Absolute Ego

Absolute Ego
Studio album by Aco
Released	15 December 1999
Genre	R&B, electronica, trip hop, experimental
Label	Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Producer	Satoshi Tomiie, Sahara, Stuart Matthewman, et al.
Aco chronology
Lady Soul (1998) Absolute Ego (1999) The Other Side of Absolute Ego (2000)
Singles from Absolute Ego
"Aishu to Ballade (#48 on the Oricon weekly charts)" Released: January 30, 1999 "Aishita Anata wa Tsuyoi Hito (#42 on the Oricon weekly charts)" Released: July 1, 1999 "Yorokobi ni Saku Hana (#7 on the Oricon weekly charts)" Released: November 10, 1999 "Spleen (#97 on the Oricon weekly charts)" Released: February 23, 2000

Absolute Ego is the fourth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Aco, released on December 15, 1999.

Absolute Ego incorporates Aco's signature soul sound with the leanings of the more experimental, electronic style she adopts for her next two studio albums.^[1]

Track 5 is a cover of the song "Black Maybe," written by Stevie Wonder and performed by Syreeta.

"Black Maybe" is a cover of the 1972 Syreeta song. The song "SPLEEN" was later released as an album-cut single.

This album reached #8 on the Oricon weekly chart, and it stayed on the chart for a total of six weeks. It is her best selling record (approximately 65 000 copies).

Track listing

1. Prologue
2. Yorokobi ni Saku Hana (ja:悦びに咲く花 (7:01))
3. Spleen (5:53)
4. Aishita Anata wa Tsuyoi Hito - The Director's Cut- (愛したあなたは強いひとーThe Director's Cutー)
5. Black Maybe
6. Kyo made no Yutsu (今日までの憂鬱))
7. Natsu no Hi (夏の陽)
8. Ame no Hi no Tame ni (雨の日の為に)
9. Intensity (You Are)
10. Aishuu to Ballade (哀愁とバラード (4:59))
11. Hitotsu no Kumori (ひとつのくもり)
12. Absolute Ego
13. Taiyo (太陽)

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