''Little Busters'' is an album released by

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on February 21, 1998. The album was produced by Zin Yoshida of

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. Several songs from the record were later featured in the

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mini-series ''

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'' by Gainax. In 2020, Jonathan McNamara of ''

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'' listed it as one of the 10 Japanese albums worthy of inclusion on ''

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s 2020 list of the

500 greatest albums of all time * Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time * NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is a 2013 special issue of British magazine '' NME'', available digitally or in newsstands on October 23. The li ...

Track listing

# "Hello, Welcome to Bubbletown's Happy Zoo (instant show)" - 2:20 # - 4:36 # " One Life" (album mix) - 4:05 # "That House" - 4:21 # "Like a Lovesong (Back to Back)" album mix - 3:04 # "Nowhere" - 5:07 # - 4:01 # "Blues Drive Monster" - 3:25 # - 4:55 # "Black Sheep" - 3:26 # "Little Busters" - 3:41 #*"Little Busters (Reprise)" - 1:47 (

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)

References

1998 albums The Pillows albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub