BTTB (album)

BTTB
BTTB
Studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Released	February 2, 1999
Studio	Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Mouri Artworks Studio and Victor Aoyama Studio; (Tokyo);
Genre	Classical
Length	63:04
Label	Sony Classical
Producer	Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology
Singles from BTTB
	"Ura BTTB (ウラBTTB)"; Released: May 26, 1999;
Alternative cover
	20th Anniversary Edition

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork	8.0/10^[2]

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 on the album. The maxi single peaked at no. 1 on the Japanese singles chart and was the fourth best selling single of 1999 in Japan.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Japanese version
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

^ Vallier, John. BTTB at AllMusic
^ Saxelby, Ruth (2019-03-02). "Ryuichi Sakamoto: BTTB (20th Anniversary Edition)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
^ "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.

[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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