Chappie, Don't Cry

Reissue cover artwork.

***Chappie, Don't Cry***is the debut studio album by Fishmans. It was first released on May 21, 1991. It was their only album produced by Kazufumi Kodama, mostly recorded in Melbourne, Australia from February 3, 1991 to February 28th. The album had been intermittently recorded before this however, going back as far as mid October 1990. On Fishmans' official website, a blurb describes the album:

> A timeless masterpiece of a debut album... Its tenderness is infinite, with innocence that seems to cry. Fishmans were brilliant when walking in the footsteps of rocksteady!
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This mention of rocksteady is mainly from influence by Kodama, who pitched the idea to create an album to the band by simply stating "let's make a rocksteady album". In reality, the record is mostly straighforward pop reggae laced with guitar and piano solos.

Under the album's entry in the CD Extra Dictionary, it's explained that "Chappie" was a dog of Yuzuru Kashiwabara's during this album's recording. Because he was so far away from home while recording the album, its' title is meant to say that he is caring for and thinking of his dog while he is away.

## Track listing

1. "ひっくりかえってた2人" (5:43)
2. "ひこうき" (6:05)
3. "Special Night" (5:36)
4. "Good Morning" (4:21)
5. "夏の思い出" (3:21)
6. "Future" (8:25)
7. "いなごが飛んでる" (3:42)
8. "Go Go Clubですれ違い" (5:45)
9. "チャンス" (5:42)
10. "ピアノ"  (5:37)

## Artwork/Packaging

Scans are from 1998 reissue PCCA-01182.

Back.Booklet inside.Booklet page.CD.Insert front.Insert back.Obi strip.
## Personnel

### Band Members

* Shinji Sato (vocals, cornet, acoustic guitar)
* Hakase (keyboards)
* Kin-Ichi Motegi (drums, vocals, cowbell)
* Kensuke Ojima (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals)
* Yuzuru Kashiwabara (bass)

### Other Personnel

* Kazufumi "Echo" Kodama (producer, arrangements)
* Masayoshi Okawa (co-producer)
* Peter Blyton (recording engineer, mixing)
* Atsushi Tsunoda (recording engineer, mixing)
* Makoto Morimoto (recording engineer, mixing)
* Stewart Day (assistant engineer)
* Masaaki Kato (mastering engineer)
* Kyoko Mashita (coordinator in Australia)
* Ann Clarkson (assistant coordinator in Australia)
* Akihiko Yamamoto (A&R)
* Akira Watanabe (A&R)
* Masamichi Okazaki (executive producer)
* Yoshiyuki Okuda (executive producer)
* Ichiro Asatsuma (executive producer)
* Chie Noji (artist manager)
* Taichi Akashi (art direction, design)
* Hitoshi Iwakiri (photography)
* Marty Williams (photography)
* Momotaro (photography)

### Special Thanks

* Ken-ichi "ANATANO" Okeda
* Tsukasa Fukuoka
* Masahiro Araki
* Jim
* Gary
* Lawrence
* Calue
* Scott
* Rebecca
* Nicole
* Libby
* Angus
* Helen
* Kaoru Seino
* Hiroshi Matsuo
* Eri-chan
* Hisamatsu
* Neri

## Issues

* 1991 - **VJCA-00004** (CD, Virgin Japan, Japan)

Release is a digipak, meaning artwork is elongated lengthwise.

* 1992 - **MRCA-20007** (CD, Media Remoras, Japan)
* 1998 - **PCCA-01182** (CD, Pony Canyon, Japan) - Part of reissue series Fishmans Reissue-Series.
* 1998 - **PCJA-00031** (Limited 12", Pony Canyon, Japan) - Part of reissue series Fishmans Reissue-Series
* 2009 - **PCCA-50124** (CD, Pony Canyon, Japan)
* 2016 - **PCCA-50245** (25th Anniversary Limited CD, Pony Canyon, Japan) - Part of reissue series Fishmans 25 - Silver Anniversary! 2016.
* 2021 - **PCJA-00086** (30th Anniversary Limited 12", Pony Canyon, Japan) - Part of reissue series 30th Anniv. Fishmans.