Perfume’s GAME (33 1/3 Japan) is out now!
J-pop trio Perfume’s GAME shot to the top of Japanese music charts and turned the Hiroshima trio into a household name. It was also a high point for techno-pop, the genre’s biggest album since the heyday of Yellow Magic Orchestra. This entry in the 33 1/3 series looks at its impact, and the history leading to it.
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