Voice (Mika Nakashima album)

Voice
Studio album by Mika Nakashima
Released November 26, 2008
Genre J-pop, Jazz, Pop music, Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening, Rock music
Length 1:07:30
Label Sony Music Associated Records
Mika Nakashima chronology
Yes
(2007)		 Voice
(2008)		 No More Rules
(2009)

Voice is the ninth album (sixth studio album) by Mika Nakashima, released on November 26, 2008. It contains all of her singles from Life up to Orion. The album had two releases: a CD-only and CD+DVD format. The CD+DVD version comes in a deluxe box.[1]

'Voice,' on its release, provided Nakashima with her first #1 album on the Oricon 200 Album Chart since 'Best' in 2005. It has been certified Platinum by RIAJ[2] for shipment of 250,000 copies in Japan, and has amassed sales of over 450,000 copies since its release in 2008.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Arranger(s) Length
1. "Life"   Ren Takayanagi,
Heroism		 Junkoo Coldfeet 4:02
2. "Sakura: Hanagasumi (花霞; Cherry Blossoms: Flower Haze)" (Daishi Dance) Mona,
Hiroki Nagase		 Hiroki Nagase Daishi Dance,
Tomoharu Moriya		 6:09
3. "Focus"   Mika Nakashima Akihisa Matsuura Yoshito Tanaka
Brass Arrangement: Yoshinari Takegami		 4:40
4. "Eien no Uta" (永遠の詩; Eternal Song) Kazufumi Miyazawa Sin Stephen McGregor
String Arrangement: Shunya Mori		 5:45
5. "Orion"   Rui Momota Rui Momota Rui Momota 4:48
6. "Anata ga Iru Kara" (あなたがいるから; Because You Are Here) Haruna Yokota Haruna Yokota Naohisa Taniguchi 4:34
7. "My Gentleman"   Mika Nakashima Akihisa Matsuura Akihisa Matsuura 4:34
8. "Trust Your Voice"   Mika Nakashima Lensei Shin Kōno 4:15
9. "It's Too Late"   Mika Nakashima,
Ayumi Miyazaki		 Lori Fine (Coldfeet) Coldfeet 4:33
10. "I Don't Know" (Mica 3 Chu) Mika Nakashima,
Lori Fine (Coldfeet)		 Lori Fine (Coldfeet) Coldfeet 4:39
11. "Shut Up" (Mica 3 Chu) Mika Nakashima,
Lori Fine (Coldfeet)		 Lori Fine (Coldfeet) Coldfeet 3:53
12. "Confusion"   Mika Nakashima,
Masato Odake		 Tomokazu Matsuzawa The Flixx,
Tomokazu Matsuzawa
Background vocal arrangement: Lori Fine (Coldfeet)		 3:29
13. "Flower of Time"   Masato Odake Lensei Akihisa Matsuura 6:27
14. "Koe" (声; Voice) Jun Shibata Jun Shibata Takefumi Haketa 5:42
DVD
No. Title Director(s) Length
1. "Life" (Music video)    
2. "Eien no Uta" (Music video)    
3. "Sakura: Hanagasumi" (Music video)    
4. "I Don't Know" (Music video)    
5. "Orion" (Music video)    
6. "Focus" (Music video)    

Charts and sales

Oricon sales charts (Japan)

Release Oricon Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
November 26, 2008 Daily Chart 1 155,502 450,000+ 27 weeks
Weekly Chart 1
Monthly Chart (November 2008) 3
Yearly Chart (2008) 50
Yearly Chart (2009) 60

Singles

Date Title Peak Position Weeks
2007-08-22 Life 3 21 weeks
2007-10-03 Eien no Uta 5 7 weeks
2008-03-12 Sakura: Hanagasumi 12 6 weeks
2008-07-23 I Don't Know 11 5 weeks
2008-11-12 Orion 6 10 weeks

References

  1. ^ http://www.sonymusicshop.jp/detail.asp?goods=AICL000001981
  2. ^ "Japanese title" (in Japanese). http://www.riaj.com/data/others/gold/200811.html. 
Preceded by
Color by NEWS		 Oricon Weekly number-one album
December 8, 2008		 Succeeded by
Exile Ballad Best by Exile
Mika Nakashima
Studio albums
True • Love • Music • Yes • Voice • Star
Compilations:
Nana albums
EPs
Singles
"True" singles: Stars • Crescent Moon • One Survive • Helpless Rain • Will
"Love" singles: Ai Shiteru • Love Addict • Seppun • Find the Way • Yuki no Hana
"Music" singles: Seven • Hi no Tori • Legend • Sakurairo Mau Koro • Hitori
"Yes" singles: Cry No More • All Hands Together • My Sugar Cat • Mienai Hoshi • Sunao na Mama
"Voice" singles: Life • Eien no Uta• Sakura: Hanagasumi • I Don't Know • Orion
"Star" singles: Over Load • Candy Girl • Nagareboshi • Always • Ichiban Kirei na Watashi o
New singles: Dear • Love Is Ecstasy
Nana's singles: Glamorous Sky • Hitoiro
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