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Cloudy Cloud Calculator
Cloudy Cloud Calculator
Studio album by Takako Minekawa
Released	December 10, 1997
Studio	Omega Sound (Osaka); Phonobaloon Laundry;
Genre	Shibuya-kei; electropop;
Length	37:57
Label	Polystar
Producer	Takako Minekawa; Seiichi Yamamoto; Sugar Yoshinaga;
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Cloudy Cloud Calculator is the third studio album by Japanese musician Takako Minekawa. It was released on December 10, 1997 by Polystar.^[3] The album was released in the United States on November 17, 1998 by Emperor Norton Records.^[4] Minekawa played almost every instrument on the album and wrote, produced and arranged nearly all its songs.^[5]

Minekawa toured in the United States to support the album. The EP Ximer... C.C.C. Remix, released on September 23, 1998 by Polystar,^[6] features remixes of tracks from Cloudy Cloud Calculator by various artists.^[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[8]
The Baltimore Sun	^[9]
Pitchfork	6.7/10^[5]

Heather Phares of AllMusic described Cloudy Cloud Calculator as one of Minekawa's "finest and most unusual moments" and "highly inventive, restrained pop".^[8] Christian Bruno, writing in Metro, referred to the album's songs as "wonderfully cute, all-synthesizer musings".^[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Takako Minekawa, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Micro Mini Cool"		2:53
2.	"Milk Rock"		3:45
3.	"Phonobaloon Song"		2:32
4.	"Cat House"		3:41
5.	"Cloud Chips"	Minekawa Sugar Yoshinaga	2:10
6.	"Kraftpark (Micro Trip Edit)"		2:58
7.	"Kangaroo Pocket Calculator"		3:45
8.	"Black Forest"	Minekawa Silvie TV Game	3:41
9.	"International Velvet"		3:20
10.	"Cloud Cuckoo Land"	Minekawa Plain Vanilla	4:59
11.	"Telstar"	Joe Meek	4:13
Total length:			37:57

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[11]

Musicians

Takako Minekawa – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, electric guitar, electronic drums (Yamaha DD-7, E-mu SP-1200), güiro, recorder, synthesizer (Boss SYB-3, Casio SA-1, Casio VA-10, Minimoog Voyager, Moog Prodigy, Roland CR-5000, Six-Trak), vocoder, arrangement
Yuko Aiso – violin
Yumiko Ohno – bass, maracas, synthesizer (Minimoog), theremin
Atsushi Tsuyama – drums
Mooog Yamamoto – turntables, "bird call"
Seiichi Yamamoto – acoustic guitar, electric bass, electric guitar, electronic drums, synthesizer (Roland JP-8000), arrangement
Masaaki Yoshida – synthesizer
Sugar Yoshinaga – arrangement

Production

Takako Minekawa – production
Tetsuya Kotani – engineering
Masao Nakazato – mastering
Seiichi Yamamoto – mixing, production
Sugar Yoshinaga – production

Design

Sheila Sachs – design
Chikashi Suzuki – photography
Mariko Yamamoto – art direction, design
Mooog Yamamoto – art direction, design

References

^ Daley, David (August 1998). "Japan's Shibuya-Kei Scene Invades America". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 60. pp. 16–17. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
^ Phares, Heather. "Takako Minekawa". AllMusic. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
^ "CLOUDY CLOUD CALCULATOR | 嶺川貴子" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^ "Cloudy Cloud Calculator (CD – Emperor Norton #7010) – Takako Minekawa". AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Richard-San, Mark. "Takako Minekawa: Cloudy Cloud Calculator". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 18, 2000. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
^ "ザイマー…C.C.C.remix | 嶺川貴子" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^ Phares, Heather. "Ximer – Takako Minekawa". AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Phares, Heather. "Cloudy Cloud Calculator – Takako Minekawa". AllMusic. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
^ Considine, J. D. (December 24, 1998). "Takako Minekawa: Cloudy Cloud Calculator (Emperor Norton 7010)". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
^ Bruno, Christian (February 24 – March 1, 2000). "Sugar Sacked". Metro. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
^ Cloudy Cloud Calculator (liner notes). Takako Minekawa. Polystar. 1997. PSCR-5658.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

Cloudy Cloud Calculator at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Daley, David (August 1998). "Japan's Shibuya-Kei Scene Invades America". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 60. pp. 16–17. Retrieved December 10, 2020.

[2] Phares, Heather. "Takako Minekawa". AllMusic. Retrieved December 10, 2020.

[3] "CLOUDY CLOUD CALCULATOR | 嶺川貴子" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

[4] "Cloudy Cloud Calculator (CD – Emperor Norton #7010) – Takako Minekawa". AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

[pitchforkmedia-5] Richard-San, Mark. "Takako Minekawa: Cloudy Cloud Calculator". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 18, 2000. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[6] "ザイマー…C.C.C.remix | 嶺川貴子" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

[7] Phares, Heather. "Ximer – Takako Minekawa". AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

[allmusic-8] Phares, Heather. "Cloudy Cloud Calculator – Takako Minekawa". AllMusic. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[9] Considine, J. D. (December 24, 1998). "Takako Minekawa: Cloudy Cloud Calculator (Emperor Norton 7010)". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 21, 2021.

[10] Bruno, Christian (February 24 – March 1, 2000). "Sugar Sacked". Metro. Retrieved December 10, 2020.

