A One
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| Studio album by Ayumi Hamasaki | ||||
| Released | April 8, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014-2015; Record Plant Recording Studios, LA, Prime Sound Studio Form, Avex Studio, Avex Studio Azabu, Victor Studio, Bunkamura Studio, LAB Recorders, Sony Music Studios Tokyo[1] | |||
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| Length | 56:27 | |||
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| Ayumi Hamasaki chronology | ||||
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| Singles from A One | ||||
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A One is the sixteenth full-length studio album recorded by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on April 8, 2015 (exactly 17 years after her debut) by Avex Trax. It reached #4 on the Oricon charts.
Background and promotion
On December 24, 2014, Hamasaki released a triple A-side single "Zutto.../Last Minute/Walk". The single consisted of a "winter ballad trilogy" that included three songs composed by Kunio Tago, Tetsuya Yukumi, Tetsuya Komuro. In February 2015, Hamasaki announced through her official website that she was going to release a new album on April 8, 2015, which marked the 17th anniversary since the release of her debut single, "Poker Face".[3]
In March 2015, Hamasaki went to Singapore, where she sang her new song "The Gift" in collaboration with singer-songwriter JJ Lin.
Upon release, it entered the Oricon album chart at number 4 for the week of April 20.[4]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Ayumi Hamasaki; except for track 12 written by Hikaru Utada[1].
| CD | ||||
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| No. | Title | Music | Arranger(s)/Producer | Length |
| 1. | "A Bell" | Yuta Nakano | Nakano | 1:10 |
| 2. | "Warning" | Kazuhiro Hara | Tasuku | 4:06 |
| 3. | "No Future" | Tetsuya Komuro | Nakano | 5:53 |
| 4. | "Anything for You" | Komuro | Nakano | 7:01 |
| 5. | "Last Minute" | Tetsuya Yukumi | Nakano | 4:23 |
| 6. | "Zutto..." | Kunio Tago | Nakano | 4:49 |
| 7. | "Out of Control" | Yukumi | Tasuku | 4:47 |
| 8. | "Story" | Yukumi | Nakano | 5:17 |
| 9. | "The Gift" (feat. JJ Lin) | JJ Lin | Shingo Kobayashi | 3:53 |
| 10. | "The Show Must Go On" | Komuro | Tasuku | 5:55 |
| 11. | "Walk" | Komuro | Nakano | 5:02 |
| 12. | "Movin' on Without You (surprise bonus track)" | Hikaru Utada | Yohanne Simon (RedOne Production) | 4:11 |
| 13. | "Tell All" (2015 Mix) (TeamAyu ver. Bonus track) | Nakano | Nakano | |
| DVD/Blu-ray | |||
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| No. | Title | Director(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Zutto..." (Video Clip) | Masashi Muto | |
| 2. | "Last Minute" (Video Clip) | Muto | |
| 3. | "The Gift" (Video Clip) | Hideaki Sunaga | |
| 4. | "Warning" (Video Clip) | A Crew | |
| 5. | "Zutto..." (Making Clip) | Keisuke Onodera | |
| 6. | "Last Minute" (Making Clip) | Onodera | |
| 7. | "The Gift" (Making Clip) | Onodera | |
| 8. | "Warning" (Making Clip) | Onodera | |
Personnel
Credits for A One adapted from liner notes.[1]
- Mastered by - Shigeo Minamoto
- Recorded by Naoki Yamada, Yuichi Nagayama, Hiroshi Sato, Hideaki Jinbu
- Second Engineers: Yujiro Yonetsu, Yutaro Wada, Atsushi Ohta, Junichi Shinohara, Motohiro Noguchi
- Composer Management - Tomonori Takeda, Tadayoshi Matsuzaka, Yuki Iwabuchi, Kohji Satoh
- Engineer Management - Rieko Furukawa
- Studio Coordination in LA - Mai Takamizawa
- Studio Setup Assistant - Noriko Yajima
- Players and Studio Coordination - Yoji Sugiyama
- Track 9 Support - Alvin Goh, Shinji Miyazaki (Avex Taiwan Inc.), Tomoko Kabeya (Avex Group Holdings Inc.)
- Track 12 Support - Hidenobu Okita, Nozomu Kaji (Universal Music)
- Director - Hidetomo "Kome" Yoneda
- A&R - Jiro Nakagiri
- General Supervisor - Shintaro Higuchi, Hiroaki Ito
- Executive Supervisor - Shinji Hayashi, Shigekazu Takeuchi, Ryuhei Chiba
- Photographer - Akinori Ito
- Art Direction & Design - Takuma Noriage
Charts
| Chart | Peak position | Debut sales | Total sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon Daily Chart | 3 | 20,025 | 52,816 (17 weeks) |
| Oricon Weekly Chart | 4 | 34,692 |
References
- 1 2 3 A One (liner notes). Ayumi Hamasaki. Avex Trax. 2015.
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/movin-on-without-you-single/id940399398
- ↑ "DISCOGRAPHY - ayumi hamasaki（浜崎あゆみ） official website". avex.jp.
- ↑ "A ONE 浜崎あゆみ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 16, 2015.