9999 | ||||
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Released | April 17, 2019 | |||
Recorded | August 2015 – November 2018 in Tokyo, Japan and Los Angeles, California | |||
Studio | Sunset Sound | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 54:44 | |||
Label | Atlantic/Warner Music Japan | |||
Producer | Kazuya Yoshii | |||
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Singles from 9999 | ||||
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9999 (pronounced "Four Nine"[1]) is the tenth studio album by Japanese rock band The Yellow Monkey, released on April 17, 2019 by Atlantic Records. It is the band's first album of new material in 19 years and their first since reuniting in 2016. The album was produced by lead singer Kazuya Yoshii, who also wrote almost all of the songs.
9999 was a commercial and critical success, reaching number 3 on both the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan's Hot Albums chart and winning several awards. An expanded version of the album, titled 9999+1, was released on December 4, 2019 and reached numbers 2 and 4 on the charts.