Love Bebop

Love Bebop
Studio album by Misia
Released 6 January 2016 (2016-01-06)
Recorded 2014–15
Genre
Length 57:42
Label Ariola
Producer
Misia chronology
New Morning
(2014)		 Love Bebop
(2016)		 Hoshizora no Live Songbook: History of Hoshizora Live
(2016)
Singles from Love Bebop
  1. "Shiroi Kisetsu"
    Released: 18 February 2015
  2. "Sakura Hitohira"
    Released: 18 February 2015
  3. "Nagareboshi"
    Released: 8 July 2015
  4. "Anata ni Smile :)"
    Released: 8 July 2015
  5. "Orphans no Namida"
    Released: 25 November 2015

Love Bebop (stylized as LOVE BEBOP) is the twelfth studio album by Japanese singer Misia. It was released on 6 January 2016, through Ariola Japan. Following the release of her eleventh studio album New Morning (2014) and the end of the Hoshizora no Live VII: 15th Celebration tour, Misia immediately began loosely working on her next material. Misia scheduled studio sessions for a new album with Shiro Sagisu, a producer whom she had not collaborated with since Soul Quest (2011).[1] The writing and recording process concluded in October 2015 with sessions with producer Sakoshin, whom she had last worked together on "Catch the Rainbow" (2008).[1] Misia collaborated again with producers DJ Gomi, Takayuki Hattori, Hiroshi Matsui and Tohru Shigemi along with new collaborations with songwriters Her0ism, Ki-Yo, Andreas Öberg, Rica and Shirose.

The title Love Bebop was inspired by the evolving LGBT movement in Japan, which led Misia to draw a parallel between the growing societal recognition for all forms of love and the various messages of love depicted on the album.[1]

Touring

In support of the album, Misia will be embarking on the nationwide tour titled The Tour of Misia Love Bebop 2016-2017. No dates have been officially announced, but the tour is slated to start in 2016 and run through 2017.

Commercial performance

Love Bebop entered at number 5 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart and at number 7 on the Billboard Hot Albums chart. The digital release of the album debuted at the top of the Mora Weekly Albums chart and at number 6 on the Recochoku Weekly Albums chart.

Track listing

Standard edition[2]
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Anata ni Smile :)"  
Hiroshi Matsui 4:17
2. "Butterfly Butterfly"  
  • Misia
  • Sakoshin
Sakoshin 4:01
3. "Love Bebop"  
  • Misia
  • Sakoshin
Sakoshin 3:14
4. "Orphans no Namida" (Long Version)
Sagisu 5:42
5. "Mayonaka no Hide-and-Seek" (真夜中のHIDE-AND-SEEK, "Midnight Hide-and-Seek")
  • Misia
  • Sagisu
Sagisu 4:42
6. "Shiroi Kisetsu"  
Her0ism 5:20
7. "Hana" (花, "Flower")RicaTohru Shigemi 4:26
8. "Ashita wa Motto Suki ni Naru" (明日はもっと好きになる, "Love You More Tomorrow")
  • Misia
  • Her0ism
Her0ism 3:45
9. "Oh Lovely Day"  
  • Misia
  • Toshiaki Matsumoto
Matsui 4:57
10. "Freedom"  
Gomi 3:33
11. "Sakura Hitohira"  
  • Misia
  • Her0ism
  • Shirose
Her0ism 3:49
12. "Candle of Life"  
Her0ism 4:13
13. "Nagareboshi"  RicaTakayuki Hattori 5:38
Total length:
 57:42
Note

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love Bebop.[4]

