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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Cloudy Cloud Calculator
| name = Cloudy Cloud Calculator
| type = studio
| Type = [[Studio album]]
| Artist = [[Takako Minekawa]]
| artist = [[Takako Minekawa]]
| Cover = Orginal Cloudy Cloud Calculator.jpg
| cover = Cloudy Cloud Calculator alternate cover.jpg
| alt =
| Released = [[December 10]], [[1997]]
| released = {{start date|1997|12|10}}
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Shibuya-kei]]
| Length =
| venue =
| studio = {{hlist|Omega Sound ([[Osaka]])|Phonobaloon Laundry}}
| Label = [[Emperor Norton Records]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[Shibuya-kei]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_CkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|title=Japan's Shibuya-Kei Scene Invades America|magazine=[[CMJ New Music Monthly]]|issue=60|date=August 1998|access-date=December 10, 2020|last=Daley|first=David|pages=16–17}}</ref>|[[electropop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/takako-minekawa-mn0000790646/biography|title=Takako Minekawa|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 10, 2020|last=Phares|first=Heather}}</ref>}}
| Producer =
| length = {{duration|m=37|s=57}}
| Reviews =
| label = Polystar
*[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4|5}} [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE57316D84BAF7120CE93255ED0A372FE1DC463F2810A2D4B5CD0FB3247801166C07DE5BFB1EB9F39BD66AEF931A65A0FD486EA5CF9D96C3D3A9D8EDB&sql=10:dnftxq9jldse link]
| producer = {{hlist|Takako Minekawa|[[Seiichi Yamamoto]]|[[Buffalo Daughter|Sugar Yoshinaga]]}}
*[[Pitchfork Media]] (6.7) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19908-cloudy-cloud-calculator?artist_title=19908-cloudy-cloud-calculator link]
| Last album = '''''[[Athletica]]'''''<br>(1997)
| prev_title = [[Athletica]]
| prev_year = 1997
| This album = ''Cloudy Cloud Calculator''<br>(1997)
| next_title = Recubed
| Next album = '''''Ximer'''''<br>(1998)
| next_year = 1998
| Misc = {{Extra album cover 2
| Upper caption = Alternate cover
| Type = studio album
| Cover = Cloudy Cloud Calculator alternate cover.jpg
| Lower caption =
}}
}}
}}


'''''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/>
'''''Cloudy Cloud Calculator''''' is a 1997 album by [[Takako Minekawa]]. It was released by [[Emperor Norton Records]] in the [[United States]].<ref name=musicianguide>[http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004459/Takako-Minekawa.html Takako Minekawa, Musician Guide.]</ref> It is Minekawa's fourth album. ''Cloudy Cloud Calculator'' was described as one of Minekawa's "finest and most unique [sic] moments", "highly inventive, restrained pop",<ref name=allmusic>[http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE57316D84BAF7120CE93255ED0A372FE1DC463F2810A2D4B5CD0FB3247801166C07DE5BFB1EB9F39BD66AEF931A65A0FD486EA5CF9D96C3D3A9D8EDB&sql=10:dnftxq9jldse ''Cloudy Cloud Calculator'', All Music.]</ref> and "wonderfully cute, all-synthesizer musings."<ref name=musicianguide/> Minekawa played almost every instrument on the album and produced, arranged, wrote, and sang all its songs.<ref name=pitchforkmedia>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19908-cloudy-cloud-calculator?artist_title=19908-cloudy-cloud-calculator ''Cloudy Cloud Calculator'', Pitchforkmedia.]</ref> Minekawa toured in the United States to support the album. The album ''Ximer'', released in 1998, featured remixes of ''Cloudy Cloud Calculator'' by artists including [[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]], [[Markus Popp]], [[Sukia (band)|Sukia]], and [[Michiko Endo]] (Citrus).<ref name=nippop>[http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-46/artist_name-takako_minekawa/ Takako Minekawa, Nippop.]</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>
== Track listing ==
# "Micro Mini Cool" - 2:53
# "Milk Rock" - 3:45
# "Phonobaloon Song" - 2:32
# "Cat House" - 3:41
# "Cloud Chips" - 2:10
# "Kraftpark (Micro Trip Edit)" - 2:58
# "Kangaroo Pocket Calculator" - 3:45
# "Black Forest" - 3:41
# "International Velvet" - 3:20
# "Cloud Cuckoo Land" - 4:59
# "[[Telstar (song)|Telstar]]" - 4:13


