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Cloudy Cloud Calculator

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Critical reception
Track listing
Personnel
References

{{Infobox album
| name = Cloudy Cloud Calculator
| type = Studio album
| artist = Takako Minekawa
| cover = Cloudy Cloud Calculator alternate cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1997|12|10}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Shibuya-kei
| length = {{Duration|m=37|s=57}}
| label = {{hlist|Polystar|Emperor Norton}}
| producer = {{hlist|Takako Minekawa|Seiichi Yamamoto|Sugar Yoshinaga}}
| prev_title = Athletica
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Ximer
| next_year = 1998
}}Cloudy Cloud Calculator is the third studio album by Japanese musician Takako Minekawa, released on December 10, 1997. It was released by Polystar in Japan and by Emperor Norton Records in the United States.^[1] Minekawa played almost every instrument on the album and produced, arranged, wrote, and sang nearly all its songs.^[2]

Minekawa toured in the United States to support the album. The album Ximer, released in 1998, featured remixes of Cloudy Cloud Calculator by artists including Cornelius, Markus Popp, Sukia, and Michiko Endo (Citrus).^[2]

Critical reception

{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}^[3]
|rev2 = Pitchfork
|rev2score = 6.7/10^[4]
}}

Heather Phares of AllMusic described Cloudy Cloud Calculator as one of Minekawa's "finest and most unusual moments" and "highly inventive, restrained pop".^[3] Musician Guide called the album's tracks "wonderfully cute, all-synthesizer musings."^[1]

Track listing

{{Track listing
| all_writing = Takako Minekawa, except where noted
| title1 = Micro Mini Cool
| length1 = 2:53
| title2 = Milk Rock
| length2 = 3:45
| title3 = Phonobaloon Song
| length3 = 2:32
| title4 = Cat House
| length4 = 3:41
| title5 = Cloud Chips
| length5 = 2:10
| writer5 = {{hlist|Minekawa|Sugar Yoshinaga}}
| title6 = Kraftpark (Micro Trip Edit)
| length6 = 2:58
| title7 = Kangaroo Pocket Calculator
| length7 = 3:45
| title8 = Black Forest
| length8 = 3:41
| writer8 = {{hlist|Minekawa|Silvie TV Game}}
| title9 = International Velvet
| length9 = 3:20
| title10 = Cloud Cuckoo Land
| length10 = 4:59
| writer10 = {{hlist|Minekawa|Plain Vanilla}}
| title11 = Telstar
| length11 = 4:13
| writer11 = Joe Meek
| total_length = 37:57
}}

Personnel

Takako Minekawa – synthesizer, guitar (acoustic), bass, arrangement, drums, guitar (electric), recording, vocals, production, vocoder
Tetsuya Kotani – engineering
Sheila Sachs – design
Atsushi Tsuyama – drums
Mariko Yamamoto – art direction, design
Seiichi Yamamoto – synthesizer, arrangement, bass (electric), guitar (electric), production, performance
SuGar Yoshinaga – guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), production, rhythm box

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004459/Takako-Minekawa.html|title=Takako Minekawa|work=Musician Guide|accessdate=September 21, 2007}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-46/artist_name-takako_minekawa/|title=Takako Minekawa|work=Nippop|accessdate=September 21, 2007}}
3. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cloudy-cloud-calculator-mw0000049122|title=Cloudy Cloud Calculator – Takako Minekawa|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=March 5, 2018|last=Phares|first=Heather}}
4. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com:80/record-reviews/m/minekawa_takako/cloudy-cloud-calculator.shtml|title=Takako Minekawa: Cloudy Cloud Calculator|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=March 5, 2018|last=Richard-San|first=Mark|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000118172713/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com:80/record-reviews/m/minekawa_takako/cloudy-cloud-calculator.shtml|archivedate=January 18, 2000}}

3 : 1997 albums|Takako Minekawa albums|Emperor Norton Records albums

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