Locations
Musicians

  • Misia – backing vocals, lead vocals
  • Koji Akaike – contrabass
  • Jonathan Allen – engineering
  • Raheem Amlani – engineering
  • Philip Bagenal – engineering
  • Dave Bishop – baritone sax, tenor sax
  • Lorrain Briscoe a.k.a. Loren – backing vocals
  • Evette Briscoe – backing vocals
  • Myron Butler – choir arrangement and direction
  • Errol Cooney – guitar
  • Dave Darlington – mixing
  • Karlos Edwards – percussions
  • Shinichi Eguchi – cello
  • DJ Gomi – additional instrumentation, engineering, producer, programming, oversea direction
  • David Guy – trumpet
  • Takayuki Hattori – conductor, producer
  • Ian Hendrickson – sax
  • Roy Hendrickson – engineering
  • Her0ism – additional instrumentation, producer, programming
  • Takayuki Hijikata – acoustic guitar
  • Masami Horisawa – cello
  • Gary Husband – drums
  • Nick Ingman – conductor
  • Shigeki Ippon – contrabass
  • Akane Irie – violin
  • Naoko Ishibashi – violin
  • Kyoko Ishigame – violin
  • Aya Ito – violin
  • Tomoki Iwanaga – cello
  • Skaila Kanga – harp
  • Hiroki Kato – design
  • Masahiro Kawaguchi – engineering, mixing, vocal recorder
  • Shizuka Kawaguchi – violin
  • Mikiyo Kikuchi – viola
  • Sae Konno – piano, celesta
  • Koichi Korenaga – guitar
  • Atsushi Kuramochi – contrabass
  • Peter Lale – viola
  • Chris Laurence – contrabass
  • Paul Lee – backing vocals
  • London Studio Orchestra – strings
  • Martin Loveday – cello
  • Lyn – backing vocals
  • Tony Maserati – mixing
  • Hiroshi Matsui – additional instrumentation, producer, programming
  • Yuya Minorikawa – viola
  • Perry Montague-Mason – violin
  • Akiko Mori – English horn
  • Koichiro Muroya – violin
  • Koichiro Muroya Strings – strings
  • Jun Nakamura – cello
  • Taichi Nakamura – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Yasuharu Nakanishi – acoustic piano, Rhodes, piano
  • Alex Niceforo – additional instrumentation, programming
  • Aya Notomi – violin
  • Saori Oka – viola
  • Machi Okabe – violin
  • Shoko Oki – violin
  • Natsumi Okimasu – violin
  • Takayoshi Okuizumi – cello
  • Marie Oishi – suspended cymbal
  • Herb Powers Jr. – mastering
  • Chris Rob – keyboards
  • Lil John Roberts – drums
  • Shiro Sagisu – horns arrangement, orchestra arrangement, engineering, producer, programming
  • Gentaro Sakaguchi – viola
  • Sakoshin – additional instrumentation, backing vocals, engineering, producer, programming
  • Noriko Sekiya – musician coordinator
  • Tohru Shigemi – keyboards, producer
  • Tomoko Shimaoka – viola
  • Mitsuo Shindō – art direction
  • Masaki Shono – viola
  • Steve Sidwell – flugelhorn, horn arrangement, trumpet
  • Emlyn Singleton – violin
  • Andrew Smith – electric guiar, guitar
  • Hanah Spring – backing vocals
  • Kazunali Tajima – photography
  • Toshihiro Takai – violin
  • Shiori Takeda – violin
  • Yoshinobu Takeshita – contrabass
  • Jamie Talbot – alto sax, flute, tenor sax
  • Rina Tanaka – violin
  • Hiroto Tanigawa – executive producer
  • Tomomi Tokunaga – violin
  • Shuhei Yamaguchi – guitar
  • Risa Yamamoto – violin
  • Yuya Yanagihara – violin
  • Kenta Yonesaka – engineering
  • Satoshi Yoshida – guitar
  • Yuho Yoshioka – backing vocals
  • Takahiro Yuki – cello
  • Hanako Uesato – violin
  • Emiko Ujikawa – violin
  • United Voices – choir
  • Mark Walker – Hammond organ, Rhodes
  • Nathan Watts – bass

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard)[5] 7
Japan Top Albums Sales (Billboard)[6] 8
Japan Daily Albums (Oricon) 4
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[7] 5
Japan Weekly Albums (Mora) (Hi-Res) 1
Japan Weekly Albums (Mora) (MP3) 8
Japan Monthly Albums (Mora) (Hi-Res)[8] 3
Japan Monthly Albums (Mora) (MP3)[8] 31
Japan Weekly Albums (Recochoku) 6
Japan Monthly Albums (Recochoku)[9] 17
Taiwan Weekly Albums (Five Music)[10] 10

References

  1. 1 2 3 "MISIA「LOVE BEBOP」インタビュー (1/3) - 音楽ナタリー Power Push". Natalie. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "MISIAの「LOVE BEBOP」を iTunes で". iTunes (JP). 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "MISIA･LOVE BEBOP【初回生産限定盤】". Sony Music Shop. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Misia (2016). Love Bebop (Booklet). Misia. Tokyo, Japan: Ariola Japan. pp. 14–17. 4988017695609.
  5. ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2016年01月04日～2016年01月10日". Oricon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  8. 1 2 "ランキング（総合）2016年1月 音楽ダウンロード・音楽配信サイト　mora". Mora. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "アルバムランキング 月間 2016/1 月間【レコチョク】音楽ダウンロード". Recochoku. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Five Music-5大唱片 - 第2 週 統計時間：2016/1/8 - 2016/1/14". Five Music. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

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