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The brand new, 12-track album Playing the Piano is/will be released
by Decca Records/Universal Classic and Jazz through out Europe
this fall followed by the solo piano tour.
(North America release will be in early 2010)
There are 2 editions produced and are/will be presented as follows;

Playing the Piano (standard edition)
Cat No : 4763609
Label: Decca/Universal Classic and Jazz
Track List;

1. Amore 5:08
2. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 4:41
3. A Flower is not a Flower 6:34
4. The Sheltering Sky 4:52
5. Tamago 2004 2:49
6. The Last Emperor 6:43
7. Tibetan Dance 4:22
8. Thousand Knives 5:22
9. Riot in Lagos 4:35
10. Reversing 3:32
11. Mizu no Naka no Bagatelle 3:45
12. Bolerish 5:09

Playing the Piano + out of noise (special 2CD edition)
Cat No: 2717098
Label: Decca/Universal Classic and Jazz
Track List:

disc-1
Playing the Piano
1. Amore 5:08
2. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 4:41
3. A Flower is not a Flower 6:34
4. The Sheltering Sky 4:52
5. Tamago 2004 2:49
6. The Last Emperor 6:43
7. Tibetan Dance 4:22
8. Thousand Knives 5:22
9. Riot in Lagos 4:35
10. Reversing 3:32
11. Mizu no Naka no Bagatelle 3:45
12. Bolerish 5:09

disc-2
out of noise
1. hibari 8:59
2. hwit 6:26
3. still life 4:41
4. in the red 5:33
5. tama 4:02
6. nostalgia 3:36
7. firewater 4:17
8. disko 3:57
9. ice 3:34
10. glacier 9:41
11. to stanford 3:41
12. composition 0919 5:30

*Playing the Piano is a compilation from /04 and /05 (both Japanese release only)
with 2 newly added tracks (“Mizu no Naka no Bagatelle” and “Bolelish”).

*out of noise is the most current original album of Ryuichi Sakamoto recorded in 2008 and mixed in early 2009.

updated on 05-Oct-2009(UTC/GMT:+1:00)

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	New release information for European territory
		The brand new, 12-track album *Playing the Piano* is/will be released by Decca Records/Universal Classic and Jazz through out Europe this fall followed by the solo piano tour. (North America release will be in early 2010) There are 2 editions produced and are/will be presented as follows; Playing the Piano (standard edition) Cat No : 4763609 Label: Decca/Universal Classic and Jazz Track List; 1. Amore 5:08 2. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 4:41 3. A Flower is not a Flower 6:34 4. The Sheltering Sky 4:52 5. Tamago 2004 2:49 6. The Last Emperor 6:43 7. Tibetan Dance 4:22 8. Thousand Knives 5:22 9. Riot in Lagos 4:35 10. Reversing 3:32 11. Mizu no Naka no Bagatelle 3:45 12. Bolerish 5:09 Playing the Piano + out of noise (special 2CD edition) Cat No: 2717098 Label: Decca/Universal Classic and Jazz Track List: disc-1 Playing the Piano 1. Amore 5:08 2. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 4:41 3. A Flower is not a Flower 6:34 4. The Sheltering Sky 4:52 5. Tamago 2004 2:49 6. The Last Emperor 6:43 7. Tibetan Dance 4:22 8. Thousand Knives 5:22 9. Riot in Lagos 4:35 10. Reversing 3:32 11. Mizu no Naka no Bagatelle 3:45 12. Bolerish 5:09 disc-2 out of noise 1. hibari 8:59 2. hwit 6:26 3. still life 4:41 4. in the red 5:33 5. tama 4:02 6. nostalgia 3:36 7. firewater 4:17 8. disko 3:57 9. ice 3:34 10. glacier 9:41 11. to stanford 3:41 12. composition 0919 5:30 *Playing the Piano is a compilation from /04 and /05 (both Japanese release only) with 2 newly added tracks (“Mizu no Naka no Bagatelle” and “Bolelish”). *out of noise is the most current original album of Ryuichi Sakamoto recorded in 2008 and mixed in early 2009. updated on 05-Oct-2009(UTC/GMT:+1:00)