[11] Cloudy Cloud Calculator (liner notes). Takako Minekawa. Polystar. 1997. PSCR-5658.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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+'''''Cloudy Cloud Calculator''''' is the third [[studio album]] by Japanese musician [[Takako Minekawa]]. It was released on December 10, 1997 by Polystar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/254525/products/206749/1/|title=CLOUDY CLOUD CALCULATOR {{!}} 嶺川貴子|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=September 13, 2020|language=ja}}</ref> The album was released in the United States on November 17, 1998 by [[Emperor Norton Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/cloudy-cloud-calculator-mr0000740798|title=Cloudy Cloud Calculator (CD – Emperor Norton #7010) – Takako Minekawa|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 13, 2020}}</ref> Minekawa played almost every instrument on the album and wrote, produced and arranged nearly all its songs.<ref name=pitchforkmedia/>
-Minekawa toured in the United States to support the album. The [[extended play|EP]] ''Ximer... C.C.C. Remix'', released on September 23, 1998 by Polystar,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/254525/products/206791/1/|title=ザイマー…C.C.C.remix {{!}} 嶺川貴子|publisher=[[Oricon]]|accessdate=September 13, 2020|language=Japanese}}</ref> features remixes of tracks from ''Cloudy Cloud Calculator'' by various artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ximer-mw0000246373|title=Ximer – Takako Minekawa|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=September 13, 2020|last=Phares|first=Heather}}</ref>
+Minekawa toured in the United States to support the album. The [[extended play|EP]] ''Ximer... C.C.C. Remix'', released on September 23, 1998 by Polystar,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/254525/products/206791/1/|title=ザイマー…C.C.C.remix {{!}} 嶺川貴子|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=September 13, 2020|language=ja}}</ref> features remixes of tracks from ''Cloudy Cloud Calculator'' by various artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ximer-mw0000246373|title=Ximer – Takako Minekawa|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 13, 2020|last=Phares|first=Heather}}</ref>
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-| rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
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-| rev2score = 6.7/10<ref name=pitchforkmedia>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com:80/record-reviews/m/minekawa_takako/cloudy-cloud-calculator.shtml|title=Takako Minekawa: Cloudy Cloud Calculator|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|accessdate=March 5, 2018|last=Richard-San|first=Mark|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000118172713/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/minekawa_takako/cloudy-cloud-calculator.shtml|archivedate=January 18, 2000|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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-Heather Phares of [[AllMusic]] described ''Cloudy Cloud Calculator'' as one of Minekawa's "finest and most unusual moments" and "highly inventive, restrained [[pop music|pop]]".<ref name=allmusic/> Kelly Winters, writing in ''Contemporary Musicians'', referred to the album's tracks as "wonderfully cute, all-synthesizer musings".<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Takako Minekawa|chapterurl=http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004459/Takako-Minekawa.html|accessdate=September 21, 2007|last=Winters|first=Kelly|title=Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music|editor-last=Pilchak|editor-first=Angela M.|publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]|volume=53|year=2005|isbn=978-0787680664}}</ref>
+Heather Phares of [[AllMusic]] described ''Cloudy Cloud Calculator'' as one of Minekawa's "finest and most unusual moments" and "highly inventive, restrained [[pop music|pop]]".<ref name=allmusic/> Christian Bruno, writing in ''[[Metro Silicon Valley|Metro]]'', referred to the album's songs as "wonderfully cute, all-synthesizer musings".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.24.00/minekawa-0008.html|title=Sugar Sacked|newspaper=[[Metro Silicon Valley|Metro]]|date=February 24 – March 1, 2000|access-date=December 10, 2020|last=Bruno|first=Christian}}</ref>
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-Credits for ''Cloudy Cloud Calculator'' adapted from album liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Cloudy Cloud Calculator|type=liner notes|others=[[Takako Minekawa]]|publisher=Polystar|year=1997|id=PSCR-5658}}</ref>
+Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Cloudy Cloud Calculator|others=[[Takako Minekawa]]|publisher=Polystar|year=1997|id=PSCR-5658|type=liner notes}}</ref>
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 '''Musicians'''
-* Takako Minekawa – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, electric guitar, electronic drums (Yamaha DD-7, [[E-mu SP-1200]]), [[güiro]], recorder, [[synthesizer]] (Boss SYB-3, Casio SA-1, Casio VA-10, [[Minimoog Voyager]], [[Moog Prodigy]], Roland CR-5000, [[Six-Trak]]), [[vocoder]], arrangement
+* Takako Minekawa – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, electric guitar, [[electronic drum]]s (Yamaha DD-7, [[E-mu SP-1200]]), [[güiro]], recorder, [[synthesizer]] (Boss SYB-3, Casio SA-1, Casio VA-10, [[Minimoog Voyager]], [[Moog Prodigy]], Roland CR-5000, [[Six-Trak]]), [[vocoder]], [[arrangement]]
 * Yuko Aiso – violin
 * [[Buffalo Daughter|Yumiko Ohno]] – bass, maracas, synthesizer ([[Minimoog]]), [[theremin]]
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 * [[Buffalo Daughter|Sugar Yoshinaga]] – arrangement
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 '''Production'''
 * Takako Minekawa – [[record producer|production]]
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 * Sugar Yoshinaga – production
-'''Artwork'''
+'''Design'''
 * Sheila Sachs – design
 * Chikashi Suzuki – photography
-* Mariko Yamamoto – art direction, design
+* Mariko Yamamoto – [[art director|art direction]], design
 * Mooog Yamamoto – art direction, design
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 ==References==
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 * {{Discogs master|149770|Cloudy Cloud Calculator}}
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+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:1997 albums]]

v t e Takako Minekawa
Studio albums	Chat Chat (1995) Roomic Cube (1996) Cloudy Cloud Calculator (1997) Fun 9 (1999)
Extended plays	(A Little Touch Of) Baroque in Winter (1995) Athletica (1997) Maxi On (2000)