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1999 studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
BTTB
Studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
ReleasedFebruary 2, 1999 (Japan)
January 2000 (Europe)
February 8, 2000 (US)
Studio
GenreClassical
Length63:04
LabelSony Classical
ProducerRyuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology
Discord
(1997) 		BTTB
(1999) 		Comica
(2002)
Singles from BTTB
  1. "Ura BTTB (ウラBTTB)"
    Released: May 26, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Pitchfork8.0/10

BTTB is a 1999 piano solo and duet album by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The album title is an acronym for "Back To The Basics". Two separate versions of the album were pressed, for Japanese and international markets. The International version opens with the three songs off of the Ura BTTB (ウラBTTB) maxi single released in Japan as a promotional tool, while replacing a few pieces elsewhere in the album. The maxi single peaked at no. 1 in the Japanese singles chart and was the fourth best selling single of 1999 in Japan.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Japanese version
No.TitleLength
1."Opus"4:27
2."Sonatine"3:38
3."Intermezzo"3:44
4."Lorenz and Watson"3:57
5."Choral No. 1"2:27
6."Choral No. 2"2:05
7."Do Bacteria Sleep?"4:18
8."Bachata"8:14
9."Chanson"2:23
10."Distant Echo"5:53
11."Prelude"4:08
12."Sonata"3:31
13."Uetax"0:26
14."Aqua"4:29
15."Snake Eyes"6:07
16."Tong Poo"5:03
International version
No.TitleLength
1."Energy Flow"4:36
2."Put Your Hands Up"4:51
3."Railroad Man"4:42
4."Opus"4:27
5."Sonatine"3:38
6."Intermezzo"3:44
7."Lorenz and Watson"3:57
8."Choral No. 1"2:27
9."Choral No. 2"2:05
10."Bachata"8:14
11."Chanson"2:23
12."Prelude"4:08
13."Uetax"0:26
14."Aqua"4:29
15."Tong Poo"5:03
16."Reversing"3:58

Personnel

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano, production
  • Fernando Aponte – engineer
  • Naoto Shibuya – engineer, mixing
  • Masaki Sekiguchi – assistant engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Hideki Nakajima – direction

References

  1. Vallier, John. BTTB at AllMusic
  2. Saxelby, Ruth (2019-03-02). "Ryuichi Sakamoto: BTTB (20th Anniversary Edition)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  3. "1999年 シングル年間TOP100". Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Yahoo!. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
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