Long Season


Long Season is the sixth studio album by Japanese dub band Fishmans, first released on October 25, 1996 in Japan by Polydor Records. It was recorded in July 1996 and consists of a single 35-minute composition based on the band's earlier song "Season".

Background

The idea for Long Season developed from a chat between the members of Fishmans. They wanted to create a one-song album instead of a standard track-by-track album like their previous efforts. Several recording sessions were held, with the band composing the album's sole song "Long Season" by building upon their earlier song "Season", which had been released as a single in 1996. Fishmans and co-producer ZAK developed ideas for the album at their studio Waikiki Beach and made detailed edits. There were episodes in which ZAK would "shed blood from his eyes" from viewing computer monitors for too long.
Fishmans invited many guest musicians to assist in the recording of Long Season. The band were again joined by frequent collaborator Honzi, as well as K-pop singer MariMari, whom Fishmans would frequently perform alongside in the years following the album's release. Long Season would also be the first Fishmans album to feature Michio "Darts" Sekiguchi as a guest guitarist; he would go on to play with the band until their final concert. Vocalist UA also contributes hearty feminine vocals to the album.

Track listing

The album consists of one 35-minute-long composition, which has been split up into five parts on multiple issues.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

2016 reissue