Request (Juju album)
Request | ||||
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Studio album by Juju | ||||
Released |
September 29, 2010 (see release history) | |||
Recorded | 2010 | |||
Genre | J-Pop | |||
Length | 1:01:04 | |||
Label | Sony | |||
Juju chronology | ||||
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Singles from Request | ||||
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Request is a cover album by Japanese recording artist Juju, released on September 29, 2010.[1] The album features recordings of famous songs by Japanese female vocalists, mostly from the late 1990s.
Conception
The album was originally titled Juju Sings Beautiful Woman.[2] After the album's announcement on August 4, a questionnaire was put up on Juju's website, asking fans which songs they wanted to hear Juju cover.[2] Despite this, four songs had already been chosen for the album, "Gips," "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)," "Last Kiss" and "Time Goes By."[2]
The album is Juju's second disc of covers, after the She Sings... second disc of her previous album Juju, which featured primarily covers of Western songs in English.[3]
Promotion
"Last Kiss" was originally released in February 2010, as one of the A-side tracks of the four A-side single "Sakura Ame/Ready for Love/S.H.E./Last Kiss."[4]
A cover of My Little Lover's "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" sung by Juju was announced as a song used in an adverstising campaign for the Sony Alpha digital camera on June 4.[5] The song was released digitally on June 16 as a ringtone and on June 23 as a full-length cellphone download,[6][7] where it was extremely successful digitally, reaching #1 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart.[8] Due to this popularity, it was released as a physical single a month later, where it reached #15 on Oricon's physical charts.[9]
Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" (My Little Lover cover) | KATE (Takeshi Kobayashi) | Kenji Fujii, Takeshi Kobayashi | Akihisa Matsuura | 5:15 |
2. | "Tsutsumikomu Yō ni..." (Misia cover) | Satoshi Shimano | S. Shimano | Chokkaku | 5:15 |
3. | "Time Goes By" (Every Little Thing cover) | Mitsuru Igarashi | M. Igarashi | Seiji Kameda | 5:25 |
4. | "Gips" (Ringo Shiina cover) | R. Shiina | R. Shiina | Masanori Shimada | 5:38 |
5. | "There Will Be Love There (Ai no Aru Basho)" (The Brilliant Green cover) | Tomoko Kawase | Shunsaku Okuda | Masayuki Sakamoto | 4:36 |
6. | "Don't Wanna Cry" (Namie Amuro cover) | Takahiro Maeda | Tetsuya Komuro | Jin Nakamura | 5:35 |
7. | "Lover Soul" (Judy and Mary cover) | Yuki | Takuya | Seiji Kameda | 4:12 |
8. | "White Love" (Speed cover) | Hiromasa Ijichi | H. Ijichi | Hiroshi Nakamura | 6:54 |
9. | "Suki" (Dreams Come True cover) | Miwa Yoshida | M. Yoshida | Akihisa Matsuura | 3:41 |
10. | "Will" (Mika Nakashima cover) | Yasushi Akimoto | Daisuke Kawaguchi | Satoshi Takebe | 5:43 |
11. | "Last Kiss" (Bonnie Pink cover) | Bonnie Pink | Bonnie Pink | Seiji Kameda | 4:23 |
12. | "First Love" (Hikaru Utada cover) | H. Utada | H. Utada | Akihisa Matsuura | 4:27 |
Total length: | 1:01:04 |
Chart rankings
Chart (2010) |
Peak position |
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Oricon daily albums[10] | 1 |
Oricon weekly albums[11] | 1 |
Oricon yearly album chart[12] | 13 |
Reported sales and certifications
Chart | Amount |
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Oricon physical sales[13] | 469,000 |
RIAJ shipping certification[14] | Double platinum (500,000+) |
Promotional tracks
Many songs from the album were released prior to the physical release digitally, or through other means such as a physical CD or radio airplay.
