Vocalist?

Vocalist?
Vocalist?
Studio album by You Kikkawa
Released	November 7, 2012
Recorded	2012
Genre	J-pop; dance-pop;
Length	49:50
Language	Japanese
Label	Universal J
Producer	Hachioji P; DarvishP; KEI; Nishizawasan P; Junky; Yairi; MSR; colete; Kameria; T-Pocket;
You Kikkawa chronology
Limited Edition cover

Vocalist? (ボカリスト?, Bokarisuto?) is a cover album by Japanese singer You Kikkawa. Released through Universal J on November 7, 2012, the album features covers of popular J-pop songs from the 1980s to the 2000s. The album cover features an anime-style caricature of Kikkawa. A limited edition release features a real picture of Kikkawa as the album cover and includes a DVD containing Miku Miku Dance (MMD) version music videos for "Koko kara Hajimarunda!" and "Darling to Madonna".^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The album peaked at No. 40 on Oricon's albums chart.^[5]

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Watashi ga Obasan ni Natte mo" ((私がオバさんになっても, "Even If I Become an Old Lady"))	Chisato Moritaka Hideo Saitō	Chisato Moritaka	4:27
2.	"Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to" ((恋しさとせつなさと心強さと, "This Love, This Pain, This Strength of Heart"))	Tetsuya Komuro	Ryōko Shinohara	4:02
3.	"Kaze wa Akiiro" ((風は秋色, "The Wind Is the Color of Fall"))	Yoshiko Miura Yūichirō Oda	Seiko Matsuda	4:12
4.	"Secret Base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~" ((Secret Base~君がくれたもの~, "Secret Base ~What You Gave Me~"))	Norihiko Machida	Zone	5:20
5.	"Maji de Koisuru Gobyōmae" ((MajiでKoiする5秒前, "5 Seconds Before a Serious Love"))	Takeshi Fujii	Ryōko Hirosue	4:01
6.	"Samishii Nettaigyo" ((淋しい熱帯魚, "Lonely Tropical Fish"))	Neko Oikawa Masaya Ozeki	Wink	4:10
7.	"17-sai" (Jūnana-sai (17才, "17 Years Old"))	Mieko Arima Kyōhei Tsutsumi	Chisato Moritaka	3:44
8.	"Daite Hold on Me!" ((抱いてHOLD ON ME!, "Hold Me Hold on Me!"))	Tsunku	Morning Musume	4:22
9.	"Shōjo A" ((少女A, "Girl A"))	Masao Urino Hiroaki Serizawa	Akina Nakamori	3:38
10.	"Natsuiro no Nancy" ((夏色のナンシー, "Summer Colored Nancy"))	Miura Tsutsumi	Yu Hayami	3:31
11.	"Sotsugyō" ((卒業, "Graduate"))	Takashi Matsumoto Tsutsumi	Yuki Saitō	4:22
12.	"Love Namidairo" ((LOVE涙色, "Love (The Color of Tears)"))	Tsunku	Aya Matsuura	4:01
Total length:				49:50

Limited Edition Bonus DVD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Koko kara Hajimarunda! (MMD Ver.)" ((ここから始まるんだ!, "Let's Start Here!"))	SmileR
2.	"Darling to Madonna (MMD Ver.)" ((ダーリンとマドンナ, "Darling and Madonna"))	SmileR

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[5]	40

References

^ "Discography". You Kikkawa Official Web Site. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
^ "吉川友が歌ってみた！ボカロPアレンジのアイドルカバー集". Natalie.mu. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
^ "吉川友、アイドルカバーアルバムで"歌姫"意識したジャケット". Natalie.mu. 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
^ "ボカリスト? | 吉川友". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
^ ^a ^b "ボカリスト? | 吉川友". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-09-08.

External links

Official website
Vocalist? at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

[1] "Discography". You Kikkawa Official Web Site. Up-Front Group. Retrieved 2021-04-04.

[2] "吉川友が歌ってみた！ボカロPアレンジのアイドルカバー集". Natalie.mu. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2020-09-08.

[3] "吉川友、アイドルカバーアルバムで"歌姫"意識したジャケット". Natalie.mu. 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2021-04-04.

[4] "ボカリスト? | 吉川友". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2021-04-04.

[Oricon-5] "ボカリスト? | 吉川友". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-09-08.

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