== References ==
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cloudy-cloud-calculator-mw0000049122|title=Cloudy Cloud Calculator – Takako Minekawa|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 5, 2018|last=Phares|first=Heather}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-12-24-1998358101-story.html|title=Takako Minekawa: Cloudy Cloud Calculator (Emperor Norton 7010)|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=December 24, 1998|access-date=April 21, 2021|last=Considine|first=J. D.|author-link=J. D. Considine}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev3score = 6.7/10<ref name=pitchforkmedia>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/minekawa_takako/cloudy-cloud-calculator.shtml|title=Takako Minekawa: Cloudy Cloud Calculator|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=March 5, 2018|last=Richard-San|first=Mark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000118172713/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/minekawa_takako/cloudy-cloud-calculator.shtml|archive-date=January 18, 2000|url-status=dead}}</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>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Takako Minekawa, except where noted
| title1 = Micro Mini Cool
| length1 = 2:53
| title2 = Milk Rock
| length2 = 3:45
| title3 = Phonobaloon Song
| length3 = 2:32
| title4 = Cat House
| length4 = 3:41
| title5 = Cloud Chips
| writer5 = {{hlist|Minekawa|[[Buffalo Daughter|Sugar Yoshinaga]]}}
| length5 = 2:10
| title6 = Kraftpark (Micro Trip Edit)
| length6 = 2:58
| title7 = Kangaroo Pocket Calculator
| length7 = 3:45
| title8 = Black Forest
| writer8 = {{hlist|Minekawa|Silvie TV Game}}
| length8 = 3:41
| title9 = International Velvet
| length9 = 3:20
| title10 = Cloud Cuckoo Land
| writer10 = {{hlist|Minekawa|Plain Vanilla}}
| length10 = 4:59
| title11 = [[Telstar (song)|Telstar]]
| writer11 = [[Joe Meek]]
| length11 = 4:13
| total_length = 37:57
}}

==Personnel==
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>

{{columns-start}}
'''Musicians'''
* 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]]
* Atsushi Tsuyama – drums
* [[Buffalo Daughter|Mooog Yamamoto]] – [[phonograph|turntables]], "bird call"
* [[Seiichi Yamamoto]] – acoustic guitar, electric bass, electric guitar, electronic drums, synthesizer ([[Roland JP-8000]]), arrangement
* Masaaki Yoshida – synthesizer
* [[Buffalo Daughter|Sugar Yoshinaga]] – arrangement

{{column}}
'''Production'''
* Takako Minekawa – [[record producer|production]]
* Tetsuya Kotani – [[audio engineer|engineering]]
* Masao Nakazato – [[mastering (audio)|mastering]]
* Seiichi Yamamoto – [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], production
* Sugar Yoshinaga – production

'''Design'''
* Sheila Sachs – design
* Chikashi Suzuki – photography
* Mariko Yamamoto – [[art director|art direction]], design
* Mooog Yamamoto – art direction, design
{{columns-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|149770|Cloudy Cloud Calculator}}

{{Takako Minekawa}}

{{Authority control}}


[[Category:1997 albums]]
[[Category:1997 albums]]
[[Category:Takako Minekawa albums]]
[[Category:Takako Minekawa albums]]
[[Category:Emperor Norton Records albums]]

Latest revision as of 06:24, 25 May 2021

Cloudy Cloud Calculator
Studio album by
Takako Minekawa
ReleasedDecember 10, 1997 (1997-12-10)
Studio
  • Omega Sound (Osaka)
  • Phonobaloon Laundry
Genre
Length37:57
LabelPolystar
Producer
Takako Minekawa chronology
Athletica
(1997) 		Cloudy Cloud Calculator
(1997) 		Recubed
(1998)

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

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
The Baltimore Sun[9]
Pitchfork6.7/10[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

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All tracks are written by Takako Minekawa, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(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"
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 Meek4:13
Total length:37:57

Personnel

[edit]

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

Musicians

Production

Design

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

References

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  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.
  5. ^ a b 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.
  8. ^ a b 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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