Hello World (Scandal album)

Hello World is the sixth studio album by Japanese pop rock band, Scandal. The album was released on December 3, 2014 in Japan by Epic^[1] and being distributed in Europe through JPU Records.^[1] Hello World debuted at #3 on the Oricon chart, selling over 35,000 copies in its first week.^[2] It also reached the top spot of the Canadian iTunes Store's World Music Chart.^[3]

Track listing

Regular Edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Image"	Mami	Mami	4:26
2.	"Your Song"	Scandal	Scandal	3:43
3.	"Love in Action"	Mami	Mami	3:22
4.	"Departure"	Mami	Mami	4:40
5.	"Graduation" (Haruna solo)	Haruna	Haruna	4:23
6.	"Yoake no Ryuuseigun" (夜明けの流星群; A Meteor Shower at Dawn)	Tomomi, Hidenori Tanaka	Hidenori Tanaka	4:41
7.	"Onegai Navigation" (お願いナビゲーション; Navigation Please)	Rina	Mami	3:00
8.	"Runners High"	Haruna	Yuichi Tajika	3:55
9.	"Hon wo Yomu" (本を読む; Read a Book, Mami solo)	Mami	Mami	3:34
10.	"Kan Beer" (缶ビール; Canned Beer, Tomomi solo)	Tomomi	Tomomi	4:01
11.	"Winter Story"	Rina	Mami, Rina	3:41
12.	"Oyasumi" (おやすみ; Goodnight, Rina solo)	Rina	Rina	4:38
13.	"Place of Life" (feat. Tetsuya Komuro)	Tetsuya Komuro, Scandal	Tetsuya Komuro	5:14
Total length:				53:08

European CD Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
14.	"Rainy"	Rina	Scandal	3:51
15.	"Nai Nai Night 2014" (ないないNight 2014; No No Night 2014)	Tomomi	Tomomi	2:45
Total length:				59:44

DVD Edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Scandal Talking about "Hello World""	51:25

Charts

Album
Country	Chart	Peak position
Japan	Oricon Daily Album Chart^[4]	2
	Oricon Weekly Album Chart	3
	Oricon Monthly Album Chart^[5]	10
	Oricon Yearly Album Chart	153
	SoundScan Album Chart (CD+DVD)^[6]	4
	SoundScan Album Chart (CD+T-shirt)^[6]	11
	Billboard Japan Top Albums^[7]	4
South-Korea	Gaon International Album Chart^[8]	32
Canada	iTunes Store Top Albums (World Music)^[9]	1
Singles
Song	Chart	Peak position
Runners High
	Oricon	5
	Billboard Japan Hot 100^[10]	76
Departure
	Oricon	5
	Billboard Japan Hot 100^[11]	3
Yoake no Ryuuseigun
	Oricon^[12]	5
	Billboard Japan Hot 100	3
	RTHK J-pop Chart (Hong Kong)^[13]	1
Image
	Oricon	14
	Billboard Japan Hot 100	14
	RTHK J-pop Chart (Hong Kong)^[14]	1

Personnel

Scandal

Haruna Ono — vocal, guitar (1–11, 13–15), güiró (15), lyrics (5, 8), music (5)
Mami Sazazaki — vocal, guitar (1–11, 13), synth, recorder (15), lyrics (1, 3, 4, 9), music (1, 3, 4, 9, 11), arrangements (7, 9)
Tomomi Ogawa — vocal, bass (1–15), lyrics (6, 10, 15), tambourine (15), music (10, 15)
Rina Suzuki — vocal, drums (1–15), guitar (12), cajón (15), lyrics (7, 11, 12, 14), music (11, 12)

Contributing musicians

Tetsuya Komuro — synth (13)
Eisuke Taga — slide whistle (15)

Post-production

Executive producer: Shunsuke Muramatsu, Satoshi Aoki (Epic Records Japan), Yūichi Orimoto (Kitty Entertainment Ltd.)
Mastered by: Yūji Chinone (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
Arrangements: Keita Kawaguchi (1, 2, 10, 12, 13), Seiji Kameda (4, 6), Atsushi (5), Yū Odakura (8), Satori Shiraishi (11)
Additional arrangements: Keita Kawaguchi (3, 7, 9)
Mix engineer: Keita Yoko (1–3, 5, 7, 9–12), Eiji "Q" Makino (4, 6), Uni Inoue (8), Jan Fairchild (13)
Instrumental technician: Bunta Mochizuki, Kōta Oda (Sound Crew)

