Rainism

Rainism

Rainism cover
Studio album by Rain
Released October 16, 2008 , South Korea
December 29, 2008, Asia
January 7, 2009, Japan
March 3, 2009, South Korea (re-release)
Recorded 2008
Genre K-pop, R&B
Language Korean
Label J. Tune Entertainment
Producer Rain (exec)
Rain chronology
Rain's World
(2006)		 Rainism
(2008)
Alternative covers
Rainism International and Japan
Rainism: Recollection (re-released) Korea
Singles from Rainism
  1. "Love Story"
    Released: October 2008
  2. "Rainism"
    Released: December 2008
  3. "9월 12일"
    Released: 9 March 2009

Rainism is the fifth studio album from South Korean singer, Rain, and the first album since his departure from JYP Entertainment. Rainism was released on the 16th of October in South Korea. The first single taken from the album, Love Story, became another hit for the singer. Rainism was eventually released in four formats throughout Asia.

Contents

Album versions

Original Release

  1. My Way
  2. Rainism
  3. Only You
  4. Love Story (0912.... 그 이후)
  5. 사랑이라는 건
  6. 내 여자
  7. . You
  8. Fresh Woman
  9. 더 끌려 (Feat. 태완 A.K.A C-Luv)
  10. 고개 돌려
  11. 9월 12일
  12. My Way
  13. Rainism Remix

Asia Edition

  1. My Way (Intro)
  2. Rainism
  3. Only You
  4. Love Story
  5. 사랑이라는 건
  6. 내 여자
  7. Fresh Woman
  8. 더 끌려 (featuring C-Luv)
  9. 고개 돌려
  10. 9월 12일
  11. My Way
  12. Rainism [Remix]
  13. Rainism (Chinese Version)
  14. Love Story [0912......After] (Chinese Version)
  15. Rainism (English Version)
  16. Love Story [0912......After] (English Version)

Japanese Edition

  1. My Way (Intro)
  2. Rainism
  3. Only You
  4. Love Story
  5. 사랑이라는 건
  6. 내 여자
  7. Fresh Woman
  8. 더 끌려 (featuring C-Luv)
  9. 고개 돌려
  10. 9월 12일
  11. My Way
  12. Rainism [Remix]
  13. Rainism (Japanese Version)
  14. Love Story [0912......After] (Japanese Version)
  15. Rainism (English Version)
  16. Love Story [0912......After] (English Version)

South East Asian Edition

  1. My Way (Intro)
  2. Rainism
  3. Only You
  4. Love Story
  5. 사랑이라는 건
  6. 내 여자
  7. Fresh Woman
  8. 더 끌려 (featuring C-Luv)
  9. 고개 돌려
  10. 9월 12일
  11. My Way
  12. Rainism [Remix]
  13. Rainism (English Version)
  14. Love Story [0912......After] (English Version)

South Korea (re-release)

  1. My Way (Intro)
  2. Rainism Clean
  3. Only You
  4. Love Story
  5. 사랑이라는 건
  6. 내 여자
  7. Fresh Woman
  8. 더 끌려 (featuring C-Luv)
  9. 고개 돌려
  10. 9월 12일
  11. My Way
  12. Rainism [Remix] Clean
  1. 사랑이라는건 Acoustic Version]
  2. 내여자 Acoustic Version]
  3. 9월 12일 Acoustic Version
  4. Fresh Woman Remix
  5. Rainism English Version
  6. Love Story English Version
  7. Rainism Japanese Version
  8. Love Story Japanese Version
  9. Rainism Chinese Version
  10. Love Story Chinese Version
  1. Love Story Music Video

Controversy

On November 24, 2008, The Commission of Youth Protection judged Rain's album, Rainism, inappropriate for people under 19 years old because of the song "Rainism".[1] In "Rainism", the lyrics (translated from Korean) "Trembling inside your shaking body is my magic stick/Feeling the impassable limit of the body shake" became a problem, as "magic stick" would remind of a penis.[2] Rain has re-released a "clean version" of "Rainism" shortly after,[3] but instead of changing the original album's contents, he has labeled a sticker that deemed "Rainism" inappropriate for those under 19 years old.

Re-release

Rainism was re-released in South Korea on the 3rd of March. The album was retitled, Rainism: Recollection and packaged as a limited edition album. The album was packaged as a three disc album. The first disc containing original track listing (removing the original version of Rainism and replacing it with the clean version), the second disc included all international versions of his two singles, Love Story, and Rainism, in addition to several bonus acoustic tracks and a remix of the song Fresh Woman. Disc 3 was a DVD including the music video for the first single Love Story.

Singles

Rain released Love Story, as the first single from the album, shortly followed by the single, Rainism. Both songs were re-recorded in four languages and served as that version for the appropriate country (an English version was issued to SE Asia radio). It was stated that Fresh Woman would be released as a single, but proof of this has not appeared. Rain did start to perform the track, Only You, in support of the re-release of Rainism in South Korea. However, Only You, is not an official single.

References

  1. ^ "비 '레이니즘', 청소년 유해매체물 판정"
  2. ^ "'레이니즘' 클린버전에 '매직 스틱' 빠지나"
  3. ^ "청보위 '동방신기, 맞대응해도 승소 어렵다'"
Rain
Korean
Studio album
Bad Guy (2002) • How to Avoid the Sun (2003) • It's Raining (2004) • Rain's World (2006) • Rainism (2008) • Back To The Basic (2010)
Singles
"Ways to Avoid the Sun" (2003) • "You Already Knew" (2003) • "It's Raining" (2004) • "I Do" (2004) • "Still Believe" (2006) • "I'm Coming" (2006)  • "Love Story" (2008)  • "Rainism" (2008)  • "Love Song" (2010)  • "Hip Song" (2010)  • "Busan Woman" (2011)
Japanese
Studio album
Eternal Rain (2006)
Singles
"Sad Tango" (2006) • "Free Way" (2006) • "Move On" (2006) •
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