Phoenix (Maki Ohguro album)
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| Released | 23 December 2020 | |||
| Recorded | 2019–2020 | |||
| Genre | Japanese pop | |||
| Length | 78:51 | |||
| Label | Being Inc. | |||
| Producer | Maki Ohguro | |||
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Phoenix is the fifteenth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Maki Ohguro. It was released on 23 December 2020 under the Being Inc. label. It's her first studio album for the first time in 2 years. The album contains various collaboration tracks from various musicians, such as Ryota Mitsunaga, Rose Touma.[1]
This album was released in two formats: regular edition and limited first press edition with DVD. The DVD disc includes 180 minute footage of the live tour "Maki Ohguro Music Muscle Tour 2019".[2]
Promotion
[edit]Singles
[edit]This album consist of twelve previously released singles, all of them released as a digital singles.
Digital single Sharely Christmas was released on 25 December 2019 and served as an theme song to the Christmas Event "Tokyo Great Santa Run Gift".[3]Let's Go Girls was released in March 2020. The single served as a theme song to the marathon event "Nagoya Women's Marathon 2020".[4] Another digital single "OK was released in May 2020 and will serve as a theme song to the theatrical movie "Utsusemi no Mori".[5]
Commercial performance
[edit]The album reached #44 in its first week and charted for 3 weeks. The album was a commercial failure, remaining as her lowest-charting and worst-selling studio album as of February, 2021.[6]
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by Maki Ohguro (expect #2 (co-written by QUEST ALL STARs), #9(co-written by Rose Touma); all music is composed by Maki Ohguro (expect #2 (co-written by QUEST ALL STARs), #4 (co-written by Ryota Mitsunaga), #6 an #11 (co-written by Yohey), #12 (co-written by Ryota Asai))
| No. | Title | Arranger(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Let's☆Go!! Girls" (digital single) | Yohey | 4:57 |
| 2. | "RAINBOW QUEST: Bokura wa Peace Mate with Rainbow Kids (僕らはピースメイト)" (digital single) | Katsuyuki Mito | 7:08 |
| 3. | "OK" (digital single) | Satoshi Takebe | 7:20 |
| 4. | "Shaka Shake You'll Be All right-Big Wave ver." (digital single) | Takebe | 7:11 |
| 5. | "Get Your Wave" (digital single) | Yohey | 5:48 |
| 6. | "Dee Dee Dee Dee Deeper Love: Ai no Social Distance" (digital single) | Yohey | 5:13 |
| 7. | "Pray for you: Shigatsu no Elegie" (digital single) | Yohey | 6:30 |
| 8. | "Phoenix" (digital single) | Yohey | 6:28 |
| 9. | "WE ARE THE LOVE: dedicated to J & L" (digital single) | Yohey | 7:53 |
| 10. | "SISTER SISTER SISTER" (digital single) | Yohey | 4:55 |
| 11. | "Junsui na Hito (純粋な人)" | Yohey | 5:54 |
| 12. | "Hashire! Hashire! Hashire (走れ！ 走れ！ 走れ！)" (digital single) | Ryota Asai | 4:09 |
| 13. | "Sharely Christmas" (digital single) | Akihito Tokunaga | 5:33 |
References
[edit]- ^ "大黒摩季、豪華ゲスト参加のゴージャスでハイパーなアルバム「PHOENIX」発売". 音楽ナタリー. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "Maki Ohguro Discography". maki-ohguro.com.
- ^ "サンタ姿でラン＆ウォーク！ 『東京グレートサンタラン』で大黒摩季が新曲披露ライブ". Barks. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "大黒摩季、『名古屋ウィメンズマラソン』公式応援ソングの配信スタート". Barks. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ "大黒摩季、２５年ぶりに酒井法子とタッグ！ 酒井主演映画に主題歌提供「未来とはやっぱり素敵」". Barks. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "PHOENIX(BIG盤)- 大黒摩季". Oricon News.