The fascinating thing about looking at singer-songwriter Shion Tsuji's（辻詩音）album cover of her May 2010 debut album "Catch!" is how much the lady from Yokohama resembles 1990s pop sensation hitomi. But Tsuji herself was born in 1990, so we're talking about a generation's difference between the two. However, I have to admit that Tsuji's full name has almost every romaji letter to spell out hitomi. Things that make one go Hmmmm, eh?
Anyways, let's sidle away from conspiracy theories here and settle on the fact that I've enjoyed listening to Tsuji's track from "Catch!", "Take Me Home". Originally a coupling song on her 2008 debut single "Candy Kicks", I'm assuming the above is the album version of "Take Me Home". It's a soothing indies-sounding pop/rock with the jangly guitar and the laidback tempo. Tsuji could have busked this on some street in Shibuya and would have drawn an admiring crowd. As for "Catch!", it made it No. 31 on Oricon.
Here is something you might find interesting: In a May 20, 2010 interview, Tsuji was specifically asked why she had re-recorded Take Me Home for her debut album. She explained that when recording her first single, she had actually prepared two arrangements: an acoustic version and a band version. Ultimately, she selected the acoustic recording for the single. However, she continued listening to the band arrangement afterward and became particularly fond of it. When the opportunity arose to record her debut album, she insisted on including that version, recording new vocals for it.
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Hello, Brian. It's always nice when a singer-songwriter covers all the bases with a single and album versions of a particular song.
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