Shōso Strip

Shōso Strip (勝訴ストリップ), also known as Winning Strip, is the second studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Ringo Sheena, released on March 31, 2000, by Toshiba EMI. The limited edition version includes a special booklet and case. The album debuted at #1 and has sold over 2,332,000 copies. It was certified two million copies by the RIAJ. In September 2007, Rolling Stone Japan rated the album at number 89 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".

Background
Sheena began to record Shōso Strip from the summer of 1999. Since she thought that the track list was almost the same as Muzai Moratorium, she started with a clean slate. There were several songs which were not recorded because of her busy schedule, but had been completed in her head. She decided to record new songs and replaced some of those old songs for the album with them. The recording was finished during that same summer.

In 2012, the song "Tsuki ni Makeinu" was covered by Nanou on his album Unsung.

Awards

 * Japan Gold Disc Award "Rock Album of the Year"
 * Japan Record Award "Best Album prize"

Personnel
"Kyogen-shō"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals
 * Yukio Nagoshi – electric guitars, acoustic guitars
 * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars
 * Noriyasu Kawamura – drums
 * Koichi Asakura, Asa-Chang (from Asa-Chang & Junray, ex-Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) – drums, percussion
 * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming
 * Toshiyuki Mori – electric piano
 * Chieko Kinbara Strings – string section

"Yokushitsu"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals, piano
 * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars
 * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars
 * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming
 * Yuta Saito – synthesizer, harps

"Benkai Debussy"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals
 * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars
 * Masayuki Muraishi – drums
 * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming
 * Makoto Totani (from Thinners) – guitars (uwamono)
 * Makoto Minagawa (from Thinners) – synthesizer, chorus (uwamono)

"Gibs"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals
 * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars
 * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars
 * Noriyasu Kawamura – drums, tambourines
 * Nobuhiko Nakayama & Hiroshi Kitashiro – programming

"Yami ni furu ame"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals
 * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars
 * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars
 * Noriyasu Kawamura – drums, tambourines
 * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming
 * Ittetsu Gen Strings – string section

"Identity"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals, electric guitars
 * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars
 * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars
 * Masayuki Muraishi – drums
 * Makoto Minagawa – tambourines
 * moOog yamamOTO (from Buffalo Daughter) – turntables

"Tsumi to Batsu"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals
 * Kenichi Asai, Benzie (from Blankey Jet City) – electric guitars, tooth flute
 * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars
 * Masayuki Muraishi – drums
 * Yuta Saito – organ

"Stoicism"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals, electric guitars
 * Rino Tokitsu – the sample of voice
 * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming
 * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars

"Tsuki ni Makeinu"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals
 * Yukio Nagoshi – electric guitars, acoustic guitars
 * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars
 * Koichi Asakura, Asa-Chang (from Asa-Chang & Junray) – drums

"Sakana"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals
 * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars
 * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars
 * Noriyasu Kawamura – drums, tambourines
 * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming
 * Yuta Saito – electric piano
 * Yokan Mizue – trumpet

"Byoushou Public"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals, electric guitars
 * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars
 * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars
 * Masayuki Muraishi – drums
 * Toshiyuki Mori – organ

"Honnou"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals
 * Yukio Nagoshi – electric guitars, acoustic guitars
 * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars
 * Yuta Saito – piano
 * Masayuki Muraishi – drums
 * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming

"Izon-shō"
 * Ringo Sheena – vocals
 * Susumu Nishikawa – electric guitars
 * Seiji Kameda – bass guitars
 * Noriyasu Kawamura – drums, tambourines
 * Toshiyuki Mori – piano
 * moOog yamamOTO (from Buffalo Daughter) – turntables
 * Nobuhiko Nakayama – programming