Covers: 2 (Beni album)

Covers 2
Studio album by Beni
Released November 7, 2012
Recorded 2012
Genre Pop, R&B
Language English
Label Nayutawave Records
Universal Music Japan
Beni chronology
MTV Unplugged
(2012)		 COVERS 2
(2012)

Covers 2 is the second English-language cover album released by Beni Arashiro under her new label Universal Music Japan under the mononym Beni on November 7, 2012.[1] This album handles the same concept of Covers, which featured Beni covering songs from popular Japanese male singers in Japan and translating the lyrics to English.[2]

Background

Covers is the second cover album released by Beni. She recorded the album in Los Angeles, California. She performed a few of the songs at The Hotel Cafe, including "Uta Utai no Ballad", from which video footage was filmed and used in the music video of the song. "I Love You" was recorded in Los Angeles as well.[3]

Track listing

CD
No. TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s) Length
1. "Lovers again" (EXILE cover)BENI, Seiji Motoyama）.Jin Nakamura   
2. "Shiroi Koibitotachi (白い恋人達 White Lovers)" (Kuwata Keisuke cover)Jeff MiyaharaKeisuke Kuwata   
3. "Uta Utai no Ballad (歌うたいのバラッド Singing a Ballad song)" (Saito Kazuyoshi cover)BENIKazuyoshi Saito   
4. "Pieces of A Dream" (Chemistry cover)BENI, Geila ZilkhaKazunori Fujimoto   
5. "Rakuen (楽園 Paradise)" (Ken Hirai cover)BENI, Seiji MotoyamaMasahito Nakano   
6. "Cherii (チェリー Cherry)" (Spitz cover)BENI, Geila ZilkhaMasamune Kusano   
7. "Kurisumasu Eve (クリスマス・イブ Christmas Eve)" (Yamashita Tatsuro cover)Alan O'DayTatsuro Yamashita   
8. "Hajimari wa Itsumo Ame ( はじまりはいつも雨 The Beginning is Always Rain)" (ASKA cover)BENI, Seiji MotoyamaRyo Asuka   
9. "I LOVE YOU" (Ozaki Yutaka cover)BENI, Leo ImaiYutaka Ozaki   
10. "Chiisana Koi no Uta (小さな恋のうた Small Love Song)" (MONGOL800 cover)BENI, Seiji MotoyamaMONGOL800   
11. "Seppun Kiss (接吻 The Kiss)" (Original Love cover)Seiji MotoyamaTakao Tajima   
12. "Towa Ni (永遠に Forever)" (The Gospellers cover)BENI, Seiji MotoyamaTakeshi Senoo   
13. "Squall" (Fukuyama Masaharu cover)BENI, Geila ZilkhaFukuyama Masaharu   
DVD -Deluxe version-
No. TitleDirector(s) Length
1. "Lovers Again" (Music video)   
2. "Uta Utai no Ballad" (Music video)   
3. "I LOVE YOU" (Music Video)   
4. "PIECES OF A DREAM" (Music Video)   

Charts

Oricon Overall Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak position Debut sales Sales total
November 7, 2012 Oricon Daily Charts 4 11,698 135,374
Oricon Weekly Charts 5 50,462
Oricon Monthly Charts 7 105,351
Oricon Yearly Charts 58 113,416

References

  1. ↑ "BENI Nayutawave Records Discography" (in Japanese). Universal Japan. 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  2. ↑ "BENI Nayutawave Records NEWS" (in Japanese). Universal Japan. 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  3. ↑ "Facebook - Official Beni page" (in Japanese). facebook. 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
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