Rainbow (Boris collaborative album)

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Rainbow
Studio album by Boris with Michio Kurihara
Released	December 23rd, 2006 May 15th, 2007
Recorded	January-July 2006
Genre	Neo-Psychedelia Stoner Rock Hard Rock
Length	41:27
Label	Pedal Records Drag City Records Inoxia Records
Producer	fangsanalsatan & Souichirou Nakamura (Peace Music)
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Metal Hammer
Boris chronology
Altar (2006) Rainbow (2006) Walrus/Groon (2007)
US version cover
Drag City Records version cover

Rainbow is a collaborative album between Japanese experimental doom band Boris and psychedelic guitarist Michio Kurihara. This album in particular is somewhat quiet and upbeat in sound, almost lounge-like in some parts. Wata contributes vocals to the title song, which has a music video made for it by Foodunited. Oddly, a couple of songs have another vocalist backing Takeshi. Either it could be Takeshi doing overdubs or Atsuo or Michio performing backing vocals. This could be possible, despite what the liner notes state, as Boris have mislabeled personnel before (Most notably on Vein.).

The album's initial release was done by Pedal Records, with liner notes in Portuguese. Drag City Records released this album in the United States on May 15th, 2007 with a different 9th track, on CD format only.

In 2007, Rainbow was also released on vinyl in two forms by Inoxia Records. One, an unlimited LP which contains the album (same as Pedal CD version). The other is a 2LP Box Set with a 50 page photo book in a special cover, the album on clear vinyl, a second LP containing two bonus tracks (also on clear vinyl), and a DVD featuring the music video for "Rainbow".

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Pedal release 1.2 Drag City release 1.3 Inoxia 2-LP release 2 Personnel 3 Pressing History

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Pedal release

#	Title	Length
1.	"Raffesia"	5:33
2.	"Rainbow"	4:56
3.	"Starship Narrator"	4:01
4.	"My Rain"	1:49
5.	"Shine"	4:37
6.	"You Laughed Like a Water Mark"	7:02
7.	"Fuzzy Reactor"	3:44
8.	"Sweet No_1"	6:53
9.	"...And, I Want"	2:52

[edit] Drag City release

#	Title	Length
1.	"Raffesia"	5:33
2.	"Rainbow"	4:56
3.	"Starship Narrator"	4:01
4.	"My Rain"	1:49
5.	"Shine"	4:37
6.	"You Laughed Like a Water Mark"	7:02
7.	"Fuzzy Reactor"	3:44
8.	"Sweet No_1"	6:53
9.	"No Sleep Till I Become Hollow"	4:24

[edit] Inoxia 2-LP release

Side A
#	Title	Length
1.	"Raffesia"	5:33
2.	"Arco-Íris" ("Rainbow")	4:56
3.	"Narrador Da Espaçonave" ("Starship Narrator")	4:01
4.	"Minha Chuva" ("My Rain")	1:49
5.	"Brilho" ("Shine")	4:37

Side B
#	Title	Length
1.	"Você Sorriu Como Uma Marca D'Água" ("You Laughed Like a Water Mark")	7:02
2.	"Reator Difuso" ("Fuzzy Reactor")	3:44
3.	"Doce No_1" ("Sweet No_1")	6:53
4.	"... E, Eu Quero" ("...And, I Want")	2:52

Side C
#	Title	Length
1.	"Olhei Para O Vento Varrendo As Nuvens" ("I Looked Up at the Wind Sweeping Clouds Away")	20:23

Side D
#	Title	Length
1.	"Abraçando A Névoa" ("Embracing the Fog")	19:37

[edit] Personnel

• Takeshi - guitar, bass, vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8)
• Wata - guitar, glockenspiel, vocals (track 2)
• Atsuo - drums, percussion
• Michio Kurihara - guitar

[edit] Pressing History

Year	Label	Format	Country	Out of Print?	Notes
2006	Pedal Records	CD	Japan	No
2007	Drag City Records	CD	U.S.	No
2007	Inoxia Records	LP	Japan	No
2007	Inoxia Records	2LP Box	Japan	No	Ltd. 500. Includes 50 page book and DVD

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