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King Master George (Katakana: キング・マスター・ジョージ) is the second studio album by Fishmans. It was first released on October 21, 1992 by newly-founded label Media Remoras. This would be the band's first album with the label and, in fact, King Master George was the first release ever printed by Media Remoras, which was formed from the remaining assets of Fishmans' previous label Virgin Japan. It would also be the only Fishmans album produced by Haruo Kubota, who was apparently difficult yet enjoyable to record with. Details are uncertain about this. A blurb on Fishmans' official website describes the album:

For middle school students with delusions of grandeur, summer camp is not over... Who is George? A mysterious gag definitive of this classic Fishmans album.

The album experiments with a multitude of genres, from sunshine pop to jazz rock to ska punk. A different recording of the album's only single, 100ミリちょっとの was released the prior February without this album in mind. This single was recorded as an opener for Japanese slice-of-life comedy 90日間トテナムパブ (romanized: 90 Day Tottenham Pub, English: The 90 Days). After the show was cancelled after just one season, the song was re-recorded with alternative lyrics for this album. As such, the record marks a significant time of change and growing pains for the band as they tried to find their footing in a definitive musical style.

The strange album title was apparently named after a store the band found in Nagasaki called "King George".

The album cover of King Master George was taken in a "quiet Shimokitazawa neighborhood" in Block 16 of District 5, Daizawa, Setagaya, Japan as explained in Pool Volume 9, which you can visit on Google Maps.

Track listing[]

  1. "いい言葉ちょうだい" (4:41)
  2. "誰かを捜そう" (4:30)
  3. "シーフードレストラン" (2:07)
  4. "影ドロボウ" (4:53)
  5. "ダイビング" (1:10)
  6. "ミネラルウォーター" (3:38)
  7. "なんてったの" (4:39)
  8. "ハンバーグ" (0:31)
  9. "100ミリちょっとの" (4:46)
  10. "頼りない天使" (4:36)
  11. "トナカイ" (5:52) - Performed by The Bottoms.
  12. "君だけがダイヤモンド" (0:07) - Performed by The Bottoms.
  13. "雨男憎まれる" (1:46)
  14. "土曜日の夜" (4:05)
  15. "曲目紹介" (3:55) - Track is なんてったの with narration instead of vocals.
  16. "教育" (0:09)

Some trivia: this is Fishmans' only album without any English track titles.

Artwork/Packaging[]

Scans are from 1998 reissue PCCA-01183.

Personnel[]

Band members[]

Other personnel[]

  • Haruo Kubota – producer, arrangements, mixing (tracks 1, 6, 7, 12 & 14), narration (track 15)
  • Hideaki Okuhara & Hirokazu Akashi – recording engineers
  • Akira Fueki & Osamu Imamoto – assistant engineers
  • Masashi Yabuhara – mixing engineer
  • Isamu Hanashima – assistant mixing engineer
  • Emiko Saito – editing engineer
  • Hiroyuki Hosaka – mastering engineer
  • Akihiko Yamamoto & Akira Watanabe – A&R
  • Tsukasa Fukuoka – artist manager
  • Akira Sasajima, Yoshiyuki Okuda & Ichiro Asatsuma – executive producers
  • Yutaka Kimura – art direction, design
  • Mayumi Nashida – photography
  • Jun-ichi Miyajima – visual coordination

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