Gekokujyo Xstasy (下剋上エクスタシー, Gekokujō Ekusutashii), also known as Revolt Ecstasy, is a video album by Japanese singer and songwriter Ringo Sheena, released on 7 December 2000 by Toshiba EMI. It contains a live recording of Sheena during her first tour of the same name.
| Gekokujyo Xstasy | ||||
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 DVD edition cover | ||||
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| Released | 7 December 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 26 April and 31 May 2000 | |||
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| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 90 minutes | |||
| Label | Toshiba EMI | |||
| Producer | Inoue Uni | |||
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| Tour by Shiina Ringo | |
| Start date | April 17, 2000 |
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| End date | June 7, 2000 |
| No. of shows | 15 |
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Sheena also released the video album Hatsuiku Status Gokiritsu Japon (発育ステータス 御起立ジャポン, Growth Status - Stand Up Japan)" simultaneously.
Outline
editGekokujyo Xstasy was the first nationwide tour for Shiina performed from April 17, 2000 to June 7. The live video takes up two performances at NHK Hall and at Fukuoka Sunpalace mainly from this tour.
The stage design of the tour makes a hospital a motif like her single "Honnou." The stage setting imitated an operating room, and an ECG Monitor or an anatomical model of the human body, etc. were arranged on the stage, and the synthesizer and the drum set were laid on operating tables. Shiina wears a white dress looks like gauze bandages with which she blinds her body. Four members of the tour band also wear the white coat.
The recorded songs are chosen from the second album "Shouso Strip" mainly. Some songs containing single "Koko de Kiss Shite", "Gibs", etc. were not recorded. New songs "Yattsuke Shigoto" and "Gamble" shown during this tour weren’t recorded, but, they were recorded in Shiina’s live album "Zecchōshū" instead.
Tracklist
editAll tracks written by Ringo Sheena, except "Love is Blind" by Janis Ian.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Honnō" | |
| 2. | "I Am a Liar" (虚言症 Kyogen-shō) | |
| 3. | "Kabukichou no Joou" | |
| 4. | "Blue Sky" (あおぞら Aozora) | |
| 5. | "A Broken Man and Moonlight" (月に負け犬 Tsuki ni Makeinu) | |
| 6. | "Identity" (アイデンティティ Aidentiti) | |
| 7. | "Caution" (警告 Keikoku) | |
| 8. | "Love is Blind" | |
| 9. | "Correct City" (正しい街 Tadashii Machi) | |
| 10. | "Playing With Blocks" (積木遊び Tsumiki Asobi) | |
| 11. | "Excuse Debussy" (弁解ドビュッシー Benkai Dobyusshii) | |
| 12. | "Kōfukuron" (joy version) | |
| 13. | "Tsumi to Batsu" | |
| 14. | "I Am an Addict" (依存症 Izon-shō) | |
| 15. | "Sid & Daydreams" (シドと白昼夢 Sido to Hakuchūmu) | |
| 16. | "Sickbed Public" (病床パブリック Byōshō Paburikku) | |
| 17. | "Marunouchi Sadistic" | |
| 18. | "Special Track (featuring Kachiikusa Kinen Gakudan and Masato Minagawa)
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| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Part One" | |
| 2. | "Part Two" | |
| 3. | "Part Three" |
Personnel
edit- Vocals, Electric bass guitar: 椎名林檎Shiina Ringo
- Electric bass guitar: 亀田誠治 Kameda Seiji
- Electric guitar: 弥吉淳二 Yayoshi Junji
- Synthesizer and Electronic keyboard: 皆川真人 Minagawa Makoto
- Drums: 村石雅行 Muraishi Masayuki
- Strings: Gen Ittetsu's Kachiikusa Kinen Gakudan (勝ち戦記念楽団, victory memorial orchestra)
Tour Dates
edit| Date | Shi (City) | Ken (Prefecture) | Venue |
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| April 17, 2000 | Utsunomiya | Tochigi | Tochigi General Cultural Center |
| April 20, 2000 | Kanazawa | Ishikawa | Hondanomori Hall |
| April 24, 2000 | Niigata | Niigata | Niigata Prefectural Civic Center |
| April 26, 2000 | Shibuya | Tokyo | NHK Hall |
| April 28, 2000 | Shibuya Public Hall | ||
| May 13, 2000 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima | ALSOK Hall |
| May 15, 2000 | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | Kagoshima Citizen's Cultural Hall |
| May 18, 2000 | Nagasaki | Nagasaki | Nagasaki Brick Hall |
| May 22, 2000 | Takasaki | Gunma | Takasaki Civic Hall |
| May 24, 2000 | Osaka | Osaka | Well City Osaka |
| September 9, 2000 | Sendai | Miyagi | Sendai Sunplaza |
| May 31, 2000 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | Fukuoka Sunpalace |
| June 2, 2000 | Nagoya | Aichi | Nagoya Public Hall |
| June 5, 2000 | Sapporo | Hokkaido | Well City Sapporo |
| June 7, 2000 | Morioka | Iwate | Morioka Civic Cultural Hole |