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2009 studio album by alan
Voice of Earth CD cover
Released March 4, 2009 (2009-03-04 ) Recorded 2007–2009 Genre Alternative rock , pop Length 70 :57 Label Avex Trax Producer Masato Matsuura (Executive producer) , Kazuhito Kikuchi
CD+DVD Cover
"Ashita e no Sanka" Released: November 21, 2007
"Hitotsu" Released: March 5, 2008
"Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future" Released: July 2, 2008
"Sora Uta" Released: August 13, 2008
"Kaze no Tegami" Released: September 10, 2008
"Red Cliff: Shin-Sen" Released: October 15, 2008
"Megumi no Ame" Released: November 12, 2008
"Gunjō no Tani " Released: February 4, 2009
Voice of Earth is Chinese singer Alan 's debut Japanese-language album released by Avex Trax . The album contains the eight singles alan has released from 2007 to 2009. The album was released on March 4, 2009 in Japan.
Promotion [ edit ]
"Natsukashii Mirai (Longing Future)" was used as the theme song for NHK special, Save the Future , for World Environment Day .[1] Her sixth single "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen" was used to as the theme song for the movie Red Cliff .[2] An alternate version of the song was used to promote the Japanese re-release of the PlayStation 2 game Dynasty Warriors 6 .[3] The song "Liberty", is being used as the theme song for Japanese drama , Hikon Dōmei (非婚同盟 , lit. Non-Marriage Alliance ) , which aired on Tokai TV .[4] The song "Tsuki ga Watashi" was used in the commercials for the pachinko chain Minho Group.[5] "Gunjō no Tani " is being used as the ending theme song for Japanese information program, Miyaneya (情報ライブ ミヤネ屋 , lit. Live Miyaneya Store Information ) , which airs on Yomiuri TV .[6]
If the customer ordered Voice of Earth via Tower Records , they would have received a special separate CD that contained a new version of Red Cliff: Shin Sen. This was titled as "Red Cliff: Shin Sen (Modern Rock Version)".[7]
Track list [ edit ]
CD Title Lyrics Music Arrangement 1. "Tennyo: interlude (天女 ~interlude~ , Celestial Maiden: interlude ) [note 1] " Kazuhito Kikuchi & TatsugooKazuhito Kikuchi & Tatsugoo 3:10 2. "Ashita e no Sanka" Shinji Nojima Kazuhito Kikuchi Yūta Nakano 5:04 3. "Sora Uta" Yūho Iwasato Kazuhito Kikuchi Yūta Nakano 4:19 4. "Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future" Taeko Onuki Kazuhito Kikuchi Yūta Nakano 5:41 5. "Hitotsu" Yumi Yoshimoto Kazuhito Kikuchi Yūta Nakano 5:07 6. "Kaze no Tegami" Yūho Iwasato Kazuhito Kikuchi Yūta Nakano 5:00 7. "Brave" Yumi Kawanabe Kazuhito Kikuchi h-wonder 4:27 8. "Yume no Garden (夢のガーデン , Dream Garden ) " alan, Yumi Kawanabe Kazuhito Kikuchi ats- 5:41 9. "Gunjō no Tani " Cocco Cocco tasuku 5:05 10. "My Friend" kenko-p Kazuhito Kikuchi tasuku 4:24 11. "Liberty" Yūho Iwasato Kazuhito Kikuchi SHiNTA 4:49 12. "Tsuki ga Watashi (月がわたし , I Am the Moon ) " Kazuhito Kikuchi Kazuhito Kikuchi ats- 4:35 13. "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen" Goro Matsui Taro Iwashiro Yūta Nakano 5:57 14. "Megumi no Ame" Toko Furūchi Kazuhito Kikuchi Yūta Nakano 5:13 15. "Together[note 2] " Miki Matsui Alan Dawa Dolma Yūta Nakano 4:27 Total length: 70:57
Tower Records Exclusive Bonus CD Title Lyrics 1. "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen (Modern Rock Version)" Goro Matsui 5:23 Total length: 5:23
DVD Title 1. "Intro" 2. "Ashita e no Sanka" 3. "Hitotsu" 4. "Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future" 5. "Sora Uta" 6. "Kaze no Tegami" 7. "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen" 8. "Megumi no Ame" 9. "Gunjō no Tani" 10. "Choir (Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future)" 11. "Together" 12. "Outro Gunjō no Tani Making Video"
Chart
Peak position
Sales total
Oricon Daily Chart
10
Oricon Weekly Chart
15
23,568[8]
Chart
Peak Position
Peak Sale Percentage
G-Music Jpop/Kpop Chart[9]
5
3.91%
Five Music Jpop/Kpop Chart[10]
2
7.6%
Release history [ edit ]
Staff and personnel [ edit ]
Sound Produced By: Kazuhito Kikuchi
A&R chief: Kentaro Furusawa (Avex Trax)
A&R: Maiko Shino (Avex Trax)
Sound director: Yoshihisa Tokuda (Avex Entertainment Inc.)
Mixed by: Koji Morimoto (Prime Sound Studio Form)
Mastered by: Tom Cayne at Sterling Sound, NYC
Visual director: Atsushi Sawamaru (Avex Trax)
Art director: Shinichi Hana
Designer: Tomokazu Suzuki (Momya)
Photographer: Lesley Kee (Supersonic)
Hair & Makeup: Mayumi Watanabe (Gon.)
Styling: Saoli Iguchi
Creative coordinator: Kanako Shino (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Artist promotion: All Promotion Dept. Staff (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Tie-Up coordinator: All Tie-Up Dept. Staff (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Area promotion: All Area Branch Staff (Sapporo , Tokyo , Nagoya , Osaka , Fukuoka )
Sales promotion: Takeshi Nemoto, Atsushi Nishimoto, Tadayuki Minoda, Jun Yogi, Tomoko Nagaoka & All AMI Staff (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Web designer & coordinator: Ayumi Kobayashi (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Web promotion: Naoya Munemura (Avex Marketing Inc.)
A&R desk: Yuka Nakanishi (Avex Trax)
Live coordinator: Jun Ishikawa (Avex Live Creation)
China A&R: Kunio Nakayama (Avex China Co. Ltd)
Artist manager: Chen Tao, Zhang Guanyu (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Artist management supervisor: Yoshihiro Seki, Noriyuki Morizane (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Planner: Jun Harada (Avex Entertainment Inc./Avex Marketing Inc.)
General director: Hiroshi "funaty" Ishimori (Avex Entertainment Inc.)
Supervisor: Hidenori Handa
Executive supervisor: Akihiro Terada (Avex Asia Holding Inc.)
General producers: Ryuhei Chiba, Takashi Akira (Avex Entertainment Inc.)
Executive producer: Masato Matsuura (Avex Group)
References [ edit ]
^ Sung in Tibetan .
^ Bonus track found only on first press.
Sources [ edit ]
Chinese albums Chinese EPs Chinese digital releases Japanese albums Japanese singles