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| Name = Nice

!align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="orange" style="color:black"|''Nice.''

| Type = [[Album (music) | Album]]

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| Artist = [[Puffy Amiyumi | Puffy]]

|align="center" colspan="3"|[[Image:Puffy AmiYumi - Nice.jpg|225px|Album cover]]

| Cover = Puffy_AmiYumi_-_Nice.jpg

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| Background = orange

!align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|[[Album (music)|Album]] by [[Puffy AmiYumi]]

| Released = [[January 22]], [[2003]] (Japanese release)

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[[August 12]], [[2003]] (US release)

!align="left" valign="top"|Released

|align="left" valignRecorded ="top" colspan=2|The Steakhouse Studio, Cello Studio, Sony Music Studios, [[Tokyo]]; Sunset Sound, Sub Jersey Studios, Vibratorium, Mansfield Lodge, Andy's house, John's house

|align="left" colspan=2|[[August 12]], [[2003]]

| Genre = [[J-Pop]]

|-

| Length = 48:35 (US)

!align="left" valign="top"|Recorded

|align="left" valignLabel ="top" colspan=2|[[Bar None Records|Bar None]]

|align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|The Steakhouse Studio, Cello Studio, Sony Music Studios, [[Tokyo]]; Sunset Sound, Sub Jersey Studios, Vibratorium, Mansfield Lodge, Andy's house, John's house

| Producer = [[Andy Sturmer]]

|-

| Reviews = <nowiki></nowiki>

!align="left" valign="top"|[[Musical genre|Genre]]

*[http://Allmusic.com AMG] 4 1/2 stars out of 5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0amsa9qgw238 link]

|align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|[[J-Pop]]

|-

| Last album = ''[[An Illustrated History]]''<br />([[2002]])

!align="left" valign="top"|Length

| This album = ''[[Nice.]]''<br />([[2003]])

|align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|48 [[Minute|min]] 35 [[Second|sec]]

| Next album = ''[[Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (album)]]''<br />([2004]])

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|}}

!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record label]]

|align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|[[Bar None Records|Bar None]]

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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record producer|Producer]]

|align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|[[Andy Sturmer]]

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!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3" align="center" style="color:black;"|Puffy AmiYumi Chronology

|-align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:80%;"

|''[[An Illustrated History]]''<br />([[2002]])

|''[[Nice.]]''<br />([[2003]])

|&mdash;

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'''''Nice.''''' is the third [[North American]] [[Album (music)|album]] by [[J-Pop]] group [[Puffy AmiYumi]], released in [[2003]]. (See [[2003 in music]]).

'''''Nice.''''' is the third [[North American]] [[Album (music)|album]] by [[J-Pop]] group [[Puffy AmiYumi]], released in [[2003]]. (See [[2003 in music]]). The US release featured a few track changes: "Atarashii Hibi" and "Tomodachi" were replaced with "Urei", "Teen Titans Theme" and "Planet Tokyo", an English rewrite of "Akai Buranko" (Red Swing).

The cover is an ''homage'' to [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]]'s "[[bed-in]]" peace protests held in [[1969]].

The cover is an ''homage'' to [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]]'s "[[bed-in]]" peace protests held in [[1969]].

==Track listing==

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==Personnel==

'''Puffy AmiYumi'''

*Onuki ''[[Ami Onuki]]'' - [[vocals]], harmony, [[guitar]]s

*Yoshimura ''[[Yumi Yoshimura]]'' - vocals, harmony

'''Additional personnel'''

*''[[Andy Sturmer]]'' - [[drums]], guitar, drum programming, [[ARP Instruments, Inc.|ARP synthesizer]], [[Moog synthesizer]], guitars, [[pipe organ]], [[mellotron]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]], [[vibraphone]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[trumpet]], [[marimba]], [[bass guitar|bass]], [[Prophet synthesizer]], [[Fender Rhodes]], [[kazoo|vocal kazoo]], claps, [[piano]], [[acoustic guitar]], [[ARP|ARP string ensemble]], harmony, [[VOX Continental organ]], [[BVO]]

*''John Fields'' - guitars, bass, piano, [[vocoder]], [[Hammond organ|Hammond organ B3]], [[Roland space echo]], [[chamberlin]], [[Farfisa organ]], strange echoes,

*''Wookie Von Crozier'' - crazy drum fill

*''Chris James'' - drums, Wurlizer, synthesized blips and bleeps, [[toy piano]], chamberlin

*''Printz Board'' - [[flugelhorn]]

*''Bleu'' - [[12 string guitar]]

*''Dean Parks'' - [[banjo]], acoustic guitar

*''Elizabeth Lea'' - [[trombone]]

*''The Horndogs'' - horns

*''James Childs'' - guitars

*''Phillip Broussard, Jr.'' - horny chorus

*''Toishi Toshikazu'' - horny chorus

==Production==