Tommy February6
Studio album
ArtistTommy February6
CoverTommy Feb Cover norm.jpg
ReleasedFebruary 6, 2002
Recorded2001
GenreSynthpop · techno
Length44:24
LabelDefstar Records
ProducerTommy February6 · Malibu Convertible[1]
Next year2004

Tommy February6 is the debut album of the Brilliant Green vocalist Tomoko Kawase's alter ego Tommy February6 (so named after Kawase's birthday). The album, in addition to launching Kawase's solo career, also established Tommy February6's trademark sound, which is heavily influenced by 80's synthpop music.

Most of the lyrics on the album's original material (all written by Kawase) are either dominated by English lyrics with occasional Japanese lines, or are wholly in English – despite the fact that Kawase reportedly cannot speak much of the language – with only one song ("The Rose Fragrence.") sung entirely in Japanese.

The original first pressing of the album came with a promotional DVD that included music videos, karaoke videos and furitsuke (choreography) videos for "Kiss One More Time" and "Bloomin'!". Also included was the making of the PV's for "Kiss One More Time", "Bloomin'!" and "Candy Pop in Love"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2]1

Monthly charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3]2

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4]17

Personnel

  • Tommy February6 – lead and backing vocals
  • Malibu Convertible – keyboards, guitar, drum programming, arrangements[1]
  • Team Real Men – backing vocals (tracks: 3, 10)

Production

  • Tommy February6executive producer
  • Malibu Convertible – producer, arranger, recording engineer, mixing engineer
  • Auspicious Feather – recording engineer, mixing engineer (tracks: 2, 8)
  • Dark Undercover – assistant engineer (tracks: 2, 8)

References

  1. ^ Malibu Convertible is Shunsaku Okuda and Ryo Matsui who are the members of the brilliant green. They also joined her tour as a guitarist. Okuda composed most songs and Matsui composed several songs.
  2. ^ "Tommy february6 | Tommy february6" (in Japanese). Oricon News. 2002-02-06. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  3. ^ "2002 2月売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Archived March 29, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  4. ^ "Oricon Yearly Albums Chart" (in Japanese). Oricon Style; published through Yahoo! GeoCities. December 2002. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2016.