Park (album) explained

Park
Type:Album
Artist:The Mad Capsule Markets
Cover:P-a-r-k.jpg
Released:21 October 1994 (Japan) 1996 (US)
Recorded:innig Recording Hostelry
Sound Sky studio Kawana
Key Stone studio Izu (Japan)
Genre:Punk rock, pop punk, rap metal, alternative rock
Length:47:51
Label:Victor, Invitation
Producer:The Mad Capsule Markets
Prev Title:Gichi / Ayatsuri ningyou / Karakuri no soko
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:4 Plugs
Next Year:1996

Park is the fifth album from The Mad Capsule Markets and their first to be released in the United States. The album shows the band start to incorporate rap metal influences, an element that would become crucial in their later style. The melodious elements from Mix-ism are still prominent in several tracks. The album is often considered to be one of the band's best works. Hide praised the album as a perfect example of state of the art Japanese Rock.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The US release was accompanied by two bonus tracks (originally limited to the initial run of the original Japanese pressing).

Track listing

  1. "Hi-Side (High-Individual-Side)"
  2. "Limit"
  3. "In Surface Noise"
      1. "Hab'it"
  4. "Cr'ock on the Work (Auto-matic)"
      1. "P-A-R-K"
  5. "Mustard"
  6. "The Life in Fairy Story" ♠

♠Limited Edition Pressing & U.S. Pressing Bonus Tracks

References

  1. Web site: THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS. 7 July 2016.
  2. http://www.zombiezodiac.com/rob/mad/archive/profile/history.html
  3. Web site: THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETSのぺーじ. 7 July 2016.
  4. Web site: THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS. 7 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160813004854/http://www.geocities.jp/otonekocity/whitesnake_z_mad.html. 13 August 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS. 7 July 2016.