Spitz (album)

Spitz is a studio album by Spitz, released via Polydor Records in 1991. It is the band's first major-label album. It peaked at number 60 on the Oricon Albums Chart. In 2007, Rolling Stone Japan placed it at number 94 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes.

Spitz
 * Masamune Kusano – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
 * Tetsuya Miwa – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric/acoustic twelve-string guitar, classical guitar
 * Akihiro Tamura – four-string bass guitar, eight-string bass guitar
 * Tatsuo Sakiyama – drums, tambourine, cabassa, triangle, claves

Additional musicians
 * Tsunehiko Yashiro – harmonium ("Bīdama"), ensoliq ("Tsuki ni Kaeru"), Farfisa organ ("Shinigami no Misaki e"), Hammond organ ("Hibari no Kokoro")
 * Aska Kaneko – violin ("Umeboshi")
 * Jun Takeuchi – violin ("Umeboshi")
 * Shigeo Horiuchi – cello ("Umeboshi")
 * Shinichi Horiuchi – cello ("Umeboshi")
 * Jake H. Conception – bass clarinet ("Umeboshi")

Production
 * Spitz – producer, art direction
 * Nobuhiko Takahashi – producer
 * Juli Kawai – recording engineer, mixing engineer
 * Shinya Nakamura – additional engineer
 * Jiro Takita – additional engineer
 * Koreyuki Tanaka – additional engineer
 * Shinji Kobayashi – additional engineer
 * Takayoshi Yamauchi – additional engineer
 * Reiko Miyoshi – mastering engineer
 * Yoshiro Kajitani – art direction, design
 * Michiko Arakawa – design
 * Masao Torii – photography
 * Takeo Ogiso – photography
 * Yutaka Yoda – hair, make-up
 * Mayumi Katayama – styling
 * Yoshitomo Yoshimoto – graphic novel (1997 reissue)
 * Stephen Marcussen – remastering engineer (2002 reissue)
 * Yoichiro Yamazaki – sleevenotes (2002 reissue)