Popcorn (Arashi album)
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| Studio album by Arashi | ||||
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October 31, 2012 (see release history) | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B | |||
| Language | Japanese, English | |||
| Label | J Storm | |||
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Popcorn is the eleventh studio album of the Japanese boy band Arashi. The album was released on October 31, 2012 under their record label J Storm in two editions: a first press/limited edition and a regular edition. Though both versions contains a single CD and the same track list, the first press edition features special packaging of 24P photo booklet Until The Popcorn Pops and bonus stickers. With more than 750,000 units sold, the album was certified for Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). [1]
Album information
Both the first press and regular versions contain a CD with sixteen tracks. However, the first press edition comes with a 36P lyrics booklet while the regular edition comes with only a 32P lyrics booklet. The album jacket cover for both versions are also different.
Songs
"Popcorn" includes four of the group's previously released singles: "Meikyū Love Song", "Wild at Heart", "Face Down" and "Your Eyes". This album also includes seven new songs plus five of each member's solo songs.
"Kakenukero!", the second track of this album was used as the "Nissan Serena" CM song. Track 15, "Akashi" was used as the theme song for London Nippon Television 2012.
Four tracks of this album were used as the theme song for dramas starred by the Arashi members. These songs are "Wild at Heart", "Face Down", "Meikyū Love Song", and "Your Eyes", used in dramas Lucky Seven, Kagi no Kakatta Heya, Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de, and Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri, respectively. [2]
Promotion
To support their new album, Arashi performed a live tour “Arashi LIVE TOUR Popcorn” hitting all the major dome stadiums in Japan. They had 16 performances beginning on November 16 at the Kyocera Osaka Dome, followed by Sapporo Dome on November 30, Fukuoka Dome on December 7, Tokyo Dome on December 13, and Nagoya Dome on January 11, 2013. [3]
Track list
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Welcome to our party" | Soluna, Shun, Sho Sakurai | Stephan Elfgren, Conor Edwards, Junior Jokinen | 3:58 |
| 2. | "Kakenukero!" (駆け抜けろ！) | s-Tnk | Takuya Harada, Samuli Laiho, Pessi Levanto | 4:31 |
| 3. | "Wild at Heart" (ワイルド アット ハート) | Soluna | Chris Janey, Junior Jokinen | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Face Down" | eltvo, Sho Sakurai | Albi Albertsson, Royce, H.Vincent Stein, Kontantin Scherer | 3:58 |
| 5. | "We wanna funk, we need a funk" (Jun Matsumoto solo) | Shigeo, Bruce RF Smith, John World | Bruce R F Smith, Mats Ymell | 4:36 |
| 6. | "two" (Satoshi Ohno solo) | Soluna | Erik Lidbom, R.P.P. | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Waiting for you" | Soluna | Octobar, iiiSAK | 3:58 |
| 8. | "Rakuen" (楽園, Masaki Aiba solo) | s-Tnk | Tomoyoshi Suzuki | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Tabi wa Tsuzuku yo" (旅は続くよ) | Fuhara, Sho Sakurai | curly, youwhich | 4:59 |
| 10. | "Sore wa Yappari Kimi deshita" (それはやっぱり君でした, Kazunari Ninomiya solo) | Ninomiya Kazunari | 5:02 | |
| 11. | "Meikyū Love Song" (迷宮ラブソング) | Iori | iiiSAK, Dyce Taylor | 4:38 |
| 12. | "Your Eyes" | hs | Chris Janey, Max Grant | 4:40 |
| 13. | "Fly on Friday" (Sho Sakurai solo) | eltvo, Sho Sakurai | 4:20 | |
| 14. | "Cosmos" | pause, eltvo, Sho Sakurai | Erik Lidbom | 4:51 |
| 15. | "Akashi" (証) | 4:56 | ||
| 16. | "Up to you" | Iori, 100+, Sho Sakurai | Wet disk, Christofer Erixon, Joakim Björnberg | 4:18 |
References
- ↑ "RIAJ Hard Copy Sales Certifications for October 2012" (in Japanese). RIAJ.
- ↑ "2012年10月31日 J Storm ARASHIニューアルバム「Popcorn」発売中!!" (in Japanese). J Storm.
- ↑ "ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn 2012年11月16日(金)~2013年1月13日(日)" (in Japanese). J Storm.
External links
- Popcorn product information
- ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn Information
- Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) Hard Copy Sales Certifications