Altcolony no Teiri
| Altocolony no Teiri | ||||
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| Studio album by Radwimps | ||||
| Released | March 11, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2007—2009 | |||
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| Length | 59:04 | |||
| Language | Japanese, English | |||
| Label | EMI Music Japan | |||
| Producer | Junji Zenki (executive producer) Ryō Takagi |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| CDJournal | favorable |
| Hot Express | favorable |
| Rockin' On | favorable |
| Vibe | favorable |
| What's In? | favorable |
Altocolony no Teiri (アルトコロニーの定理 Arutokoronī no Teiri, "The Altocolony Theorem") is Japanese rock band Radwimps' fifth album, released on March 11, 2009. It was preceded by the single "Order Made" in 2008, which became the band's first number one single. The album was a critical and commercial success, with critics noting the successful experimental growth in the band's sound. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, and as of 2011 is tied for their most commercially successful work with the band's previous album, Radwimps 4: Okazu no Gohan.
Altocolony no Teiri was recorded over a period of three years, with recording beginning after the band's post-Radwimps 4 tour, Tour 2007 "Harumaki". Recording was a gradual process, where the band recorded music without thinking of a specific release date. The concept of the album came into fruition in May 2008, and much of the substance of the album was recorded in October. The original plan was to release an album by the end of 2008, however this was not achieved. Noda later apologized for the late release.
"Order Made" was the first song completed for the album, and was released as a single in January 2008. Songwriter and vocalist Yojiro Noda felt the song was extremely important, and that it reaffirmed his ability to write good lyrics. "Nazonazo" was recorded on three days, between December 23 and December 25, 2008. "Sakebe" was made during the final stages of the album in 2009. The songs on the album were created in a different way to previous compositions. Previously, Noda would write songs in a single moment, however in this album, he had a lot of time to consider everything. Every sound on the record was considered as to why it was there.
The title of the album is the first to break from the title style of previous Radwimps albums, featuring Radwimps followed by an ordinal number, and followed by a subtitle. This change was intended to show how the mood of the band had changed between this album and Radwimps 4. The title of the album, Altocolony no Teiri, started with the word teiri (, theorem), which Noda interprets as a key to a problem, as a theorem is in mathematics a statement that is true based on previous mathematical proofs. After listening to the completed album, Noda felt like the album was a theorem explaining himself, that it was a solution to all of his worries and the puzzles before him when he wrote the songs. For Altocolony, alto refers to the singing range, as many of the songs are sung in this range. Noda chose alto to be a part of the album's title to express his happiness at being about to create music with different singing registers.Colony refers to biological aggregations, as Noda felt like the album had an aggregated atmosphere.
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