Album

Happy Bivouac

The Pillows

1999 · Rock

Rare pressing on Gatefold

Happy Bivouac by The Pillows

Happy Bivouac is an Alt/Indie album by The Pillows, originally released in 1999. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.

About

Released on December 2nd, 1999, "Happy Bivouac on the Hillari Step" (better known as "Happy Bivouac") is the eighth album by the Pillows. Several songs from this album as well as from "Runners High" and "Little Busters" were used in the 2001 OVA "FLCL".

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Tracklist

  1. 1Happy Bivouac
  2. 2Rush
  3. 3Last Dinosaur
  4. 4Carnival
  5. 5Our Love And Peace
  6. 6Crazy Sunshine
  7. 7Back Seat Dog
  8. 8Kim Deal
  9. 9Funny Bunny
  10. 10Beautiful Morning With You
  11. 11Advice

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Alternative Rock
  • jangly
  • euphoric
  • summer

Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Happy Bivouac is an album released by The Pillows on December 2, 1999. It marks the band's first record with Jun Suzuki on bass and contains several references to the United States band Pixies. Track eight is named after Pixies bassist Kim Deal and at the end of "Back Seat Dog", The Pillows can be heard singing the chorus of "Here Comes Your Man" from the album Doolittle. As with its predecessor Runners High, several songs from Happy Bivouac were used for the anime series FLCL.
Full album title according to the packaging is "Happy Bivouac on the Hillari Step"

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Jun SuzukiBASS GUEST, BASS
  • Sawao YamanakaBAND , VOCALS, GUITAR LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR
  • Shinichiro SatoBAND , DRUMS DRUMS
  • Yoshiaki ManabeBAND , GUITAR LEAD GUITAR

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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