ACO

ACO

ACO is a Japanese singer specializing in a wide range of genres, including pop, downtempo, jazz, and electronica. With her later work, she is moving more and more toward the avant-garde and experimental. For this reason, ACO is often compared to singers such as Björk and Kate Bush, although she has her own definitive style. She was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1977, and she released her breakthrough single Fuan Nano (不安なの) in 1995. The song, done in a summery pop style, was a moderate success and her debut album, Kittenish Love followed soon after in early 1996.

By the end of the year, ACO was back in the studio recording her second album, NUDE, which was released exactly a year after her debut. The album picked up where her debut left off, continuing with the jazz-pop style she was known for. The best-known single from this era was DROP, which combined hip-hop elements with ACO’s leisurely vocals. By 1998, ACO had begun moving away from the predominately upbeat sound that launched her career, introducing some darker and more dramatic elements into the mix for her third album, Lady Soul. The album spawned the singles CATWALK and Yawarakai Hada (やわらかい肌), which did little to reflect this creeping style change.

In the winter of 1999, ACO released Absolute Ego, her fourth album and the work that many see as the turning point in her career. No longer singing the songs of a teenage pop idol, ACO introduced trip-hop and electronica elements into her style and began experimenting with her vocals as well.

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Kittenish Love

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1. やけど
2. 不安なの
3. Kittenish Love
4. チャイム
5. でておいで　(Smooth Mix)
6. はやく話しかけてよ
7. 凍っちゃったんだわ
8. かくれんぼ　(Deeper Mix)

NUDE

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X4AREPH9 

1. 恋のあくび
2. ココロ色
3. DROP
4. まぶたの夢
5. 涙ボトル
6. 恋路
7. ヌード
8. あいたいわ
9. 夜のスケッチ
10. DEEP KISS
11. 虹（acoustic guitar version）

Lady Soul

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O5W1FLJX

1. 揺れる体温（After Hours Session)
2. やわらかい肌
3. Lady Soul(Day-lite Version)
4. こわれそうよ（Future Classics Version)
5. CATWALK
6. 熱いめまい（Album Version)
7. 眠れるネコ
8. INSIDE MY LOVE
9. Lady Soul(Twi-lite Version)
10. ふたつのてのひら 

Absolute Ego

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QJA3I0XV

1. Prologue
2. 悦びに咲く花
3. SPLEEN
4. 愛したあなたは強いひと－The Director's Cut－
5. Black Maybe
6. 今日までの憂鬱
7. 夏の陽
8. 雨の日の為に
9. INTENSITY(YOU ARE)
10. 哀愁とバラード
11. ひとつのくもり
12. absolute ego
13. 太陽

The Other Side of Absolute Ego

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1. 悦びに咲く花 [SILENT POETS REMIX/S.W.E DUB Ver.01]
2. 哀愁とバラード [DJ KRUSH REMIX]
3. 愛したあなたは強いひと [ELECTRIC SHEEP MIX]
4. SPLEEN [Y.SUNAHARA'S STUDIO REMIX]
5. 雨の日の為に [ALPHA REMIX]
6. 今日までの憂鬱 [UNIVERSAL SOUL MIX]
7. 夏の陽 [TRICKY REMIX] 

Material

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1. メランコリア
2. 星ノクズ
3. カナリアは鳴く
4. 真正ロマンティシスト
5. 空シラヌ雨
6. ASK ME
7. This Woman's Work
8. 4月のヒーロー
9. Time
10. Interlude
11. 貴方に捧ぐうた
12. ハートを燃やして（Special Branch Mix）
13. 星ノクズ（dub version）

Irony

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G9JCAHOT

1. 00000
2. 赤い刺繍
3. lang
4. hans
5. 町
6. 裏庭
7. 巣箱
8. irony
9. 空白の種
10. Kitchen

Mask

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1. ya-yo!
2. guilty
3. i know what boys like
4. リクノリトウ
5. cover grrrl
6. 不安なの_New Ver.

ACO BEST～girl's Diary～
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HRNB9WGQ

1. 不安なの
2. でておいで (Original Mix)
3. Home Sweet Home
4. DROP
5. 揺れる体温 (TYO mix)
6. やわらかい肌
7. 哀愁とバラード
8. 愛したあなたは強いひと
9. 熱いめまい (Album Version)
10. 眠れるネコ
11. Lady Soul (Day-lite Version)
12. あいたいわ
13. ひとつのくもり