The pillows
The pillows | |
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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)