Orange Sunshine, the second album by influential Japanese punk-pop quartet Judy & Mary, follows on from debut album J.A.M.
with its emphasis on simple, karaoke-friendly melodies and charismatic singer Yuki's squeaky vocals.
In comparison to the group's debut, the balance of the Judy & Mary sound has shifted noticeably towards pop.
The punk influence is still rooted more in the ramshackle '70s sounds of bands like the Undertones than the clean-cut buzzsaw guitars and tight harmonies of contemporary punk-pop, as on the ragged backing vocals of "Doushou" and the live favorite and album closer "Dynamite," but there is no doubt that Orange Sunshine is fundamentally a J-Pop album.
Another progression from J.A.M.
is in the quality of the songwriting, with "Radio" and the near-title track "Hello! Orange Sunshine" both solid pop tunes, and every track on the album is imbued with its own unique hook or structural conceit.
With Orange Sunshine, the group increasingly reveal a talent for creativity and originality in their arrangements that gift the 11 tracks on the album with a diversity rarely approached by any of the band's legion of imitators, and arguably never bettered by Judy & Mary themselves.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Popstar | Judy and Mary | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | Hello! Orange Sunshine | Judy and Mary | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 3 | Radio | Judy and Mary | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 4 | Chiisa na Koro Kara | Judy and Mary | Play | 05:13 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 5 | Hyper 90's Chocolate Boyfriend | Judy and Mary | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 6 | Jitensha | Judy and Mary | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | どうしよう (Doushiyou) | Judy and Mary | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | Cheese | Judy and Mary | Play | 04:51 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 9 | キケンな2人 (Kiken Na Futari) (Let's Go! Daibutsu Mix) | Judy and Mary | Play | 05:24 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 10 | クリスマス (Christmas) | Judy and Mary | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 43 mins | 100 MB | |||||
| 43 mins | 309 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsuyasu Abe | Engineer |
| 2 | Tom Durack | Mixing |
| 3 | Kenji Furukawa | Assistant |
| 4 | Yasunori Heguri | Executive Producer |
| 5 | Judy and Mary | Primary Artist |
| 6 | Hiroaki Kamiyama | Stylist |
| 7 | Takuhiro Ohno | Hair Stylist, Make-Up |
| 8 | Yoshihito Onda | Group Member, Guitar (Bass), Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Masahide Sakuma | Producer |
| 10 | Mitsukazu Tanaka | Mastering |
| 11 | Shintaro Yamamoto | Supervisor |
| 12 | Michael Zimmerling | Mixing |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |