Muzai Moratorium

Muzai Moratorium (無罪モラトリアム), also known as Innocence Moratorium, is the debut studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Ringo Sheena, released on February 24, 1999, by Toshiba EMI. The album debuted at #2 and has sold over 1,433,000 copies. The album was certified triple platinum by the RIAJ for 1,200,000 copies shipped. The album was named number 3 on Bounce's 2009 list of 54 Standard Japanese Rock Albums.

Background
Ringo Sheena composed nearly all the songs on this album in her teenage years, prior to her major label debut. The album combines multiple genres of music from both the East and the West, including J-Pop and grunge. Both the album and song titles combine Kanji and English, and the lyrics are written using English and Historical kana usage.

The songs "When It Begins to Get Dark...," "Caution," "A View of Happiness (Joy Ver.)" and "Queen of Kabuki-cho" were used in TV commercials for Suntory's The Cocktail Bar range of drinks.

Credits and personnel
Sheena used different bands throughout the album. She was also joined by guests Neko Saito (who continues working with her) and Chieko Kinbara (who works with Björk).

Zetsurin Hectopascal (絶倫ヘクトパスカル) (#1,2,4,6,8,10)
 * Ringo Sheena - vocals, drums (#2), handclap, whistle
 * Susumu Nishikawa - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
 * Seiji Kameda - bass guitar, handclap
 * Noriyasu Kawamura - drums, backing vocal, handclap

Zekkyō Solfeggio (絶叫ソルフェージュ) (#3)
 * Ringo Sheena - vocals, acoustic piano, melodica, handclap, footsteps
 * Seiji Kameda - bass guitar, backing vocal
 * Noriyasu Kawamura - drums, backing vocal, handclap, footsteps

Momoiro Spanner (桃色スパナ) (#5,7,9,11)
 * Ringo Sheena - vocal, fake koto (Synthesizer), whistle
 * Akihito Suzuki - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocal guidance
 * Seiji Kameda - bass guitar
 * Noriyasu Kawamura - drums, conga

Guest Players
 * Toshiyuki Mori - electronic organ (#1,10), acoustic piano (#5)
 * Neko Saito - acoustic violin (#9)
 * Chieko Kinbara Strings - string section (#1,5)
 * Tsunehiko Yashiro - electric organ (#8)