Hide - Ja, Zoo (1998)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "Spread Beaver" 3:24
2. "Rocket Dive" 3:41
3. "Leather Face" 4:05
4. "Pink Spider" 3:42
5. "Doubt '97 (Mixed LEMONed Jelly Mix)" 3:53
6. "Fish Scratch Fever" 3:46
7. "Ever Free" 3:39
8. "Breeding" 5:02
9. "Hurry Go Round" 5:04
10. "Pink Cloud Assembly" 21:43
Hide Band Members / Musicians
hide – vocals, guitar (except for track 9), surf guitar on track 1, bass (except for tracks 3, 5, 9), arranger, producer
Chirolyn – bass on tracks 3, 9, chorus on track 6
Joe – drums on tracks 2, 4, 6–10, drum loops on track 1, chorus on track 6
Kiyoshi – lead guitar on track 1, electric guitar on track 9
KAZ – backing guitar on tracks 1, 6, chorus on track 6
D.I.E. – Hammond B3 organ on track 1, piano on track 10, chorus on track 6
Kazuhiko "I.N.A" Inada – recording engineer, additional arrangement on tracks 1, 6, 9, 10, mixing engineer on track 5, chorus on track 6
Pata – backing guitar on track 6, acoustic guitar on track 9
Eiki "Yana" Yanagita – drums on track 4
Hide Fujiko – female voice on track 4
Tetsu & friends – chorus on track 6
Marron-B – tambourine on track 7
Gotchin – acoustic guitar on track 9
Neko Saito Group – strings on track 9
Hiroshi Matsumoto – reading on track 10
Eric Westfall – recording engineer (except track 5), mixing engineer on tracks 2, 6–8, 10, piano on track 8
Bill Kennedy – mixing engineer on tracks 1, 3, 4,
Rich Breen – mixing engineer on track 9
Yasushi Konishi – recording engineer on track 2
Daiei Matsumoto – recording engineer on tracks 4, 7, 10
Ja, Zoo is the 3rd album by Japanese musician hide, released on November 21, 1998. It is also his last studio album as he died on May 2 while recording it, and the only one released under the name hide with Spread Beaver.
It is his best-selling album, reaching number 2 on the Oricon Albums Chart and being certified Triple Platinum by the RIAJ for sales over 1.2 million. It was also named "Rock Album of the Year" at the 13th Japan Gold Disc Awards, while its single "Pink Spider" was named "Song of the Year".
