Japanese 3-inch single with 2 wonderful songs from Shunji Iwai's
1996 almost masterpiece "Swallowtail Butterfly"
with The Yen Town Band and music from Takashi Kobayashi, lyrics
from Shunji Iwai himself and the song from
the lovely, the One and Only - Chara.
1. The hauntingly beautiful title song Swallowtail Butterfly
(4 min 46 sec, song: Chara, music: Takeshi Kobayashi and
lyrics Shunji Iwai, Chara, Kobayashi)
2. Mama's Alright (4 min 10 sec, music: Takeshi Kobayashi)
Chara, the intensely personal singer/songwriter with that very unique voice
(i guess the haters would say annoying). She's
as ethereal and enigmatic as she's rockin' and indie poppin', like a japanese
mix of Aimee Mann, Bjork and swedish indie-icon
Stina Nordenstam maybe. She's also a naturally gifted actress sometimes (in
this and the great Picnic at least and in her many
interesting music videos) and is/were ? married to the genius actor Asano Tadanobu
1995-2009
This is a beautiful 3 " CD single japanese edition