The pillows

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The pillows
General information
Genre (s) Alternative rock , power pop
founding 1989
Founding members
Sawao Yamanaka
Yoshiaki Manabe
Kenji Ueda
Shin'ichirō Satō
Current occupation
Sawao Yamanaka
Yoshiaki Manabe
Jun Suzuki
Shin'ichirō Satō

The Pillows is a Japanese band from Hokkaidō . The band is classified as alternative rock and power pop . They became internationally known for their soundtrack for the anime FLCL . The band, founded in 1989, has so far released almost two dozen albums as well as many singles and a few compilations . They have been under contract with the Avex Trax label since 2007 .

Discography

Studio albums

  • Moon Gold (1991)
  • White Incarnation (1992)
  • Kool Spice (1994)
  • Living Field (1995)
  • Please Mr. Lostman (1997)
  • Little Busters (1998)
  • Runners High (1999)
  • Happy Bivouac (1999)
  • Smile (2001)
  • Thank You, Mr. Twilight (2002)
  • Penalty Life (ペ ナ ル テ ィ ー ラ イ フ, 2003)
  • Good Dreams (2004)
  • My Foot (2006)
  • Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! (2007)
  • Pied Piper (2008)
  • OOPArts (2009)
  • Horn Again (2011)
  • Trial (2012)
  • Moondust (2014)
  • Stroll and Roll (2016)
  • Nook in the Brain (2017)
  • Rebroadcast (2018)

EPs

  • Mime (パ ン ト マ イ ム, 1990)
  • 90's My Life (1990)
  • The Pillows Presents Special CD (1993)
  • Turn Back (2004)

Soundtracks

  • Love & Pop (1998)
  • FLCL No. 1: Addict (2004)
  • FLCL No. 2: King of Pirates (2004)
  • Colors of Life (2004)
  • Moonlight Jellyfish (2004)
  • FLCL No. 3 (2005)

Compilations

  • Fool on the Planet (Greatest Hits, 2001)
  • Another Morning, Another Pillows (B-SIDES, 2002)
  • Lostman Go To Yesterday (single compilation, 2007)
  • Rock Stock & Too Smoking the pillows (Greatest Hits, 2009)
  • Once Upon a Time in the Pillows (Greatest Hits, 2009)

VHS / DVD

  • Hello, Welcome to Bubbletown's Happy Zoo (Instant Show) (VHS, 1998)
  • We Have a Theme Song (VHS, 1999)
  • Busters on the Planet (2001)
  • Dead Stock Paradise (2003)
  • Hello, Welcome to Bubbletowns Happy Zoo (Instant Show) (DVD Re-Release, 2003)
  • We Have a Theme Song (DVD Re-Release, 2003)
  • Walkin 'on the Spiral (2004)
  • 916 (2005)
  • Delicious Bump Tour in USA (2005)
  • Delicous Bump Show !! (Various Artist, 2006)
  • Lostman Go to America (2007)
  • Wake up! Stand up! And Go! (2008)
  • Pied Piper Go to Yesterday (2009)
  • Blue Song With Blue Poppies (2009)
  • Lostman Go to Budokan (2010)
  • We Are Friends (2012)

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