Live (NEWS album)

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Live
Studio album by NEWS
Released September 15, 2010
(see Release history)
Recorded 2010
Genre J-pop
Label Johnny's Entertainment
Producer Johnny H. Kitagawa Executive producer
NEWS chronology

Color
(2008)		 'Live'
(2010)		 NEWS Best
(2012)
Alternative covers
CD+DVD Cover
Singles from Live
  1. "Koi no ABO"
    Released: April 29, 2009
  2. "Sakura Girl"
    Released: March 31, 2010

LIVE is the fourth studio album released by the Japanese boy group NEWS. The album is certified gold for a shipment of 100,000 copies and even top the Oricon chart.

Album Information

Despite its members expanding to solo projects and other musical units in the past year, popular Johnny's pop group NEWS continues going strong as a unit as well. After a long 22 months' wait, they finally unleash their latest full-length album. Live is NEWS' fourth album, and it features their hit singles Koi no ABO and Sakura Girl. The album will also mark the first release of Be Funky, the theme song to the TV drama Troubleman, starring member Kato Shigeaki. In addition to the group's usual musical collaborator zopp, GreeeeN's usual producer Jin also joins the fun with the album's title track Live.

First Press Edition comes with the group's Unplugged live concert and its making of on a bonus DVD.

Track Listing

Regular Edition CD
No. Title Length
1. "Koi no ABO" (恋のABO) 4:41
2. "LIVE"   4:53
3. "Umareshi Kimi e" (生まれし君へ) 3:59
4. "Supernatural"   4:23
5. "Aki no Sora" (秋の空) 4:17
6. "Futari/130000000 no Kiseki" (2人/130000000の奇跡) 4:33
7. "Dancin' in the Secret"   3:46
8. "Wonderland" (ワンダーランド) 4:22
9. "Sakura Girl" (さくらガール) 4:50
10. "BE FUNKY!"   3:47
11. "D.T.F"   4:24
12. "Naiyou no Nai Tegami" (内容の無い手紙) 4:15
13. "Endless Summer" (エンドレス・サマー) 4:15
14. "Share"   4:31
15. "Forever（Unplugged Ver.）"   4:24
Total length:
 1:05:20

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position		 Sales
Japan Oricon Album Weekly Chart[1] 1 156,391
Japan Oricon Album Yearly Chart[2] 34 185,204

Sales and certifications

Country Provider Sales Certification
Japan RIAJ 185,204 Gold[3]

Preceded by
"The..." by JYJ		 Oricon Weekly number one single
September 27, 2010 		Succeeded by
"Still a Sigure Virgin?" by Ling Tosite Sigure

Release History

Country Date Format Distributor
Japan September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15) CD(JECN-0241)[4]
LE(JECN-0239~0240)[5]		 Johnny's Entertainment
Hong Kong October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15) CD[6]
LE[7] 		Avex Asia Limited
Philippines May 5, 2012 (2012-05-05) CD
LE		 Universal Records

References

  1. ↑ "2010年09月13日～2010年09月19日のCDアルバム週間ランキング". Oricon. Retrieved 27 September 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Oricon Yearly Album Chart". Oricon. Retrieved 31 December 2010. 
  3. ↑ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2010年9月". RIAJ. Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 30 September 2010. 
  4. ↑ "Live (Normal Edition)(Japan Version)". Yes Asia. 
  5. ↑ "Live (ALBUM+DVD)(First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version)". Yes Asia. 
  6. ↑ "Live (Normal Edition)(Hong Kong Version)". Yes Asia. 
  7. ↑ "Live (ALBUM+DVD)(First Press Limited Edition)(Hong Kong Version)". Yes Asia. 

External links

NEWS
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Singles
  • "NEWS Nippon"
  • "Kibō (Yell)"
  • "Akaku Moyuru Taiyō"
  • "Cherish"
  • "Teppen"
  • "Sayaendō/Hadashi no Cinderella Boy"
  • "Hoshi o Mezashite"
  • "Weeeek"
  • "Taiyō no Namida"
  • "Summer Time"
  • "Happy Birthday"
  • "Koi no ABO"
  • "Sakura Girl"
  • "Fighting Man"
  • "Chankapāna"
  • "World Quest/Pokopon Pekōrya"
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