That's Why I Gave Up on Music
2019 studio album by Yorushika
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That's Why I Gave Up on Music (だから僕は音楽を辞めた, Dakara Boku wa Ongaku o Yameta), is the first studio album by Japanese rock duo Yorushika. It was released on April 10, 2019, by U&R records.[1]
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| Released | April 10, 2019 | |||
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| Length | 49:16 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | U&R records | |||
| Producer | n-buna | |||
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Overview
It is a concept album based on the story of "Elma and Amy", written and illustrated by n-buna. The album contains a total of 14 songs by Amy, the protagonist of the story, who wrote them for Elma while travelling to different places in Sweden.[2][3]
The album cover shows Amy, the character in the title track which explains how he quit music, standing in the crossroad of Tyska Skolgränd and Baggensgatan in Gamla Stan.
Making
N-buna had developed the idea of writing about a man who had quit music as a way of projecting his old self. He set the story in Sweden because of having lived there as a child and the influences it had on him.[4] He went on a trip to Sweden alone and wrote the music there.[5] He also came up with the idea for track 7, "In June, I Write About the Town After the Rain", in a hotel in Gamla Stan as he couldn't go out due to the rain.[6]
Release
In addition to the music, the first press limited edition of the album titled "Letters to Elma" also contains lyrics and letters written by Amy along with pictures of the places he visited.[7]
Prior to the release of the album, music videos for titles "Deep Indigo"[8] on 27 December 2018, "Parade"[9] on 11 March 2019, and "That's Why I Gave Up on Music"[10] on 5 April 2019 were also released.
The duo released their second album titled Elma on 28 August 2019, which serves as a direct sequel to the story of That's Why I Gave Up on Music.[11]
Track listing
All lyrics／music／arrangement by n-buna.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "8/31[a]" | 1:54 |
| 2. | "Deep Indigo (藍二乗, Ai Nijō)" | 4:05 |
| 3. | "August, That Place, Moonlight (八月、某、月明かり, Hachigatsu、Bō、Tsukiakari)" | 4:36 |
| 4. | "Lyric-Writing and Coffee (詩書きとコーヒー, Shikaki to Kohii)" | 4:07 |
| 5. | "7/13[a]" | 1:38 |
| 6. | "I'll Dance (踊ろうぜ, Odorō ze)" | 4:13 |
| 7. | "In June, I Write About the Town After the Rain (六月は雨上がりの街を書く, Rokugatsu wa Ameagari no Machi o Kaku)" | 3:58 |
| 8. | "In May, from the Emerald-Green Window (五月は花緑青の窓辺から, Gogatsu wa Hanarokushō no Madobe kara)" | 3:05 |
| 9. | "False Night (夜紛い, Yoru Magai)" | 3:43 |
| 10. | "5/6[a]" | 2:27 |
| 11. | "Parade (パレード, Paredo)" | 4:59 |
| 12. | "Elma (エルマ, Eruma)" | 3:39 |
| 13. | "4/10[a]" | 2:50 |
| 14. | "That's Why I Gave Up on Music (だから僕は音楽を辞めた, Dakara Boku wa Ongaku o Yameta)[b]" | 4:02 |
| Total length: | 49:16 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Deep Indigo (藍二乗, Ai Nijō)" (music box version) | 4:05 |
| 2. | "False Night (夜紛い, Yoru Magai)" (music box version) | 3:43 |
| 3. | "That's Why I Gave Up on Music (だから僕は音楽を辞めた, Dakara Boku wa Ongaku o Yameta)" (music box version) | 4:02 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "August, That Place, Moonlight (八月、某、月明かり, Hachigatsu、Bō、Tsukiakari)" (music box version) | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Parade (パレード, Paredo)" (music box version) | 4:59 |
| 3. | "Elma (エルマ, Eruma)" (music box version) | 3:39 |
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