ANGEL'IN HEAVY SYRUP (IV)

cover of US version of the fourth Angel'in Heavy Syrup cd cover of the Japanese version of the fourth Angel'in Heavy Syrup cd
US EDITION
JAPAN EDITION

The fourth album was released simultaneously in the fall of 1999 by Alchemy Records in Japan and Monotremata Records in the US. Aside from the front booklet covers and the use of different band photos on the back tray, the artwork is essentially identical. (The band photo used on the back of the Japanese edition appears inside the US edition and the photo inside of the Japanese edition appears on the back of the US edition.) The CD comes with an impressive sixteen-page booklet that includes lyrics for the first time (in English for the Monotremata CD, Japanese for the Alchemy release).

There is one significant difference between the two editions: Due to a communication gap regarding the DAT used for the American master, whose titles were in Japanese, the Monotremata release's running order differs somewhat from the printed booklet. See below:

US booklet track listing:
1. First love
2. a series of Water Mind
~ Rubens and the Cathedral
3. Voyage
4. ADIOS in those days
5. Space Conquest
6. Fate 		 US edition, actual running order:
1. First Love
2. Space Conquest
3. a series of Water Mind
~Rubens and the Cathedral
4. ADIOS in those days
5. Voyage
6. Fate 

In addition, "Fate" fades out on the Japanese version but not on the US version. The running order and fadeout will be corrected on subsequent pressings, making this a collector's album of sorts.

Angel'in Heavy Syrup at this time were:
Mineko Itakura -- Bass, vocal
Mine Nakao -- Guitar
Fusao Toda -- Guitar

NOTES:
Produced by Jojo Hiroshige. Recorded at Omega Sound, Osaka, June-August 1999. Engineered by Tetsuya Kotani.

Sleeve design: Angel'in Heavy Syrup
Art Direction: Masahiko Ohno
Photograph: Takushi Yamazaki
Translation: Johan Wellens and Teru Arima

Drums: Naoko Otani

Licensed from Alchemy Records (c) 1999.

Tracks:

First Love, a series of Water Mind ~ Reubens in the Cathedral, Voyage, ADIOS in those days, Space Conquest, Fate