Second Story

Second Story
Studio album by ClariS
Released June 26, 2013
Genre J-pop
Length 53:02
Label SME
ClariS chronology

Birthday
(2012)		 Second Story
(2013)		 Party Time
(2014)
Singles from Second Story
  1. "Wake Up"
    Released: August 15, 2012
  2. "Luminous"
    Released: October 10, 2012
  3. "Reunion"
    Released: April 17, 2013

Second Story is the second studio album of the Japanese pop music duo ClariS, released on June 26, 2013 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 CD+DVD limited editions. Second Story peaked at No. 6 on the Japanese Oricon weekly albums chart.

Four of the songs were used as theme songs for various media: "Wake Up" was used as the opening theme to the 2012 anime television series Moyashimon Returns;[1] "With You" was the theme song to 2013 video game Exstetra; "Luminous" used as the opening theme to the first two Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime films; and "Reunion" was the opening theme to the 2013 anime television series Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai..[2]

Release and reception

Second Story was released on June 26, 2013 in three editions: a regular CD version and two CD+DVD limited editions.[3][4][5] The DVD from both limited editions contained music videos of the songs "Wake Up", "With You", "Luminous" and "Reunion", as well as a collection of television commercials featuring advertising "Wake Up", "Luminous", "Reunion" and Second Story.[4][5] One of the limited edition versions also came bundled with Graphig paper figures of ClariS, while the other limited edition version came with a special album sleeve featuring art of ClariS drawn by Hideyuki Morioka of Shaft.[4][5] For the week of June 24, 2013 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, Second Story was reported to have sold 38,940 copies in its first week of sales, peaking at No. 6,[6] and charted for 13 weeks.[7]

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusicArrangement Length
1. "Second Story"  ClariSNoriAtsushi Yuasa 4:10
2. "Halla" (ハルラ Harura)Toshikazu KadonoToshikazu KadonoToshikazu Kadono 4:37
3. "Wake Up"  Mayuko MaruyamaMayuko MaruyamaMayuko Maruyama 4:13
4. "Rainy Day"  KohKohKoh 4:37
5. "Hanabi"  Mayuko MaruyamaMayuko MaruyamaMayuko Maruyama 4:27
6. "With You"  Mayuko MaruyamaMayuko MaruyamaMayuko Maruyama 3:55
7. "Luminous" (ルミナス Ruminasu)Shō WatanabeShō WatanabeAtsushi Yuasa 4:12
8. "Diary" (ダイアリー Daiarī)KohKohKoh 3:44
9. "Eternally"  Mayuko MaruyamaMayuko MaruyamaMayuko Maruyama 4:32
10. "Hitotsu Dake" (ひとつだけ Just One)Ryōsuke ShigenagaRyōsuke ShigenagaRyōsuke Shigenaga 5:49
11. "Grasp" (グラスプ Gurasupu)Shō WatanabeShō WatanabeAtsushi Yuasa 3:58
12. "Reunion"  KzKzKz 4:51
Total length:
 53:02
Bonus DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Wake Up (Music Video)"    
2. "Luminous (Music Video)" (ルミナス Ruminasu)  
3. "Reunion (Music Video)"    
4. "With You (Music Video)"    
5. "Wake Up (TV CM)"    
6. "Luminous (TV CM)" (ルミナス Ruminasu)  
7. "Reunion (TV CM-shū)" (reunion (TV CM集) Reunion (TV CM Collection))  
8. "Second Story (TV CM-shū)" (SECOND STORY (TV CM集) Second Story (TV CM Collection))  

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
  • Kaori Kimura – products coordination
  • Tatsuo Murai – art direction, design

References

  1. ↑ "ClariS, Hiiragi Sing Moyashimon Returns Anime Themes". Anime News Network. June 26, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ "ClariS to Perform Oreimo‍ '​s 2nd Season Opening". Anime News Network. January 25, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ "SECOND STORY (通常盤)" [Second Story (regular edition)] (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "SECOND STORY (CD+DVD+グラフィグ)【完全生産限定盤】" [Second Story (CD+DVD+Graphig) (limited edition)] (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "SECOND STORY (CD+DVD+スリーブ)【期間生産限定盤】" [Second Story (CD+DVD+Sleeve) (limited production edition)] (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2nd album of ClariS has sold 39,000 copies and ranked sixth in the Oricon’s weekly chart". Otapark. July 5, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Second Story" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 26, 2014.