Material (Aco album)

Material, also stylized as material, is Japanese singer-songwriter ACO's fifth studio album, released on May 23, 2001.

Material delves deep into the experimental, electronica-based music trend ACO touched upon on her previous album Absolute Ego.^[1]

The album was produced by Sunahara Yoshinori from Denki Groove, Adrian Sherwood and Skip McDonald (who both produced Sinéad O'Connor). "This Woman's Work" is a cover of the Kate Bush song of the same name.

The album reached #19 on the Oricon weekly chart, and stayed on the chart for a total of four weeks, it sold approximately 25 000 copies.

Track listing

• All lyrics by ACO except for track 7. For tracks 2, 4, 8, 9, 11, and 12, all music by ACO.
• Music by ACO and A. Maxwell for tracks 1, 6, 10. ACO shares music credit on tracks 3 and 5 with Shin Kono and Michiharu Shimoda, respectively.

1. Melancholia (メランコリア) (6:35)
2. Hoshi no Kuzu (ja:星ノクズ) (4:56)
3. Canary wa Naku (カナリアは鳴く) (3:04)
4. Shinsei Romanticist (真正ロマンティシスト) (6:46)
5. Sora Shiranu Ame (空シラヌ雨) (4:33)
6. ASK ME (3:59)
7. This Woman's Work (3:35)
8. 4 gatsu no Hero (ja:４月のヒーロー) (4:53)
9. Time (4:37)
10. Interlude (4:47)
11. Anata ni Sasagu Uta (貴方に捧ぐうた) (5:25)
12. Heart wo Moyashite-Special Branch Mix- (ハートを燃やしてーSpecial Branch Mixー) (5:32)
13. Hoshi no Kuzu-dub version- (星ノクズーdub versionー) (5:05)

• Track 7 is a cover of the Kate Bush song of the same name
• Tracks 6 and 10 are instrumental

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