Time (TVXQ album)

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Time
Studio album by Tohoshinki
Released March 6, 2013
Recorded 201113
Genre
Language Japanese
Label Avex Trax
Producer
Tohoshinki chronology

Humanoids
(2012)
Time
(2013)
Tense
(2014)
Singles from Time
  1. "Winter Rose"
    Released: November 30, 2011
  2. "Still"
    Released: March 13, 2012
  3. "Android"
    Released: July 11, 2012
  4. "Catch Me (If You Wanna)"
    Released: January 16, 2013

Time (stylized as TIME) is the sixth Japanese studio album (twelfth overall) by South Korean pop group Tohoshinki, released on March 6, 2013 under Avex Trax in Japan. The album was commercial success selling 160,719 copies during the first day of release, thus becoming their fastest-selling Japanese studio album and second-fastest selling Japanese release to date.[1] The album spawned four hit singles, all of which peaked within the Top 2 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and sold over 150,000 copies each.

Background

It was first announced that Tohoshinki would be releasing their sixth Japanese album on January 16, 2013 through their official Japanese site. The album's title was revealed to be Time and that its release date was March 6, 2013. It was also stated that the album would come in four versions: CD version, 2 CD+DVD versions, and a special BigEast version.[2]

Commercial performance

The album was commercial success selling 160,719 copies during the first day of release, thus becoming their fastest-selling Japanese studio album and second-fastest selling Japanese release to date.[1] It sold a further 35,930 copies on the second day, bringing total sales over the first 48 hours to 196,649 copies.[3] It sold a further 13,781 copies on the third day of sale,[4] bringing the three-day sales total to 210,430 copies. Displaying their immense popularity in Japan, this album also marked TVXQ's 2nd grab for the first place on the Oricon Monthly Chart with over 277,000 copies sold, beating out Kiss My FT2, and others. Until now, Time has sold over 281,260 copies.[5] As of June 21 2013, Time is the fourth biggest-selling album of the year in Japan with total sales of 292,632 copies according to Oricon.[6]

Track listing

Version A, B and C

CD
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Fated"  H.U.B.Paul Drew, Greig Watts, Pete Barringer & Chris Wortley (DWB Music LTD) 5:28
2. "Catch Me (If You Wanna)" (Japanese version)Yoo Young-jinYoo Young-jin 4:41
3. "Aitakute Aitakute Tamaranai"  Inoue Shinjiroh  4:13
4. "One More Thing"  H.U.B  3:55
5. "Still"  Inoue Shinjiroh  4:32
6. "I Know"  Inoue Shinjiroh  4:21
7. "Y3K"  H.U.BMattias Lindblom, Anders Wollbeck, Martin Mullholland, Herbie Chrichlow 4:10
8. "Blink"  H.U.BTrinity (p.k.a Johan Gustafson, Fredrik Häggstam, Sebastian Lundberg) & Andrew Jackson 3:51
9. "Humanoids" (Japanese version)H.U.B   
10. "Android"  H.U.BGrace Tither, Anders Grahn, Emil Carlin 4:21
11. "One and Only One"  Inoue ShinjirohPeter Kvint, Jonas Myrin 3:38
12. "In Our Time"  Inoue Shinjiroh  6:04

Version C bonus tracks

No. Title Length
13. "Rat Tat Tat"    
14. "Winter Rose"    

Version A DVD

Version B DVD

Charts and certifications

Japanese charts

Chart Peak
position
Oricon Daily Albums[3] 1
Oricon Weekly Albums[7] 1
Oricon Monthly Albums[5] 1
Oricon Yearly Albums 10

Sales and certifications

Chart Amount
Oricon sales[5] 298,389
RIAJ physical shipping certification[8] Platinum (250,000)

Release history

Country Date Format(s) Label Edition(s)
Japan March 6, 2013 CD, digital download Avex Trax CD (Jacket C)
CD+DVD (Jacket A)
CD+DVD (Jacket B)
Bigeast version

References

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