The Ghost in Science
# The Ghost in Science

The Ghost In Science (サイエンスの幽霊, Saiensu no Yūrei) is Susumu Hirasawa's second solo album.

## Overview

The Ghost in Science is marked by a whimsical, futuristic thematic in which Hirasawa paints himself as a mad scientist. It has a sound similar to other Hirasawa albums of the same era, though puts greater emphasis on electronic elements.

## Track listing

All tracks are written and arranged by Susumu Hirasawa except "Fish Song", cowritten by Akiro "Kamio" Arishima with strings coarranged by Kayo "Kokubo" Matsumoto.

* "QUIT" contains a sample of "Haldyn Hotel", from the album Water in Time and Space.

## Personnel

* Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, guitars, bass (on "Fish Song"), timpani, percussion, autoharp, synthesizers, drum machine, sampler, sequencer, Amiga 2500 ("Say" program - Dreaming Machine voice on "QUIT"), programming, arrangements, co-production, computer graphics

### additional musicians

* Tuan Chin Kuan - voice (sampled) in "World Turbine"
* Kaoru Kinjo [ja] - female vocals on "World Turbine"
* Jun Togawa (courtesy of Baidis Records) - backing vocals on "Rocket" & "Cowboy and Indian"
* Kazuhide "Kitune" Akimoto [ja] (Varichef Homium) - backing vocals on "Rocket", bass on "Fish Song"
* Yūichi Hirasawa, Katsuhiko Akiyama [ja] (Here is Eden), Yuji Oda, Shigeru Fujishima, Masahiro Furukawa - backing vocals on "Rocket"
* Shingo Tomoda [ja] - drums on "Fish Song"
* Midori Ayabe, Hiroki Yamamoto, Nagisa Kiriyama and Yoshiaki Funayama - violin on "Fish Song" and "Techno Girl"
* Kaori Kurimaru and Rika Morozumi - viola on "Fish Song" and "Techno Girl"
* Hirohisa Miyata and Makoto Ohsawa - cello on "Fish Song" and "Techno Girl"
* Kazutoki Umezu - alto saxophone and noise on "Cowboy and Indian"
* Mamoru Kikuchi - Old Man's voice on "QUIT"
* Hisashi "Dr. Ochanomizu" Katsuta - Laughing voice on "QUIT"
* Kayo "Kokubo" Matsumoto - voice on "Techno Girl"

### technical

* Akiro Kamio Arishima - production
* Yoshiaki Kondo (Gok Sound) - recording & mixing engineer
* Meiji Takamatsu (Mix) - second engineer

### visuals

* Kiyoshi Inagaki (Asset) - art director
* Naoki Wada (CG), Yosuke Komatu - photography
* Yoshihiro Ariga - costume
* Akemi Tsujitani - styling
* Junko Maeda - hair & make-up

### operations

* $I_3$ Promotion
   * Yūichi Kenjo - co-production, backing vocals on "Rocket"
   * Masami Fujii, Hiroyoshi Mitomi - artist management
* Tsutomu Fukushima - stage director
* Hiroki Yamaguchi - assistant
* Katsuyuki Sawafuji - publicity coordination
* Polydor K.K.
   * Kazuyoshi Aoki - A&R coordinator
   * Osamu Takeuchi - backing vocals on "Rocket", director

### Thanks

* AC Unit, Sky Corporation, Mamoru Kimura Office, Toshikazu Tamura, Keiji Kimura, Masaya Abe, Sazaby's Furniture

## Release history

| Date | Label(s) | Format | Catalog | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| May 25, 1990 (1990-05-25) | Polydor K.K. | CD | POCH-1009 | |
| July 1, 2005 (2005-07-01) | Universal Music Japan, Universal Sigma | Digital Download | none | |
| February 29, 2012 (2012-02-29) | Chaos Union, Teslakite | CD | CHTE-0055 | Remastered by Masanori Chinzei. Disc 2 of the HALDYN DOME box set. |
| September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24) | Universal Music Japan | SHM-CD | UPCY-6910 | Part of Universal's "Project Archetype" (supervised by Osamu Takeuchi & Kasiko Takahasi). Remastered by Kenji Yoshino (supervised by Chinzei) with both original liner notes and new ones. |

* "Techno Girl" is included on the AD.POLICE - DRAGON TRIP drama CD.
* "Fish Song" is the B-Side to the "Root of Spirit" single.
* "Rocket" and "Fish Song" were included on the Root of Spirit～ESSENCE OF HIRASAWA SOLO WORKS～ compilation.
* "World Turbine", "Rocket", "Fish Song", "Dreaming Machine" and "Techno Girl" were included on the Archetype | 1989-1995 Polydor years of Hirasawa compilation.
