"neutral blue" 1997

second guessing / neutral blue

1. and i lose her

2. sea

3. claire

4. bike

5. southern california

6. you know me

7. the actress

8. submarines

9. perfectly unhappy

10. dead like me*

11. ben & tracey

12. just stay

13. she loves an american boy

14. we drive away

15. are we still?

16. supermodels & underwear

17. in the spring she will forget me

18. perfect sound

19. watch the snow fall

20. she would have driven picasso mad

all songs written and played by kenn sakurai

except * steve maxwell / bass guitar

recorded onto analog 4-track cassette

"the beautiful ugly" 1994

second guessing / the beautiful ugly

1. leaving

2. sunny beautiful

3. pantomime**

4. sticks & stones

5. loved

6. a room in blue

7. anyone shallow

8. girl on holiday

9. she wore a blue coat near the sea

10. laundry

11. what do you know

12. interlude*

13. ordeal by roses

14. pastels if she asked

15. vestal

16. untitled***

recorded on analog 4-track cassette

all songs written and played by kenn sakurai except:

* by kenn sakurai / steve maxwell (guitars)

** kenn / james maxwell (computer samples & keyboards)

*** kenn / warren takeuchi (drums) / steve maxwell (bass)

"...it only rains in england for the benefit of american tourists" 1993

 second guessing / it only rains in england for the benefit of american tourists

1. violets, violence & violins

2. watermelon

3. henry

4. she was quiet here

5. decay of the angel

6. in a field of hats

7a. the king of pop

7b. insomnia

8. blue blue sea

9. fall (juliana's song)

10. bye

11. imagining helen

12. a cartoon where you're hid*

13. hollow sunset sorrow

7. shy (tiny little box)

recorded onto 4-track analog cassette

kenn / all songs, guitars, violin, synthesizers, bass guitar, harmonica, rhythm machines & programming

steve maxwell / vocals & lyrics on *

"I didn't mind the snow" 1993

 second guessing / i didn't mind the snow e.p.

1. i need this calm

2. open free day

3. drowned

4. forgot

5. sometimes juliana

6. steal your breath

7. oceanna

all songs written and played by kenn.

sleeve design esm-artificial

recorded on analog 4-track cassette

"if picasso could have painted the sea" 1993

 second guessing / if picasso could have painted the sea

1. blessed

2. happy**

3. mothersong*

4. a father's goodbye

5. when my heaven falls as rain

6. morningtime america**

7. set it on fire

8. when winona smiles

9. harriet ( six of seven seas)

10. mothersong (reprise)***

kenn  / all guitars, synthesizers, bass, vocal, rhythm programming & melodica

warren / drums on ** & ***

steve maxwell / bass guitar on* & **

all songs written by kenn except "morningtime america" written by kenn & warren
recorded on 4-track analog cassette

" forgiveness is the fragrance of the violet on the heel of the shoe that crushed it." 1992

 second guessing /" forgiveness is the fragrance of the violet on the heel of the shoe that crushed it."

1. ignorance

2. she is like the sea

3. if there is and if you have, is it for me?

4. umbrella

5. if it's cool with you

6. the first time i saw snow

7. happy (mary tyler moore mix)

8. caroline's summer

9. hats

10. me

11. game show theme

all music, lyrics kenn sakurai.
recorded onto analog 4-track cassette



"love" 1992

electric shoes / love (1992)

1. nevermind
2. paris in the rain
3. inamorata
pt. 1 : undressed
pt. 2 she lives next door
pt. 3 sad
pt. 4 hats
4. seahorses
5. stephanie say hello
6. say that you are beautiful
7. treehouse
8. happy

 there were a few cassette EP's before this.

"Carolina Snowball"

"Belle Mallissima"

"St.Patrick's Cathedral"

&

"Live 1991"

 Kenn & Warren played on most of these recordings.

Some were just Kenn, Warren & Mike... some were just Kenn.
Kenn played guitars, synths and sang. Warren played drums and drum machines. Mike played bass, guitar and sang.

recorded onto analog 4-track cassette

(my apologies to any of the photographers whose work we used. Most images were taken from magazine clippings and old postcards)