License (album)

License
Studio album by Aya Ueto
Released March 8, 2006 (2006-03-08)
Recorded 2005-2006
Genre Pop
Length 64:32
Label Flight Master
Producer Gorō Kumagai
Aya Ueto chronology
Uetoayamix
(2005)
License
(2006)
Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection
(2006)
Alternative cover
Limited edition cover
Singles from License
  1. "Yume no Chikara"
    Released: June 8, 2005
  2. "Kaze wo Ukete"
    Released: August 3, 2005
  3. "Egao no Mama de"
    Released: February 15, 2006

License is the fourth studio album by Japanese pop singer Aya Ueto. It was released on March 8, 2006 on Flight Master.

Contents

Background

License includes Ueto's previous singles "Yume no Chikara", "Kaze wo Ukete", and "Egao no Mama de." The album took a more adult direction than her previous releases. The last track, "Fermata", was penned by Ueto's brother Makoto. License was released in two formats: limited CD+DVD edition, which includes a DVD featuring the music video and making of "Egao no Mama de" as well as a special interview, and the standard CD only edition.

Chart performance

License peaked at #9 on the Oricon Daily Albums Chart and debuted at #19 on the Weekly Albums Chart with 16,029 copies sold. The album charted for a total of four weeks and sold over 22,000 copies.[1][2][3]

Track listing

CD
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Egao no Mama de"   Ryoji Ryoji 5:14
2. "1 Million Thanks"   Tōko Furuuchi Yōji Noi 5:04
3. "Kaze wo Ukete"   Ryoji Ryoji 5:06
4. "Nukumori" (ぬくもり Warmth) Masaru Shimabukuro Shimabukuro 4:30
5. "Yakusoku no Basho" (約束の場所 Promised Place) Ryoji Ryoji 5:16
6. "Moshimo Negai ga Kanau Nara featuring Kohei Japan" (もしも願いが叶うなら If My Wish Comes True) Gajin, Kohei Sakama Gajin, Sakama 5:02
7. "Look Into the Future"   Kei Yoshikawa, Shoko Yoshikawa 5:22
8. "Hoshizora Haiuei" (星空ハイウエイ Starry Sky Highway) Shoko Miki Watabe 4:14
9. "Kagiri Aru Toki no Naka de" (限りある時の中で In the Little Time We Have) T2ya T2ya 4:59
10. "Yume no Chikara"   Toshihiko Takamizawa Takamizawa 4:57
11. "Shiroi Yuki ga Furu Yori ni" (白い雪が降る夜に On the Night When the White Snow Falls) Takamizawa Takamizawa 4:38
12. "Kono Sekai ni Umarete" (この世界に生まれて Born in this World) Yuki Nakajima Sin 6:14
13. "Fermata"   Makoto Ueto Sin 3:51
Total length:
64:32

Charts and sales

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Sales
Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart[1] 9 21,746[3]
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[2] 19

References

  1. ^ a b (Japanese) Oricon (2006-03-07). "3/7付デイリーアルバムチャートチェック:うっきーのチャートチェック". Star-Blog. http://blog.oricon.co.jp/ukki-monkey/archive/1201/0. Retrieved 2011-01-23. 
  2. ^ a b (Japanese) Oricon. "上戸彩のCDアルバムランキング、上戸彩のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/288553/ranking/cd_album/. Retrieved 2011-01-23. 
  3. ^ a b (Japanese) Oricon (2011-01-21). "ポニーキャニオン@売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所@JBBS掲示板". JBBS Live Door. http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/music/3914/1044683358/129. Retrieved 2011-01-23.