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Note: While the links on this page are all current as of February 2008, most of the content is from 2000 or earlier.

Aco, a Japanese R&B singer, had released several albums but wasn't well known in Japan until the chart-topping May 1999 single "Grateful Days," a song by Dragon Ash (a Japanese hip-hop outfit) featuring Aco and Japanese rapper Zeebra.

Her December 1999 album Absolute Ego was very successful, and showed the influence of the Bristol sound. The remix album The Other Side of Absolute Ego, released the following year, featured remixes of Aco songs by such artists as Yoshinori Sunahara (who produced several of the tracks on Absolute Ego), DJ Krush, and Tricky. Produced largely by Adrian Sherwood, the album Material was released in 2001. Irony, released in 2003, was produced by Taeji Sawai, Aco, and the Icelandic project Múm.

With Japanese rapper Twigy [sic], Aco appears on DJ Krush's single Tragicomic, a June 2000 release on Sony Japan that appears on the spring 2001 U.S. domestic release Japan For Sale.

Aco Links

Aco (Sony Japan English-language site) - This English-language site, launched by Sony Japan in fall 2000 (and apparently not updated since mid-2004, unlike the Japanese-language site), includes an English-language discography with audio and video samples. However, there are fewer samples on the English discography than on the discography from the Japanese-language site, so Aco fans would do well to use the two in conjunction with each other.

Aco (Sony Japan Japanese-language site) - This Japanese-language site includes a discography (more comprehensive than the one on the English-language site) with audio and video samples. (See also the old (circa 2001) discography.) Navigation in English, text mostly in Japanese.
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Related Links

Sony Japan (English-language site) - Provides English-language information on artists whom Sony Japan has selected to promote in the English-speaking market.

Sony Japan (Japanese-language site) - The Japanese site covers the full range of Sony Japan's artists. Navigation in English, text mostly in Japanese.

Variety Is the Spice of Life - Japan-related links - A comprehensive selection of links for Japanese artists, record labels, places to buy Japanese music, music press, general press, and more.

Selected Aco Releases

Absolute Ego

cover of Absolute Ego

Absolute Ego (English) - This page on Sony Japan's English-language site for Aco provides an image of the album cover, a romanized track listing, and a sound sample for the track "Spleen."

Absolute Ego (Japanese) - This page on the Japanese-language site for Aco provides an image of the album cover, a track listing (mostly in Japanese), sound samples for eleven of the thirteen tracks, a video sample for the second track, "Yorokobi ni saku hana," and English-language credits for each of the songs. (See also the old page.)

The Other Side of Absolute Ego

cover of The Other Side of Absolute Ego

The Other Side of Absolute Ego (English) - This page on Sony Japan's English-language site for Aco provides an image of the album cover, a romanized track listing, and a sound sample for the Silent Poets' remix of "Yorokobi ni saku hana."

The Other Side of Absolute Ego (Japanese) - This page on Sony Japan's Japanese-language site for Aco provides an image of the album cover, a Japanese track listing, and English-language credits for each remix. (See also the old page.)

"Tragicomic" (DJ Krush featuring Aco and Twigy [sic])

cover of Tragicomic

Tragicomic (Japanese) - This page from Sony Japan's Japanese-language site provides an image of the single cover and a sound sample for the original mix of the song. (See also the old page.)

Tragicomic (English) - This page on Sony Japan's English-language site for DJ Krush provides an image of the single cover and a sound sample for DJ Krush's remix of the song.

Japan For Sale track listing - This page on the site for Sony Japan's U.S. release Japan For Sale links to audio samples for "Tragicomic" and other tracks from the compilation.

"Spleen"

cover of Spleen

"Spleen" (English) - This page on Sony Japan's English-language site for Aco provides an image of the single's cover, a romanized track listing, and a sound sample for "Spleen."

"Spleen" (Japanese) - This page on Sony Japan's Japanese-language Aco site provides an image of the single's cover, a Japanese track listing, a sound sample for "Spleen", song information (in Japanese), and English-language song credits for the tracks. (See also the old page.)

"Yorokobi ni saku hana" (The Flower That Blossoms Through Pleasure)

cover of Yorokobi ni saku hana

Yorokobi ni saku hana (English) - This page on Sony Japan's English-language site for Aco provides an image of the single's cover, a romanized track listing, and a sound sample for "Yorokobi ni saku hana."

Yorokobi ni saku hana (Japanese) - This page on Sony Japan's Japanese-language Aco site provides an image of the single's cover, a Japanese track listing, sound and video samples for sample for "Yorokobi ni saku hana," information (in Japanese) about Aco's collaboration with Yoshinori Sunahara and the structure of the songs, and English-language credits for the tracks. (See also the old page.)

Cover, "Ai shita anata wa tsuyoi hito"
Single, July 1999

This page created June 2000 - Last modified November 24, 2003

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