Packaging

Art direction: Yūji Takao (Kannana Graphic)
Coordinarion: Kōichi Yamatani (Kannana Graphic)
Design: Sayuri Kamata (Kannana Graphic)
Photography: Hirohisa Nakano
Styling: Kyōhei Ogawa
Hair & make-up: Hirokazu Niwa, Kazuhiro Sugimoto (maroonbrand)
Set design: Chihiro Matsumoto (Art Breakers)

Epic Records Japan Staff

A&R director: Akito Ogawa
A&R promotion: Yuriko Konya
A&R producer: Sen Okada, Ikuko Yamaguchi
A&R assistant: Shingo Shinkawa
Media promotion: Mayuko Isebō, Akihito Muraki, Rie Ikeda, Masaki Inoue, Akiko Itō, Akira Morikawa
Area promotion: Akiko Satō, Nozomi Takahama, Yūichirō Hisaizumi, Takako Yamamoto, Shōta Aoyama, Junichirō Kumahara
Planning Supervisor: Ikuo Hayashi
Label Administration: Kumiko Sugita, Miki Takashima, Satomi Mizusawa, Haruna Takizawa

Kitty Entertainment Ltd. Staff

Sound director: Taichi Ōhira
Manager: Taga Eisuke, Arisa Yamamoto
Concert creative: Fumihiko Tsuchiya, Mikako Ogura
Artist promotion: Ayano Takahashi, Kyōko Shioji
Merchandise: Hiroshi Aihara, Erina Fujii, Hibari Sakai
Special adviser: Hidenori Taga, Yoshihisa Nagata

Sony Music Group Staff

Sales promotion: Hiromi Kanehira, Dai Sugamata, Chie Arai, Minami Kodama (Sony Music Marketing)
Web promotion: Takuya Ishikawa, Sayaka Tsuji (Sony Music Marketing)
International promotion: Ken Isayama, Akira Shiota (Sony Music Entertainment)
Music publishing: Ei Ōsaka, Niina Yasui (Sony Music Publishing)
Business affairs: Hitomi Takano, Momoko Hakata (Sony Music Entertainment)
Products co-ordination: Chiho Sugiyama (Sony Music Communications)

References

1 2 "Sony Music Japan presents: Hello World by SCANDAL".
↑ 週間　CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月15日付（2014年12月01日～2014年12月07日） oricon.co.jp, retrieved August 23, 2015. (Japanese)
↑ "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo: 18. 2014-12-24.
↑ "デイリー　CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月02日付". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
↑ "月間　CDアルバムランキング2014年12月度". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
1 2 "週間 CDソフト TOP20". Phileweb (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-08-17.
↑ http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2014&month=12&day=15
↑ "2014년 50주차 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-08-17.
↑ "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo: 18. 2014-12-24.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140219111705/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140501064216/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140723071433/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2014-07-28/
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150601040640/http://programme.rthk.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?name=radio2/Teenschoice&d=2015-05-10&p=2129&e=306793&m=episode
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150112212811/http://programme.rthk.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?name=radio2/Teenschoice&d=2015-01-11&p=2129&e=291869&m=episode

Scandal

Haruna Ono Mami Sasazaki Tomomi Ogawa Rina Suzuki

Studio albums	Best Scandal Temptation Box Baby Action Queens Are Trumps: Kirifuda wa Queen Standard Hello World

Extended plays	Yah! Yah! Yah! Hello Scandal: Maido! Scandal Desu! Yah Yah Yah! R-Girl's Rock!

Compilation albums	Scandal Show Encore Show

Singles	"Space Ranger" "Koi Moyō" "Kagerō" "Doll" "Sakura Goodbye" "Shōjo S" "Yumemiru Tsubasa" "Shunkan Sentimental" "Taiyō to Kimi ga Egaku Story" "Namida no Regret" "Scandal Nanka Buttobase" "Pride" "Haruka" "Love Survive" "Harukaze" "Taiyō Scandalous" "Pin Heel Surfer" "Awanai Tsumori no, Genki de ne" "Kagen no Tsuki" "Over Drive" "Departure" "Yoake no Ryuuseigun" "Image" "Stamp!" "Sisters"

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