Happy Bivouac

Infobox Album
Name = Happy Bivouac
Type = studio
Artist = The Pillows


Released = December 2, 1999
Recorded = Bazooka Studio
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 38:41
Label = King Records
KICS-758
Producer = Toshiaki Sakamoto
Reviews =
Last album = "Runners High"
(1999)
This album = "Happy Bivouac"
(1999)
Next album = "Fool on the Planet"
(2001)
Misc = Singles
Name = Happy Bivouac
Type = Studio
Single 1 = Carnival
Single 1 date = 27 November 1998
Single 2 = Rush
Single 2 date = 27 October 1999
Single 3 =
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Single 4 =
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"Happy Bivouac" is an album released by The Pillows on December 2, 1999. It marks the band's first record with Jun Suzuki on bass and contains several references to the United States band Pixies. Track eight is named after Pixies bassist Kim Deal and at the end of "Back Seat Dog", The Pillows can be heard singing the chorus of "Here Comes Your Man" from the album "Doolittle". As with its predecessor "Runners High", several songs from "Happy Bivouac" were used for the anime series "FLCL".

Track listing

# "Happy Bivouac" — 3:28
# "Rush" — 3:39
# "Last Dinosaur" — 3:44
# "Carnival" — 3:49
# "Our Love and Peace" — 4:10
# "Crazy Sunshine" — 4:07
# "Back Seat Dog" — 3:59
# "Kim Deal" — 4:12
# "Funny Bunny" — 3:37
# "Beautiful Morning with You" — 5:43
# "Advice" — 2:15

Outtakes

* Come Down
* Curly Rudy
* She is Perfect
* Sleepy Head

Personnel

* Sawao Yamanaka — Guitar, vocals
* Yoshiaki Manabe — Guitar
* Shinichiro Sato — drums
* Jun Suzuki - Bass

References

* Happy Bivouac Cover Insert

External Links

* [http://www.pillows.jp/p/en/kingrecords/16-album/195-19991202-out-r-happy-bivouac.html Happy Bivouac at the pillows official web site]