Rumaniamania Explained

Rumaniamania
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rumania Montevideo
Cover:	File:Rumania Montevideo Rumaniamania Album Cover.jpg
Recorded:	1999
Genre:	J-pop rock country
Length:	43:58
Label:	Giza
Producer:	Makoto Miyoshi Rockaku
Prev Title:	Sunny,Cloudy,Rain
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Girl, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy
Next Year:	2000

Rumaniamania is the debut studio album by Japanese J-pop band Rumania Montevideo. It was released on June 16, 1999, by Giza Studio label.

Background

The album consist only of their debut single: Still for your love. The beginning of single recording started near end of year 1998 during their formation period and made it into television on-air in January 1999.^[1] It became their smash-hit which sold more than 165,000 copies and charted on Oricon rankings for 13 weeks. B-side song Good-Bye Summer Vacation was included in this album as well.

Lifevideo is the second and final original song performed and written by leader of the band, Makoto.^[2]

Sayonara was re-recorded from the original song Jonathan which was performed in English and included in their first indies album Jet Plane.^[3]

Anny was performed in acoustic live performance "UNDOWN vol.4".^{[4] [5]}

Charting

The album reached #9 rank in Oricon for first week. It charted for 6 weeks and sold 92,360 copies.^[6]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD booklet of Rumania Mania.^[7]

• Mami Miyoshi – vocals, songwriting, drums
• Makoto Miyoshi - producer, vocals, guitar, arranging, composing, songwriting,
• Satomi Makoshi - bass, backing vocals
• Akiko Matsuda - keyboards, backing vocals, saxophone
• Kazunobu Mashima - guitar
• Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow) - arranging
• Yoshinori Akai - recording, mixing
• Secil Minami - backing vocals
• Takumi Ito - backing vocals
• Toshiyuki Ebihara (cule) - A&R
• Daisuke Suzuki (cule) - A&R
• Hideaki Magarite - artist management
• Gan Kojima – art direction
• Rockaku - producing

In media

• Still for your love: ending theme song for the Anime television series Detective Conan

Notes and References

1. Credits from 奇術愛好家殺人事件(事件篇) . . . January 25, 1999 . 5 . Japanese.
2. Web site: Rumania Montevideo discography. Rumania Montevideo Official Website.
3. Web site: rumania montevideo 『JETPLANE』 . gizagiza.com (archived) . https://web.archive.org/web/20010422173432fw_/http://gizagiza.com:80/audio/icr_002/index.html . 22 April 2001 . dead.
4. Web site: PAST LIVE (2000.5～2002.5)" 渋谷CLUB QUATTRO「UNDOWN vol.4」. Yoidoretenshi.
5. Web site: ２０００年 ＣＡＮＮＡＢＩＳライブ セットリスト" 2000.7.14 UNDOWN vol.4 @ 渋谷CLUB QUATTRO. Geocities.
6. Web site: Rumaniamania (Rumania Montevideo). Oricon News.
7. Rumania Montevideo (1999). Rumania Mania (CD Album; Booklet). Rumania Montevideo. Japan: Giza Studio. GZCA-1007.