BTTB (album) explained

BTTB
Type:studio
Artist:Ryuichi Sakamoto
Border:yes
Released:February 2, 1999 (Japan)
January 2000 (Europe)
February 8, 2000 (US)
Genre:Classical
Length:63:04
Label:Sony Classical
Producer:Ryuichi Sakamoto
Prev Title:Discord
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Comica
Next Year:2002

BTTB is a 1999 piano solo and duet album by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The album title is an acronym for "Back To The Basics". Two separate versions of the album were pressed, for Japanese and international markets. The International version opens with the three songs off of the maxi single released in Japan as a promotional tool, while replacing a few pieces elsewhere in the album. The maxi single peaked at no. 1 in the Japanese singles chart and was the fourth best selling single of 1999 in Japan.[1]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1999年 シングル年間TOP100. Yahoo! GeoCities. Yahoo!. January 24, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150523011920/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1999.html. May 23, 2015. Japanese.