| Color Bars | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | Tokyo Jihen |
| Cover: | Color Bars (EP).jpg |
| Released: | (Japan) |
| Genre: | Avant-pop |
| Length: | 21:20 |
| Label: | Toshiba EMI (Distributor) Virgin Music[1] (Label) |
| Producer: | Uni Inoue, Tokyo Jihen |
| Prev Title: | Dai Hakken |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | Tokyo Collection |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
Color Bars (カラーバー) is an EP by Japanese rock band Tokyo Jihen, released on January 18, 2012, in Japan through EMI Music Japan and Virgin Music. The album was produced by the band and Japanese recording engineer Uni Inoue.
The first press edition is a cardboard sleeve.[2]
The album's cover art is a combination of many "color bars", which is a representation of SMPTE color bars. They suggested the end of the band by it, since color bars fill the telescreen after all the TV programs for the day finish in Japan.
This mini album, intended to be the band's final studio release, includes one song written by each band member, including Toshiki Hata's first composition for the band and the first time Seiji Kameda wrote lyrics for his own song. In addition, the lead vocals on "Kai Horror Dust" and "Honto no Tokoro" were provided by the songs' respective composers, while Ringo Shiina played drums on the latter track. As in Dai Hakken, each song title is made up of seven characters.
All the official European language titles according to Ringo Shiina's website.[3]
| Chart (2012) | Peak Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 1 | |
| Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[4] | 2 | |
| Japan Oricon Monthly albums chart[5] | 5 | |
| Japan Soundscan Weekly Albums Chart[6] | 2 |