Around the World (album)

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AROUND THE WORLD
Studio album by Ami Suzuki
Released	October 12, 2005
Recorded	2004, 2005
Genre	J-Pop
Length	54:17
Label	Avex Trax AVCD-17752/B (Japan, CD+DVD) AVCD-17753 (Japan, CD) AVCD-17750 (Japan, CD+T-Shirt Girl) AVCD-17751 (Japan, CD+T-Shirt Boy)
Producer(s)	Max Matsuura
Ami Suzuki chronology
FUN for FAN (2001)	AROUND THE WORLD (2005)	AMIx WORLD (2006)
Alternate Cover A
CD+DVD Cover
Alternate Cover B
CD++T-shirt men's Cover
Alternate Cover C
CD+T-shirt lady's Cover

AROUND THE WORLD is the debut album by Ami Suzuki under label Avex Trax. Ami released a single by the same name on the same day.

Contents 1 Information 2 Sales 3 Track listing 3.1 CD 3.2 DVD 4 Personnel 5 Production 6 Charts

[edit] Information

Ths styles of the album consists of upbeat J-Pop songs with touches from House and Trance, also with some sweet pop ballads and soft songs. A curious fact is that the DVD of the album doesn't include the original music videos of the songs of the previous physical singles; the dance tracks videos are the original songs but only with the dance scenes that Ami shot for those videos, and the album edit of "Negaigoto" is a slightly different edit of the original video.

[edit] Sales

The album came in at #4 on its first day, but fell to #5 for the weekly charts. The single reached #19 on the Oricon charts, pretty impressive for a limited release single such as this. Despite that the sales were not exactly a big success come back album, this record marked Ami Suzuki again as a qualified and profitable female singer in the Japanese Music Industry.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD

1. "AROUND THE WORLD" – 4:34

   Lyrics: Ami Suzuki

   Music: Y@suo Ohtani

   Arrangement: Ken Harada

2. "Hopeful" -OVERHEAD CHAMPION MIX– 4:55

   Lyrics: Ami Suzuki

   Music: Shunsuke Yazaki

   Arrangement: Overhead Champion

3. "Beautiful" – 4:55

   Lyrics: Ami Suzuki

   Music: Daisuke Suzuki

   Arrangement: ats-

4. "Sweet Voice" – 4:47

   Lyrics: Ami Suzuki

   Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi

   Arrangement: Yasunari Nakamura

5. "Delightful" – 4:20

   Lyrics: Ami Suzuki

   Music: Tohru Watanabe

   Arrangement: Axel Konard

6. "For yourself" – 4:40

   Lyrics: Ami Suzuki

   Music: Tohru Watanabe

   Arrangement: h-wonder

7. "Negaigoto" (ねがいごと, "Negaigoto"^?) – 5:08

   Lyrics: Ami Suzuki

   Music: Daisuke Suzuki

   Arrangement: Yasunari Nakamura

8. "Risk" – 4:40

   Lyrics: Ami Suzuki

   Music: Daisuke Suzuki

   Arrangement: Yasunari Nakamura

9. "Eventful" – 4:23

   Lyrics: Ami Suzuki

   Music & Arrangement: Tohru Watanabe

10. "with you" – 4:44

    Lyrics: Ami Suzuki

    Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi

    Arrangement: Ken Harada

11. "Times" – 4:15

    Lyrics: Ami Suzuki

    Music & Arrangement: Tohru Watanabe

12. "I'm alone" – 2:56

    Lyrics: Ami Suzuki

    Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi

    Arrangement: KZB

[edit] DVD

1. "Hopeful"
2. "Delightful" -dance track-
3. "Eventful" -dance track-
4. "Negaigoto" (ねがいごと, "Negaigoto"^?) -album edit-
5. "For yourself"
6. "AROUND THE WORLD"
7. "For yourself" -making-
8. "AROUND THE WORLD" -making-

[edit] Personnel

• Ami Suzuki - vocals, backing vocals
• Yumi Kawamura - backing vocals

[edit] Production

• Executive Producer - Max Matsuura
• Planner - Jun Harada
• Supervisors - Hiroshi "Funaty" Ishimori, Takashi Okuda
• Directors - Hatsukoshi Yasuhara, Aki Hori, Aya Noguchi
• A&R - Katsuhiko Sakurai, Shizuka Oruga, Hideaki Tamamuchi
• Desk A&R - Megumi Seyika, Nozomi Yasumune, Sakoto Sairenji
• Musical Director - Yoshihisa Tokuda
• Mixing - Naoki Yamada, Atsushi Hattori, Overhead Champion (#2), Axel Konard (#5)
• Recording - Kaoru Akimoto, Shuichi Watanabe, Masahiro Kawata, Atsushi Hattori, Kei Kusama
• 2nd Engineering - Masahiro Kawata, Ryuichi Okubo, Hanae Saito, Hitomi Suzuki, Makoto Yamadoi, Hideaki Jinbu, Ryo Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Yamada.

[edit] Charts

Chart	Peak position	Sales	Time in chart
Oricon Weekly Albums	#5	62,022 copies sold	7 weeks

v • d • e Ami Suzuki
Albums
- Sony Music -
SA | infinity eighteen vol. 1 | Infinity Eighteen Vol.2 | Fun for Fan
- Avex Trax -
AROUND THE WORLD | AMIx WORLD | CONETTA
Singles
- Sony Music -
love the island | alone in my room | all night long white key | Nothing Without You (song) | Don't leave me behind / Silent Stream BE TOGETHER | OUR DAYS | HAPPY NEW MILLENNIUM Don't need to say good bye | Thank you 4 every day every body Reality / Dancin' in Hip-Hop
- Independent Labels -
Tsuyoi Kizuna | Forever Love
- Avex Trax -
Hopeful | Delightful | Eventful | Negaigoto AROUND THE WORLD | Happiness is... | Little Crystal Fantastic | Alright! | Like a Love?
DVD
1ST CONCERT Oh Yeah! 1999 | Amigo's Parlor Shake Shake Shake Ami-Go-Round Tour | Video Clips FUN for FAN 2004 SUMMER FLY HIGH -ami shower- Suzuki Ami Around The World: Live House Tour 2005
Box Sets
BAZOOKA 17
See also
Tetsuya Komuro | Full Discography | Albums | Singles