Another Game

Another Game is the fifth studio album by P-Model.[1]

Another Game
Studio album by
P-Model
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1984 (1984-02-25)
Recorded1983
StudioSound Sky Studio, Nakano, Nakano, Tokyo
GenreExperimental rock
Length44:20
LabelTokuma, Japan
ProducerP-Model
P-Model chronology
Perspective
(1982)		 Another Game
(1984)		 Scuba
(1984)

Background

In March 1983, Yasumi Tanaka, P-Model's original keyboardist, left the group and the music industry entirely due to a severe case of writer's block. His departure left the band in a state of crisis, as leader Susumu Hirasawa was for the first time the only major creative force since the group's days as Mandrake.[2]

Composition

With Hirasawa assuming full creative control of the band, Another Game's songs reflected the signature mood that would be prevalent throughout his career.[3] The album carries over the sensory experimentation of Perspective and their 1983 self-released album Fu Kyoka Kyoku Shū. Hirasawa uses atypical song structures, as well as those to affect the listener through biofeedback and alpha waves. Guitar and atmospheric synths are emphasized as opposed to the loud bass and drums of Perspective. The album also pays homage to Pink Floyd, whom Hirasawa drew deep inspiration from for his music.

Release

The album was originally scheduled to be released on 25 October 1983. However, the band's label Japan Record, postponed the release three times, with the album coming out only four months after the original planned release date. The delays happened due to a claim by the Recording Industry Association of Japan's Record Creation Standards and Ethics Committee (レコード制作基準倫理委員会（レコ倫）) that the lyrics of the song "Atom-Siberia" encourage discrimination.[4] The band was forced to re-record song without the incriminatory verse, and as a result annulled its contract with the label.[5] Afterwards they started the "Another Act" project, where they would release records with compositions made individually by each member. The first of which was Ikari (Japanese for "anger"), meant to represent the group's anger at the record company.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Susumu Hirasawa, except "Bike" by Syd Barrett with adapted lyrics by Hirasawa.

No.TitleLength
1."Another Game step1"3:08
2."Holland Element"3:38
3."Atom-Siberia"3:49
4."Personal Pulse"4:24
5."Fu-Ru-He-He-He" (フ・ル・ヘッ・ヘッ・ヘッ)2:41
6."Bike" (Pink Floyd cover)2:19
7."Harm Harmonizer" (instrumental)0:57
8."Mouth to Mouth"2:52
9."Floor"7:05
10."Goes on Ghost"4:30
11."Echoes"3:44
12."Awakening Sleep〜α click" (instrumental)5:14

"Harm Harmonizer" contains a sample of "Two on a Floor" by P-Model, from the album Fu Kyoka Kyoku Shū.

The titles of the songs are officially rendered out in all caps, except for the sub-titles of the first and last songs. "Fu-Ru-He-He-He" has had its title rendered in hiragana and translated as "FuLu He He He" on various sources.

On vinyl issues, "Awakening Sleep〜α click" leads into a locked groove, so that the track would have an "endless" effect.

Personnel
P-Model - Production, Arrangements
Guest musicians & production
  • Toshinobu Kyozima - Voice on "Another Game step1"
  • Manami Takada - Backing vocals on "Mouth to Mouth"
  • Eiichi Tsutaki (courtesy of Floor Records) - Xylophone and Slit drum on "Floor"
  • Yasushi Konishi - Engineering
  • Toshiyuki Asakuno - Assistant Engineering
Staff

Release history
Date Label(s) Format Catalog Notes
October 25, 1983 (1983-10-25) Tokuma Japan Corporation, Japan Record LP 28JAL-2 Released to the music press, has a "Sample - Not For Sale" sticker on the cover. The back of the obi lists dates for the Another Game Tour (which lasted for October–December 1983) and contact numbers for Model House (P-Model's management company) & Tokuma Japan, as well as info on P-Model related/then recent Japan Record releases (which ended up being the only material included on the back of the obi when the album was eventually released).[6] Includes "Malformed Area" version of "Atom-Siberia".
February 25, 1984 (1984-02-25) Includes "Countless Answers" version of "Atom-Siberia", whose lyrics are omitted from the liner notes. Side B of both this version and the promo vinyl ends on a locked groove.
June 25, 1989 (1989-06-25) Tokuma Japan Corporation, WAX Records CD 27WXD-120 Released alongside Perspective. All issues from this one onwards have the "Malformed Area" version of "Atom-Siberia".
September 25, 1994 (1994-09-25) Tokuma Japan Communications, WAX Records TKCA-70480 Released alongside Perspective. Part of the "Quality Music" series of budget reissues. Packaged in a slimline case and priced at 1500 yen.
May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10)
July 4, 2014 (2014-07-04)		 Chaos Union, Teslakite CHTE-0008 Remastered by Hirasawa. Part of Disc 4 of the Ashu-on [Sound Subspecies] in the solar system box set, alongside Fu Kyoka Kyoku Shū.[7][8] The "Countless Answers" version of "Atom-Siberia" and the Rebel Street version of "Fu-Ru-He-He-He" are on Disc 15 (CHTE-0019); "Exercise for the Heavenizer 1" is on Disc 2 (CHTE-0006). Re-released with new packaging by Kiyoshi Inagaki.
April 25, 2007 (2007-04-25) Tokuma Japan Communications, sky station, SS RECORDINGS SS-903 Remastered (digitally, 24 bit). Packaged in a paper sleeve to replicate the original LP packaging. Includes new liner notes by music industry writer Dai Onojima.
July 17, 2015 (2015-07-17) Tokuma Japan Communications, WAX Records SHM-CD TKCA-10134 Released alongside Perspective. Remastered, limited release. Packaged in a paper sleeve to replicate the original LP packaging.
  • "Atom-Siberia" ("Malformed Area" version) is included on the Impossibles! 80's JAPANESE PUNK & NEW WAVE various artists compilation.

References
  1. "Another Game". Last FM. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  2. Hirasawa, Susumu (1989). 平沢進のＣＧ年賀状 [Susumu Hirasawa's CG New Year Message] (VHS) (in Japanese). Hirasawa Bypass.
  3. "Another Game". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  4. "P-Model". techno-electro-synth. POP ACADEMY. Archived from the original on 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  5. キミはシベリアでポゴ・ダンスを踊ったか? [Did You Dance the Pogo Dance to Siberia?]. The Aggregated Past KANGENSHUGI 8760 HOURS (in Japanese). Chaos Union. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  6. "ANOTHER GAME LP 二種比較". 平沢博物苑 (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  7. Head, Said. "One of my favorite P-Model albums". Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  8. "P-Model". Discogs.com. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
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