Tsumi to Batsu explained

Tsumi to Batsu
Cover:	sheena-tsumi.jpg
Alt:	A woman in a red leather suit with a katana stands beside a brown Mercedes-Benz W114, cut entirely in half. The number plate reads "Преступлéние и наказáние," the Cyrillic title of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment.
Type:	single
Artist:	Ringo Sheena
Album:	Shōso Strip
Genre:	Alternative rock, pop, pop rock
Length:	13:49
Label:	Toshiba EMI / Virgin Music
Producer:	Uni Inoue
Chronology:	Ringo Sheena
Prev Title:	Honnō
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Mayonaka wa Junketsu
Next Year:	2001

is Japanese singer Ringo Sheena's 6th single and it was released on January 26, 2000, by Toshiba EMI / Virgin Music. It was certified double platinum by the RIAJ for 545,730 copies shipped to stores.^[1]

Background

"Tsumi to Batsu" is taken from Sheena's second album Shōso Strip. When she sang this song on her first national tour Senkō Ecstasy, she joked with her fans, "If you want to buy this song as a single, please send a letter to Toshiba-EMI".Then, the letters actually poured in to Toshiba EMI, and it was decided to release this song. Ken-ichi Asai, ex-Blankey Jet City, plays the guitar on "Tsumi to Batsu."

Cover versions

• Takashi Obara on his piano cover album Try Try Try "Piano yo Utae" Special (2004)^[2]
• General Head Mountain on their third album Tsuki Kanashi Blue (2008).^{[3] [4]}
• It was covered again by Blistar on Blistar Rockin' Covers: Rock & Sexy (2011).^[5]
• In 2018 Japanese-American singer Ai covered "Tsumi to Batsu". The song, titled as "Crime and Punishment",^[6] was included on the album Fruit Défendu, a tribute album featuring a variety of Sheena Ringo's songs covered by multiple artists.^{[7] [8]}
• In 2022, Japanese singer Ado released a cover of "Tsumi to Batsu" on YouTube. Her cover of the song, titled as "Crime and Punishment", was included on her 2023 cover album, Ado's Utattemita Album.

Credits and personnel

Tsumi to Batsu

• Vocals: Shiina Ringo
• Electric guitars and Tooth Flute: Ken-ichi Asai "Benzie" (from Blankey Jet City)
• Bass guitars: Seiji Kameda
• Drums: Masayuki Muraishi
• Organ: Yuta Saito

Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru

• • • Vocals: Shiina Ringo
  • Electric guitars: Susumu Nishikawa
  • Electric Bass, Handclap: Seiji Kameda
  • Drums: Masayuki Muraishi
  • Synthesizer: Makoto Minagawa

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• Vocals: Shiina Ringo
• Electric guitars: Susumu Nishikawa
• Bass guitars: Seiji Kameda
  • Drums and Tambourines: Noriyasu "Kāsuke" Kawamura Piano: Yuta Saito
• Synthesizer programming: Nobuhiko Nakayama
• The Strings: Chieko Kinbara Group

Notes and References

1. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年3月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. March 2000 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . May 10, 2000 . 486 . 8 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140122033040/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2000/200005.pdf . January 22, 2014 . January 22, 2014.
2. Web site: 小原 孝 - TRY TRY TRY [ピアノよ歌え] スペシャル *J-POP特集2000* - UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN]. Universal Music Japan. ja. 2017-02-04.
3. Web site: 【レコチョク】月かなしブルー / GENERAL HEAD MOUNTAIN. レコチョク. ja. 2017-02-04.
4. Web site: GENERAL HEAD MOUNTAIN ／ 月かなしブルー . January 19, 2022 . CDジャーナル . 音楽出版社 .
5. Web site: Apple Music 内のBLiSTAR「BLiSTAR ROCKIN' COVERS ~Rock & Sexy~」. iTunes. ja. 2017-02-04.
6. Web site: Fruit Défendu by Various Artists on Apple Music . January 19, 2022 . Apple Music.
7. Web site: Tribute Album to Ringo Sheena feat. Hikaru Utada, LiSA & More Great Artists! . January 19, 2022 . CDJapan . en.
8. Web site: March 2, 2018 . Shiina Ringo Tribute album featuring Utada Hikaru, AI, LiSA, Kaela Kimura and more out in May . January 19, 2022 . Arama! Japan . en-US.