031

Released July 25, 2006

Tracks 1, 4 produced and arranged by Butch Walker
Tracks 2, 9, 14 produced and arranged by Andy Sturmer
Track 3 arranged by Seiji Kameda
Track 5 produced and arranged by Tamio Okuda
Track 6 arranged by Takamune Negishi
Track 7 produced and arranged by Jon Spencer
Track 8 produced and arranged by Charley Drayton and Tamio Okuda
Track 10 produced and arranged by Anders Hellgren and David Myhr
Track 11 arranged by Kenji Ueda
Track 12 produced and arranged by Kazuoshi Saito
Track 13 produced and arranged by Ken Yokoyama

The U.S. version of Puffy's 10th anniversary disc. Aside from the bonus tracks, all the songs from the Japanese version of Splurge are present, though in a different order (also, a couple of songs appear here in English-language versions not on the original version). Also, for the first time a Puffy album in the U.S. utilized the same artwork as its Japanese counterpart (aside from changing the "Puffy" to "Puffy AmiYumi").

With Tofu Records having gone out of business, this disc is no longer in print.

Track Listing (*Bonus tracks)

1. Call Me What You Like (if you like rock-n-roll) (words & music: Butch Walker) (2:55)
2. Nice Buddy (words: Puffy/music: Andy Sturmer & Andy Thompson) (3:14)
3. Tokyo I'm On My Way (words & music: Dexter Holland) (2:42)
4. Radio Tokyo (words & music: Butch Walker) (4:56)
5. Mole-Like ("Mogura-Like") (words & music: Tamio Okuda) (3:16)
6. Etude ("Koi no Etude") (words & music: Masamune Kusano) (3:30)
7. Go Baby Power Now (words & music: Jon Spencer) (2:48)
8. Sunday In the Park (words & music: Charley Drayton & Tamio Okuda) (4:59)
9. missing you baby (words: Puffy/music: Andy Sturmer) (2:26)
10. The Story ("Soshun Monogatari") (words: Puffy/music: Anders Hellgren & David Myhr) (3:29)
11. Mole ("Mogura") (words & music: Hiroto Kohmoto) (3:06)
12. Cameland ("Rakuda no Kuni") (words & music: Kazuyoshi Saito) (3:58)
13. Security Blanket (words: Onuki Ami/music: Ken Yokoyama) (4:25)
14. Beginnings ("Hajimari no Uta") (words: Puffy/music: Andy Sturmer & Bleu) (4:21)
15. Friends Forever ~Fickle Remix~* (words & music: Andy Sturmer/remixed by DJ U-ICHI from HOME MADE) (3:58)
16. Teen Titans Theme ~POLYSICS CR-06 MIX~* (words & music: Andy Sturmer/remixed by Hayashi Hirouki [from POLYSICS]) (2:29)

Notes:

• A limited amount of autographed copies (usually 30) were sold at each venue of the "Splurge! Splurge! Splurge!" tour of the eastern & midwestern U.S. in the summer of 2006.
• "Call Me What You Like (if you like rock-n-roll)" and "Shall We Dance?" (from the Japanese version of Splurge) are the same song with different lyrics. The same is true of "Go Baby Power Now" and "Onna Machine-gun".
• The main guitar line of “Call Me What You Like (if you like rock-n-roll)” is seemingly derived from the main riff of “My Sharona” by the Knack.
• “Nice Buddy” and “Beginnings” were released on a Japanese single a year before Splurge came out; the two songs were also remixed for inclusion on Spluge, with the backing vocals and keyboards being mixed down in both songs.
• The melody and lyrics of the chorus of “Tokyo I'm On My Way” are almost identical to those of the 1978 song “Tokyo,” by Dutch band Gruppo Sportivo.
• "Radio Tokyo" is a cover of a song originally done by the Marvelous 3, Butch Walker's old band.
• "Beginnings" was played over the closing titles of the Pokemon movie #8.

Other

• Larger Image of Album Cover
• Autographed Copy of Splurge
• Cover of Promotional Copy of Album
• Reverse of Promotional Copy Insert
• Image of CD