Eternity: Love & Songs
| Eternity: Love & Songs | ||||
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| Studio album by Kumi Koda | ||||
| Released | October 13, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Genre | J-pop, acoustic, jazz, rock | |||
| Label |
Rhythm Zone RZCD-46204 (Japan | |||
| Kumi Koda chronology | ||||
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Eternity: Love & Songs is the first cover album by Japanese pop/R&B singer/songwriter Kumi Koda. It contains hip-hop and electronic arrangements of many older Japanese songs released between 1970 and 1990. The album charted at #3 on Oricon and remained on the charts for fourteen weeks.[1] The release of the album was also to celebrate Koda Kumi's ten years as an artist.
Be My Baby (stylized as BE MY BABY) and Megumi no Hito (め組のひと / Best of Me) became the two promotional tracks for the album. A remix of Megumi no Hito can be found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 4 and a Be My Baby remix is found on Beach Mix.
The album is certified Gold for shipment of 100,000 copies.
Music videos
While there were no corresponding music videos with the release of the album, videos for BE MY BABY and Megumi no Hito were later released on her 2011 album Dejavu. BE MY BABY has become her most performed song from the album, having been performed at a-nation and at several concert venues.
Live performances
Eternity ~Love & Songs~ at Billboard Live
On December 6, 2010, Koda Kumi began a sixteen show tour throughout Osaka and Tokyo to celebrate her tenth anniversary. She performed all the songs from the album and on February 23, 2011, she released the concert on DVD: Eternity ~Love & Songs~ at Billboard Live. The live tour was accompanied by a live band.[2][3]
a-nation 10th Anniversary for Life Charge & Go!
On July 30, 2011, a-nation held its tenth anniversary and lined up several artists to perform. This included Koda Kumi, who performed Be My Baby, Poppin' love cocktail feat. TEEDA and Bling Bling Bling feat. AK-69.[4] This was also the performance Koda Kumi and BACK-ON's Kenji03 shared a stage as a couple.[5]
Japan-Vietnam Friendship Music Festival
On October 9, 2011, Koda Kumi performed Be My Baby and Ai no Kotoba during her performance for Japan-Vietnam Friendship Music Festival, which was held in Hanoi, Vietnam.[6][7] She performed alongside AKB48, EXILE, w-inds, AAA, Godai Natsuko and Ryōtarō Sugi.[8][9]
Isle of MTV Miyakojima
Koda Kumi performed By My Baby in 2013 during Isle of MTV Miyakojima, where she performed alongside several other artists. These included AK-69, BACK-ON, INFINITY16, DAISHI DANCE, Far☆East Movement, ☆Taku Takahashi, Miliyah Kato and WORLD ORDER.[10][11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original artist/ Arranger |
Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tattoo" | Yuriko Mori | Annri Sekine | Akina Nakamori • Seiji Kameda | 4:18 |
| 2. | "Love•Is•Over (ラヴ・イズ・オーヴァー / RAVU•IZU•OUV~AA)" | Kaoru Ito | Kaoru Ito | Ouyang Fei Fei • Coldfeet | 5:13 |
| 3. | "Sweet Memories" | Takashi Matsumoto | Masaaki Omura | Seiko Matsuda • Hiroshi Nakamura （i-dep/Sotte Bosse） | 3:51 |
| 4. | "Inai yo (言えないよ / Can't say)" | Kan Chin Fa | Takashi Tsushimi | Hiromi Go • Gakushi | 5:18 |
| 5. | "0-ji Mae no Tsunderella (0時前のツンデレラ / Cinderella Before Midnight)" | misono | Naruya Ito | misono • Akira Murata | 4:35 |
| 6. | "Megumi no Hito (め組のひと / Best of Me)" | Masao Urino | Daisuke Inoue | Rats & Star • Alfred "The Angel" Tuoheny | 3:37 |
| 7. | "Be My Baby" | Kōji Kikkawa | Tomoyasu Hotei | COMPLEX • TAZZ | 3:17 |
| 8. | "Chiisa na koi no uta (小さな恋のうた / Little love song)" | Kiyosaku | Mongol800 | Mongol800 • Zentarō Watanabe | 4:50 |
| 9. | "Heart of Red Wine (ワインレッドの心 / WAIN REDDO no Kokoro)" | Yōsui Inoue | Kōji Tamaki | Anzen Chitai • UTA | 3:56 |
| 10. | "I Love You, SAYONARA" | Fumiya Fujii | Yuji Ohdoi | The Checkers • Jun Tanaka | 5:04 |
| 11. | "Swallowtail Butterfly 〜Ai no Uta〜 (あいのうた / Love Song)" | Shunji Iwai • Chara • Takeshi Kobayashi | Takeshi Kobayashi | Yen Town Band • Suemitsu & the Suemith • Ittetsu Gen | 4:44 |
| 12. | "Sayonara no Mukogawa (さよならの向う側 / Other Side of Goodbye)" | Yoko Aki | Ryudo Uzaki | Momoe Yamaguchi • h-wonder • Ittetsu Gen | 5:17 |
Oricon Charts (Japan)
| Release | Oricon Singles Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales (copies) | Sales Total (copies) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 13, 2010 | Daily Chart | 2 | 89,512 [12] | |
| Weekly Chart | 3 | 46,361 | ||
| Monthly Chart | 8 | 72,252 | ||
| Yearly Chart (2010) | 95 | 87,378 |
Alternate versions
Megumi no Hito
- Megumi no Hito: Found on the album (2010)
- Megumi no Hito [THE LOWBROWS Remix]: Found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 4 (2012)
BE MY BABY
- BE MY BABY: Found on the album (2010)
- BE MY BABY [4 Skips Remix]: Found on Beach Mix (2012)
References
- ↑ "ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~ / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ↑ "小さな恋のうた (KODA KUMI ETERNITY~Love&Songs~at Billboard Live)". YouTube. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ↑ "ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~ at Billboard Live". RhythmZone. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ↑ "a-nation 10th Anniversary for Life Charge&Go!". MDPR. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Sexy Diva Koda Kumi Married". YouTube. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ↑ "BE MY BABY (Live In Hanoi Viet Nam)". YouTube. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Ai no kotoba (Live In Hanoi Viet Nam)". YouTube. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ↑ "AKB48, Koda Kumi, EXILE, and more perform at Japan-Vietnam Friendship Music Festival". Tokyo Hive. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ↑ "2nd Japan-Vietnam Friendship Music Festival to feature AAA, AKB48, EXILE, w-inds, Koda Kumi". TokyoGraph. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Isle of MTV Miyakojima / MTV JAPAN". MTV Japan. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Koda Kumi - BE MY BABY (2013 MTV Live)". YouTube. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ↑ .