Rumaniamania

Rumaniamania
Studio album by Rumania Montevideo
Released	June 16, 1999 (1999-06-16)
Recorded	1999
Genre	J-pop rock country
Length	43:58
Label	Giza
Producer	Makoto Miyoshi Rockaku
Rumania Montevideo chronology
Sunny,Cloudy,Rain (1999) Rumaniamania (1999) Girl, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy (2000)
Singles from Rumaniamania
"Still For Your Love" Released: 14 April 1999

Rumaniamania is the debut studio album by Japanese J-pop band Rumania Montevideo. It was released on June 16, 1999, by Giza Studio label.

Background

The album consist only of their debut single: Still for your love. The beginning of single recording started near end of year 1998 during their formation period and made it into television on-air in January 1999.[1] It became their smash-hit which sold more than 165,000 copies and charted on Oricon rankings for 13 weeks. B-side song Good-Bye Summer Vacation was included in this album as well.

Lifevideo is the second and final original song performed and written by leader of the band, Makoto.[2]

Sayonara was re-recorded from the original song Jonathan which was performed in English and included in their first indies album Jet Plane.[3]

Anny was performed in acoustic live performance "UNDOWN vol.4".[4][5]

Charting

The album reached #9 rank in Oricon for first week. It charted for 6 weeks and sold 92,360 copies.[6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mami Miyoshi (expect of #1, by Makoto Miyoshi); all music is composed by Makoto Miyoshi[7]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lifevideo"	3:59
2.	"Still for Your Love"	4:21
3.	"Kohaku (コハク)"	3:20
4.	"Sayonara (さよなら)" (re-recorded version of "Jonathan" from 1st indies album "Jet Plane")	4:25
5.	"Daylight"	3:43
6.	"Yesterday"	4:23
7.	"Pair"	3:40
8.	"Gunshuu (群衆)"	4:02
9.	"Anny"	4:03
10.	"Good-bye Summer Vacation"	3:07
11.	"Repeat"	4:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD booklet of Rumania Mania.[8]

Mami Miyoshi – vocals, songwriting, drums Makoto Miyoshi - producer, vocals, guitar, arranging, composing, songwriting, Satomi Makoshi - bass, backing vocals Akiko Matsuda - keyboards, backing vocals, saxophone Kazunobu Mashima - guitar Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow) - arranging Yoshinori Akai - recording, mixing Secil Minami - backing vocals Takumi Ito - backing vocals Toshiyuki Ebihara (cule) - A&R Daisuke Suzuki (cule) - A&R Hideaki Magarite - artist management Gan Kojima – art direction Rockaku - producing

In media

• Still for your love: ending theme song for the Anime television series Detective Conan

References

1. Credits from "奇術愛好家殺人事件(事件篇)". 名探偵コナン. Season 5 (in Japanese). January 25, 1999. Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.
2. "Rumania Montevideo discography". Rumania Montevideo Official Website.
3. "rumania montevideo 『JETPLANE』". gizagiza.com (archived). Archived from the original on 22 April 2001.
4. "PAST LIVE (2000.5～2002.5)" 渋谷CLUB QUATTRO「UNDOWN vol.4」". Yoidoretenshi.
5. "２０００年 ＣＡＮＮＡＢＩＳライブ セットリスト" 2000.7.14 UNDOWN vol.4 @ 渋谷CLUB QUATTRO". Geocities.
6. "Rumaniamania (Rumania Montevideo)". Oricon News.
7. "ALBUM Rumaniamania (Rumania Montevideo)". beinggiza.com.
8. Rumania Montevideo (1999). Rumania Mania (CD Album; Booklet). Rumania Montevideo. Japan: Giza Studio. GZCA-1007.