Break the Border

Studio album by Yohio

Released

27 March 2013 (Sweden)
15 May 2013 (Japan)

Recorded

2012-2013

Genre

Rock
pop

Label

Ninetone Records / Universal Music AB (Sweden)
Thunderball667 / Universal Music Japan (Japan)

Yohio chronology

Break the Border
(2013)

Together We Stand Alone
(2014)

Singles from Break the Border

"Our Story"
Released: 19 October 2012
"Heartbreak Hotel"
Released: 24 February 2013

Break the Border (stylized by the artist as BREAK the BORDER)^[1] is the debut album by Swedish singer of Japanese music Yohio, released in Sweden on 27 March 2013 in an English version. The album is released in Japan on 15 May 2013 with some tracks in Japanese language.

The album contains "Heartbreak Hotel", the song Yohio performed in Melodifestivalen 2013 in a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 finishing second overall in the competition.

Track list

Swedish CD^[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"2013 -Beginning of the End -" (instrumental)	Yohio, Daif	Patrik Frisk, Tommy Rehn, Yohio	1:04
2.	"My Murderous Urge"	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio	3:18
3.	"Revolution"	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio	3:11
4.	"Heartbreak Hotel" (Exclusive track for Swedish release)	Johan Fransson, Tobias Lundgren, Tim Larsson, Henrik Göranson, Yohio	Johan Fransson, Tobias Lundgren, Tim Larsson, Henrik Göranson	3:03
5.	"Our Story"	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio	3:22
6.	"Sakura, falling"	Gackt Camui, Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio	4:19
7.	"Innocence"	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio	3:42
8.	"On the Verge"	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio	3:31
9.	"Rain ~ A scene drenched in rain ~"	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio	4:32
10.	"Timescape" (instrumental)	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio	1:58
11.	"Aggressive Beauty" (instrumental)	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio	2:59
12.	"Break the Border"	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio	4:17

Platinum Edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Last Kiss"	3:55
2.	"Himlen är oskyldigt blå" (Exclusive track for Swedish release)	3:44
3.	"Revolution" (Japanese version)	3:12

Japanese CD^[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"2013 -終わりの始まり-" (2013 - Owari no hajimari -)	Yohio, Daif	Patrik Frisk, Tommy Rehn, Yohio
2.	"My Murderous Urge"	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio
3.	"Revolution"	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio
4.	"二人のストーリー" (Futari no story)	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio
5.	"サクラ、散ル…" (Sakura, Chiru...)	Gackt Camui, Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio
6.	"Innocence"	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio
7.	"Last kiss"
8.	"On the Verge"	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio
9.	"Rain ～雨に濡れた景色～" (Rain -Ame ni nureta keshiki-)	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio
10.	"Timescape" (instrumental)	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio
11.	"Aggressive Beauty" (instrumental)	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio
12.	"Break the Border"	Yohio	Frisk, Rehn, Yohio

Charts

The album debuted at number 1 in the Swedish Albums Chart.

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Swedish Albums Chart^[4]	1

Platinum Edition

Break the Border Platinum Edition
Studio album by Yohio
Released	June 2013 (Sweden)
Recorded	2012-2013
Genre	Rock pop
Label	Ninetone Records / Universal Music AB (Sweden)

In June 2013, a Platinum Edition was released in Sweden with the tracks of the ordinary Swedish edition plus three more tracks. The album debuted at number 35 in the Swedish Albums Chart.

Additional tracks

13. "Last Kiss" (Japanese version)
14. "Himlen är oskyldigt blå"
15. "Revolution" (Japanese version)

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Swedish Albums Chart^[4]	1

References

↑ "YOHIO - YOHIO 1st Album "BREAK the BORDER" Guitar... | Facebook". Facebook. 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
↑ "Break the Border - Yohio - Music - CDON.com". Cdon.com. 17 March 2013.
↑ "YOHIO/BREAK the BORDER＜通常盤＞". Tower Records.
1 2 SwedishCharts.com: Yohio page

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