Date | Title | Format | Chart positions | Oricon sales [15] | ||
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Oricon Singles Charts [16] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [17] |
RIAJ digital tracks [18] | ||||
February 24, 2010[4] | "Last Kiss" | CD single, digital download | 20 | — | — | 7,700 |
June 16, 2010[6] | "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" | Ringtone | 15 | 19 | 1 23* |
23,000 |
June 23, 2010[7] | Full-length cellphone download | |||||
July 14, 2010[19] | Ringtone (Ballad Ver.) | |||||
July 21, 2010[19] | Full-length cellphone download (Ballad Ver.) | |||||
July 28, 2010[1] | CD single, PC download | |||||
September 8, 2010[20] | "First Love" | Ringtone | — | — | 5 | — |
September 15, 2010[21] | Full-length cellphone download | |||||
"Tsutsumikomu Yō ni..." | Ringtone | — | 78 | 30 | — | |
September 20, 2010[22] | "Time Goes By" | Ringtone | — | — | 25 | — |
September 22, 2010[23] | "There Will Be Love There (Ai no Aru Basho)" | Ringtone | — | 43 | 21 | — |
September 26, 2010[24] | "Will" | Ringtone | — | — | 76 | — |
September 29, 2010[25] | "Gips" | Ringtone | — | — | 98 | — |
*Ballad Version
Chart procession and succession
Preceded by Still a Sigure Virgin? by Ling Tosite Sigure |
Oricon weekly number-one album October 11–October 18, 2010 |
Succeeded by Glay by Glay |
Release history
Region | Date | Format |
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Japan | September 29, 2010[1] | CD, digital download |
Taiwan | October 1, 2010[26] | CD |
Hong Kong | October 5, 2010[27] | CD |
Japan | October 16, 2010[28] | Rental CD |
References
- 1 2 3 "JUJU : Request" (in Japanese). Sony. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- 1 2 3 "JUJU、椎名林檎・ELTらをカバー" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "JUJU : JUJU【初回生産限定盤】" (in Japanese). Sony. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- 1 2 "JUJU、4曲A面シングルリリース&待望の全国ツアーが決定" (in Japanese). Barks. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "ソニー 小型デジタル一眼カメラ "α" のCMソングを担当することが決定!!" (in Japanese). Sony. June 4, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- 1 2 "問合せ殺到のCMソング「Hello, Again ~昔からある場所~」6/16 着うた配信スタート決定!" (in Japanese). Sony. June 11, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- 1 2 "ダウンロード殺到中!話題のCM曲「Hello, Again~昔からある場所~」本日より着うたフル配信スタート!!" (in Japanese). Sony. June 23, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue June 29, 2010" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ↑ Hello,Again~昔からある場所~ - JUJU (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "アルバム デイリーランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "JUJU、デビュー7年目で初首位 女性カバー作首位は竹内まりや以来7年ぶり" (in Japanese). Oricon. October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "アルバム 年間ランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 20, 2010. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ↑ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon. Retrieved August 4, 2011. (subscription only)
- ↑ ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年10月. RIAJ (in Japanese). 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "アーティスト: JUJU". Oricon. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ↑ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon. Retrieved 2010-10-05. (subscription only)
- ↑ "Hot 100|JAPAN Charts|Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard.
- ↑ 有料音楽配信チャート (in Japanese). RIAJ.
- 1 2 "<JUJU>話題のマイラバカヴァー曲が生で聴ける!!!プレミアムイベント開催決定!!また、2010年上半期、最も街で流れた曲「桜雨」が堂々の1位!!" (in Japanese). Sony. July 15, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "ダウンロード殺到中!話題のCM曲「Hello, Again~昔からある場所~」本日より着うたフル配信スタート!!" (in Japanese). Sony. September 1, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "「Request」先行配信第二弾!!MISIA「つつみ込むように…」カヴァー、着うた(R)配信スタート!! 宇多田ヒカル「First Love」カヴァー、着うたフル(R)も配信スタート!!" (in Japanese). Sony. September 15, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "「Request」先行配信第三弾!!Every Little Thing「Time goes by」カヴァー、着うた(R)配信スタート!!" (in Japanese). Sony. September 20, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "「Request」先行配信第四弾!!the brilliant green「There will be love there -愛のある場所-」カヴァー、着うた(R)配信スタート!!" (in Japanese). Sony. September 22, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "「Request」先行配信第五弾!!中島美嘉「WILL」カヴァー、着うた(R)配信スタート!!" (in Japanese). Sony. September 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "1st Cover Album『Request』本日リリース!! 着うた(R)、遂に全曲解禁!" (in Japanese). Sony. September 29, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ↑ "JUJU的點歌本 REQUEST". Sony Music Taiwan. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
- ↑ "「Request」 - JUJU - Sony Music". Sony Music Hong Kong. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
- ↑ "Request/JUJU". Tsutaya. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
External links
- Sony Music Request profile (Japanese)