Bad Friends
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{{Infobox album
| name = Bad Friends
| type = compilation
| artist = various artists
| cover = VA - Bad Friends.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2009|12|16|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = J-pop
| length =
| label = Pony Canyon
| producer = Ichinen Yamazaki
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Limited Edition cover
| type = compilation
| cover = VA - Bad Friends Limited Edition.jpg
}}
}}
{{nihongo4|Bad Friends|バッド・フレンズ|Baddo Furenzu}} is a 2009 tribute album, is kade from {{nihongo4|Akuyū|悪友}}, which translates to "Bad friend" and is the origin of Yū Aku's name.{{cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/20068 |title=「阿久悠トリビュート Bad Friends」が急遽発売中止に |website=Natalie.mu |date=2009-08-18 |accessdate=2020-01-27}}{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/goods/detail/297152 |title=「Ｂａｄ Ｆｒｉｅｎｄｓ」～阿久悠トリビュート |website=Billboard Japan |accessdate=2020-01-27}}{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/52027/products/846872/1/ |title=Bad Friends |publisher=Oricon |accessdate=2020-01-27}}
The final track, "Kawahara no Ishikawa Goemon" was originally recorded by Eiichi Ohtaki (under the pseudonym "Niagara Fallin' Stars") on his 1978 album Let's Ondo Again. This version is performed by {{nihongo4|Kanzashi|簪||lit. "Hairpin"}}, which consists of then-AKB48 members Mayu Watanabe, Haruka Nakagawa, Aika Ota, and Natsumi Hirajima, plus Pink Lady member Mie. The song incorporates the melodies of the Pink Lady songs "Nagisa no Sindbad", "S.O.S.", "Wanted", "Carmen '77", "Pepper Keibu", and "UFO".{{cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/18697 |title=阿久悠トリビュートに伝説の替え歌「河原の石川五右衛門」 |website=Natalie.mu |date=2009-07-14 |accessdate=2020-01-27}}
Track listing
;CD
{{Track listing
|extra_column=Artist
|all_lyrics = Yū Aku
|all_music = Shunichi Tokura
|title1 = UFO
|length1 =
|note1 =
|extra1 = Anna Tsuchiya & Mari Natsuki
|title2 = Nagisa no Sindbad
|length2 =
|note2 = {{nihongo3||渚のシンドバッド|Nagisa no Shindobaddo|"Sindbad of the Beach"}}
|extra2 = Watarirouka Hashiritai
|title3 = Southpaw
|length3 =
|note3 = {{nihongo3||サウスポー|Sausupō}}
|extra3 = Checkicco
|title4 = Monster
|length4 =
|note4 = {{nihongo3||モンスター|Monsutā}}
|extra4 = Yu Takahashi & Nana Yanagisawa
|title5 = Pepper Keibu
|length5 =
|note5 = {{nihongo3||ペッパー警部|Peppā Keibu|"Inspector Pepper"}}
|extra5 = Atsuko Kurusu & Tomomi Miyauchi
|title6 = Wanted (Shimei Tehai)
|length6 =
|note6 = {{nihongo3||ウォンテッド（指名手配）|Uonteddo (Shimei Tehai)|"Wanted (Fugitive Warrant)"}}
|extra6 = Miz & Shiho (Fried Pride)
|title7 = Zipangu
|length7 =
|note7 = {{nihongo3||ジパング|Jipangu}}
|extra7 = Sue Cream Sue (Kome Kome Club)
|title8 = Chameleon Army
|length8 =
|note8 = {{nihongo3||カメレオン・アーミー|Kamereon Āmī}}
|extra8 = Amii Ozaki & Ami Onuki (Puffy AmiYumi)
|title9 = S.O.S.
|length9 =
|note9 =
|extra9 = Chiemi Hori & Tooru Yamazaki
|title10 = Carmen '77
|length10 =
|note10 = {{nihongo3||カルメン '77|Karumen Nanajū-nana}}
|extra10 = Ruriko Kubō & Kyōko (ex-Barbee Boys)
|title11 = Tōmei Ningen
|length11 =
|note11 = {{nihongo3||透明人間||"Invisible Person"}}
|extra11 = ManaKana
|title12 = Kawahara no Ishikawa Goemon
|length12 =
|note12 = {{nihongo3||河原の石川五右衛門||"Ishikawa Goemon in the River"}}
|extra12 = Kanzashi (簪)
}}
;DVD (Limited Edition)
- "Kawahara no Ishikawa Goemon" (Music Video)
:* Includes "making of" clips.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.aqqq.co.jp/top_news/bad_friends.html}}
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