Live 97–99 Mood (Raibu Kyū Nana kara Kyū Kyū Mūdo) is Chara's first live album, marketed as a 'live best album', released on March 8, 2000.[1] It features recordings from her tours Chara Junior Sweet Tour, Chara Strange Fruits the Live, Chara Strange Fruits the Concert and Chara Concert Tour Duce & the Aurora Band. The album debuted at #20 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 200 for 4 weeks.[2]
Development
Between 1997 and 1999, Chara performed live venues with her back-up band, the Aurora Band. The band also served as a session band during the recording of her seventh album, Strange Fruits. Their backing is featured on the studio recordings of "Hikari to Watashi", "Duca", "Onna no Ko no Heya", "Hanashite Tōtoi Sono Mirai no Koto o" and "Tsutawatte".
The album consists of recordings from six dates from across four different tours, featuring three different venues. The bulk of the album comes from the Chara Concert Tour Duca & the Aurora Band concert at the NHK Hall on October 22, 1998: eight songs were performed there.[3]
Other recordings
A recording of "Chisa na Tenohira" from the October 22, 1998 performance at NHK Hall was released one year prior to this album, as a B-side for the "70% (Yūgure no Uta)" single. Other recordings of the November 1, 1997 Chara Junior Sweet Tour concert exist. A VHS of this concert simply titled 1997.11.1 was released, featuring both recordings found on this album, along with eight others.
Track listing
Disc One
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Atashi wa Koko yo" (Japanese: あたしはここよ, lit.'I'm Here')
Chara
4:02
2.
"Shimashima no Bambi" (Japanese: しましまのバンビ, lit.'Striped Bambi')
"Shimashima no Bambi", "Happy Toy", "Doko ni Itta n darō? Ano Baka wa", "Duca", "Usotsuku no ni Narenaide", "Watashi wa Kawaii Hito to Iwaretai", "Time Machine", "Hana no Yume"
