Party Time (ClariS album)

Party Time
Studio album by ClariS
Released June 4, 2014
Genre J-pop
Length 52:46
Label SME
ClariS chronology

Second Story
(2013)		 Party Time
(2014)
Singles from Party Time
  1. "Colorful"
    Released: October 30, 2013
  2. "Click"
    Released: January 29, 2014
  3. "Step"
    Released: April 16, 2014

Party Time is the third studio album of the Japanese pop music duo ClariS, released on June 4, 2014 by SME Records. The album contains 12 music tracks, three of which were previously released on three of ClariS' singles. Three different editions of the album were released: a regular CD version and two limited editions. Party Time was the last time Clara and Alice performed as ClariS, with Alice leaving the duo.[1] Party Time peaked at No. 2 on the Japanese Oricon weekly albums chart.

Three of the songs were used as theme songs for anime: "Click" and "Step" were used as the opening theme songs to the 2014 anime television series Nisekoi;[2][3] and "Colorful" was the opening theme to the film Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion.[4]

Release and reception

Party Time was released on June 4, 2014 in three editions: a regular CD version and two limited editions.[5][6][7] One of the limited edition versions was bundled with two Nendoroid figures of ClariS.[7] The other limited edition version came with a DVD containing music videos of the songs "Click", "Step" and "Colorful", as well as non-credit opening videos for "Colorful", "Click" and "Reunion", and a collection of television commercials for each of ClariS' singles.[6] For the week of June 2, 2014 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, Party Time was reported to have sold 43,146 copies in its first week of sales, peaking at No. 2,[8] and charted for 12 weeks.[9]

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusicArrangement Length
1. "Drawing"  Toshikazu KadonoToshikazu KadonoToshikazu Kadono 4:28
2. "Click"  KzKzKz 4:29
3. "Nemurihime" (眠り姫 Sleeping Beauty)Ryōsuke ShigenagaRyōsuke ShigenagaRyōsuke Shigenaga 4:00
4. "Time"  KohKohKoh 4:14
5. "Restart"  Mayuko MaruyamaMayuko MaruyamaMayuko Maruyama 4:07
6. "Koinomi" (コイノミ)Yoshie IsogaiTakamitsu OnoTakamitsu Ono, Chihiro Tamaki 3:17
7. "Step"  KzKzKz 4:15
8. "Dry Flower" (ドライフラワー Dorai Furawā)Ion OkumuraMakoto SakumaAtsushi Yuasa 4:56
9. "Topaz" (トパーズ Topāzu)Shō WatanabeShō WatanabeAtsushi Yuasa 3:54
10. "Kakurenbo" (かくれんぼ Hide and Seek)Manabu IdaManabu IdaRyōsuke Shigenaga 5:06
11. "Colorful" (カラフル Karafuru)Shō WatanabeShō WatanabeAtsushi Yuasa 4:30
12. "Orange"  Mayuko MaruyamaMayuko MaruyamaMayuko Maruyama 5:14
Total length:
 52:46
Bonus DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Colorful (Music Video)" (カラフル Karafuru)  
2. "Click (Music Video)"    
3. "Step (Music Video)"    
4. "TV Anime Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai. Non-credit Opening Eizō" (TVアニメ「俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない。」ノンクレジットオープニング映像 TV Anime Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai. Non-credit Opening Video)  
5. "Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion Non-credit Opening Eizō" (「劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ[新編]叛逆の物語」ノンクレジットオープニング映像 Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion Non-credit Opening Video)  
6. "TV Anime Nisekoi First-half Non-credit Opening Eizō" (TVアニメ「ニセコイ」前期ノンクレジットオープニング映像 TV Anime Nisekoi First-half Non-credit Opening Video)  
7. "Tie-up Anime Shutsuen no Seiyū mo Sanka Shita Kaku Single no TV CM-shū" (タイアップアニメ出演の声優も参加した各シングルのTV CM集 TV CM Collection of Each Single with the Voice Actors from the Tie-up Anime Also Participating)  

Personnel

ClariS
  • Clara – vocals
  • Alice – vocals
Additional musicians
Production
  • Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer
  • Chiemi Kominami – executive producer
  • Shunsuke Muramatsu – executive producer
  • Ken'ichi Nakata – executive producer
  • Tadayuki Kominami – producer
  • Dai Ishikawa – director
  • Takashi Koiwa – mixer
  • Yuji Chinone – mastering
  • Shinobu Matsuoka – management
  • Megumi Hirose – products coordination
  • Tatsuo Murai – art direction, design

References

  1. ↑ "Alice of Singing Duo ClariS Leaves Unit". Anime News Network. May 26, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Musical Duo Claris to Perform Nisekoi Anime's Opening Theme". Anime News Network. December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Step" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ "カラフル" [Colorful]. Oricon. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  5. ↑ "PARTY TIME(通常盤)" [Party Time (regular edition)] (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "PARTY TIME【初回生産限定盤】" [Party Time (limited edition)] (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "PARTY TIME 【完全生産限定盤】CD+"ねんどろいどぷち reunion ver."付き" [Party Time (limited production edition) CD+"Nendoroid Puchi Reunion ver."] (in Japanese). HMV. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  8. ↑ "2014年06月02日～2014年06月08日のCDアルバム週間ランキング" [June 2, 2014—June 8, 2014 CD Album Weekly Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Party Time" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 4, 2014.