Over the Rainbow (Mai Kuraki album)

Over the Rainbow
Studio album by Mai Kuraki
Released January 11, 2012 (2012-01-11)
Recorded 2011-2012
Genre Pop, R&B
Label Northern Music
Producer Mai Kuraki, Daikō Nagato
Mai Kuraki chronology
Future Kiss
(2010)		 Over the Rainbow
(2012)
Singles from Over the Rainbow
  1. "1000 Mankai no Kiss"
    Released: March 9, 2011 (2011-03-09)
  2. "Mou Ichido"
    Released: May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25)
  3. "Your Best Friend"
    Released: October 19, 2011 (2011-10-19)
  4. "Strong Heart"
    Released: November 23, 2011 (2011-11-23)

Over the Rainbow (stylized as OVER THE RAINBOW) is the 10th studio album of Japanese singer Mai Kuraki. It will be released on January 11, 2012 (2012-01-11).[1]

Contents

Background

The album has four singles, namely:

It also includes the following songs:

Track listing [3]

All lyrics written by Mai Kuraki, excluding "Love One Another", which is co-written with Michael Africk. 

No. Title Music Arranger(s) Length
1. "Strong Heart" (first DVD and 38th overall single/theme song for the 2011 Kansai TV/Fuji TV Japanese drama HUNTER[4]) Giorgio Cancemi Cancemi 4:18
2. "Another Day*Another World"        
3. "Sayonara wa Madaiwanai de (Album Edition)" (B-side of 1000 Mankai no Kiss) Footbread Footbread, Park Sang-hyun (guitar) 4:38
4. "Stay the Same" (Sanrio's image song for Wish Me Mell[5])      
5. "Your Best Friend" (37th single/ending theme for the 20th season of the Yomiuri TV/Nippon Television animation Case Closed) Cancemi Cancemi 5:52
6. "Mou Ichido" (36th single/theme song of the 2011 Tokai TV/Fuji TV Japanese drama Devil in the Mist) Hirokazu Tajiri Tajiri 4:00
7. "Brave Your Heart (featuring Alex Ru)" (theme song for the 2012 movie The Love Leading to Tomorrow)      
8. "Sun Will Shine on U"        
9. "Love One Another (with Michael Africk)" (digital single for the benefit of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami victims) Michael Africk Africk 3:58
10. "Step by Step" (B-side of Your Best Friend/official image song of the Nemu no Sato Hotel and Resort, Mie Prefecture[6]) Cancemi Cancemi 4:58
11. "1000 Mankai no Kiss" (35th single/official image song of Kose Corporation's Esprique Precious make-up line) Aika Ohno Takeshi Hayama 5:03
12. "La La La * La"        
DVD
No. Title Length
1. "1000 Mankai no Kiss (Music Clip)"   5:03
2. "Mou Ichido (Music Clip)"   4:00
3. "Your Best Friend (Music Clip)"   5:52
4. "Brave Your Heart (Music Clip)"    
5. "Stay the Same (Music Clip)"    

References

  1. ^ "Kuraki Mai to release new album, "OVER THE RAINBOW"". TokyoHive. 2011-12-07. http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/12/kuraki-mai-to-release-new-album-over-the-rainbow/. Retrieved 2011-12-16. 
  2. ^ a b "Over the Rainbow (ALBUM+DVD)(First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version) - Kuraki Mai". http://www.yesasia.com/global/over-the-rainbow-album-dvd-first-press-limited-edition-japan-version/1025901237-0-0-0-en/info.html. Retrieved 2011-12-16. 
  3. ^ "Over the Rainbow Limited Edition - Mai Kuraki". http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VNCM-9016. Retrieved 2011-12-16. 
  4. ^ "Hunter (2011 Japanese TV series) - Credits" (in Japanese). http://www.ktv.jp/hunter/cs.html. Retrieved 2011-12-16. 
  5. ^ "Maimai (Wish Me Mell)" (in Japanese). http://wishmemell.com/maimai/maimai.php. Retrieved 2011-12-16. 
  6. ^ "Nemu no Sato Hotel and Resort Unveils 30-Second TVCM for 2011" (in Japanese). NemunoSato.com. 2011-11-03. http://www.nemunosato.com/news/detail__257.html. Retrieved 2011-12-16. 

External links

Mai Kuraki
Japanese studio albums
English studio albums
Secret of My Heart
Compilation albums
Japanese singles
"Love, Day After Tomorrow" · "Stay by My Side" · "Secret of My Heart" · "Never Gonna Give You Up" · "Simply Wonderful" · "Reach for the Sky" · "Tsumetai Umi/Start in My Life" · "Stand Up" · "Always" · "Can't Forget Your Love/Perfect Crime: Single Edit" · "Winter Bells" · "Feel Fine!" · "Like a Star in the Night" · "Make My Day" · "Time After Time (Hana Mau Machi de)" · "Kiss" · "Kaze no La La La" · "Ashita e Kakeru Hashi" · "Love, Needing" · "Dancing" · "P.S My Sunshine" · "Growing of My Heart" · "Best of Hero" · "Diamond Wave" · "Shiroi Yuki" · "Season of Love" · "Silent Love (Open My Heart)/Be With U" · "Yume ga Saku Haru/You and Music and Dream" · "Ichibyōgoto ni Love for You" · "24 Xmas Time" · "Puzzle/Revive" · "Beautiful" · "Eien Yori Nagaku/Drive Me Crazy" · "Summer Time Gone" · "1000 Mankai no Kiss" · "Mou Ichido" · "Your Best Friend" · "Strong Heart"
English singles
Baby I Like
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