Daydream (Aimer album)

daydream
Studio album by Aimer
Released September 21, 2016
Recorded Aobadai Studio • Burnish Stone Recording Studios • Heart Beat. Recording Studios • Onkio Haus • prime sound studio form • Studio Device • Studio GreenBird • Studio Sound Valley
 Japan
The Beach
 United States
Hansa Studios • Studio 4
 Germany
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 57:23
Language Japanese, English
Label SME Records
Producer
Aimer chronology
DAWN
(2015)DAWN2015		 daydream
(2016)
Singles from daydream
  1. "ninelie"
    Released: May 11, 2016
  2. "insane dream"
    Released: July 07, 2016
  3. "us"
    Released: July 07, 2016
  4. "Chouchou Musubi"
    Released: August 17, 2016
  5. "Falling Alone"
    Released: August 19, 2016

daydream is the fourth studio album released by Aimer. It was released in three versions: a limited CD+Blu-ray (Type-A), a limited CD+DVD edition (Type-B), and a regular CD only edition. The song "Falling Alone" was used as lead track and was previously released as her 10th digital single as advance of the album[1]

The album charted #2 daily rank for first week. It charted so far 12 weeks and sold more than 62,000 copies.[2]

Track listing

daydream
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."insane dream"
TakaColin Brittain4:13
2."ninelie" (with Chelly from Egoist)Hiroyuki SawanoHiroyuki SawanoHiroyuki Sawano4:21
3."twoface"Takahito UchisawaTakahito Uchisawa
  • Takahito Uchisawa
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Masahiro Tobinai
3:05
4."Higher Ground"
  • aimerrhythm
  • Jamil Kazmi
Taka
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Rui Momota
5:14
5."for Lonely" (for ロンリー, with Mao Abe)Mao AbeMao Abe
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Shogo Ohnishi
4:51
6."Chouchou Musubi" (蝶々結び; "Butterfly Knot")Yojiro NodaYojiro NodaYojiro Noda5:05
7."Kataomoi" (カタオモイ; "Unrequited Love")Takahito UchisawaTakahito Uchisawa
  • Takahito Uchisawa
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Masahiro Tobinai
3:27
8."Hz"
  • Takuya Ohashi
  • Shintaro Tokita
  • Takuya Ohashi
  • Shintaro Tokita
4:49
9."Kowairo" (声色; "Tone of Voice")TKTKTK4:57
10."closer"
  • Taka
  • Jamil Kazmi
TakaColin Brittain4:13
11."Falling Alone"
  • Taka
  • Jamil Kazmi
TakaColin Brittain4:13
12."us"TKTKTK4:34
13."Stars in the rain"
  • aimerrhythm
  • Jamil Kazmi
Taka
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Shogo Ohnishi
5:02
Total length:57:23

Credits

Adapted from Booklet.[3]

Production

  • Aimer – producer (tracks 1, 10, 11)
  • Colin Brittain – programming, recording engineer, mixing engineer (tracks 1, 10, 11)
  • Dick Beetham – mastering engineer (track 6)
  • Fumiaki Unehara – assistant recording engineer (track 12)
  • Hideki Kodera – recording engineer (track 5)
  • Hideki Morioka – director, organizer (tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 13)
  • Hiroshi Hiranuma – recording engineer, mixing engineer (tracks 8, 9)
  • Hiroyuki Sawano – producer (track 2)
  • Keisuke Narita – assistant recording engineer (track 2)
  • Kenji Tamai – producer (tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 13)
  • Kouzou Miyamoto – assistant recording engineer (track 2)
  • Jamil Kazmi – director, organizer (tracks 1, 4, 10, 11, 13)
  • Masahiro Tobinai – programming (tracks 3, 7)
  • Masaki Mori - recording engineer (tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 13), mixing engineer (track 5)
  • Masayoshi Sugai – recording engineer, mixing engineer (track 6)
  • Mitsunori Aizawa - recording engineer, mixing engineer, protools operator (track 2)
  • Rui Momota – programming (track 4)
  • Satoshi Kumasaka – mixing engineer (tracks 3, 4, 7, 13)
  • Shogo Ohnishi – programming (tracks 5, 13)
  • SukimaSwitch – producer (track 8)
  • Takahiro Moriuchi – producer (tracks 1, 10, 11)
  • Takahito Uchisawa – producer, programming (tracks 3, 4)
  • Ted Jensen – mastering engineer (track 12)
  • Tetsuro Sawamoto – assistant engineer (track 6)
  • TK – producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer (tracks 9, 12), mastering engineer (track 9), programming (track 12)
  • Yasushi Horiguchi – director (track 2)
  • Yojiro Noda – producer (track 6)
  • Yoshikazu Nagai – recording engineer (track 3, 7)
  • Yuji Chinone – mastering engineer (track 1~5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13)

Musicians

  • Aimer – lead vocals (all tracks), handclaps (track 8)
  • BOBO – drums (track 12)
  • chelly – additional vocals (track 2)
  • Colin Brittain – all instruments (tracks 1, 10, 11)
  • Ichiro Yoshida – bass (track 3)
  • Hanaregumi – guitar, chorus (track 6)
  • Harutoshi Ito – guitar (track 2)
  • Hiroo Yamaguchi – bass (tracks 9, 12)
  • Hiroyuki Sawano – piano, keyboards, other instruments (track 2)
  • Honoka Satou – strings (track 12)
  • Katsuhiro Mafune – bass (track 6)
  • Mao Abe – additional vocals (track 5)
  • Makiko Amemiya strings – strings (track 9)
  • Mamiko Hirai – piano (track 9)
  • Masahiro Tobinai – other instruments (tracks 3, 7)
  • Masami Horisawa – strings (track 12)
  • Mikiyo Kikuchi – strings (track 12)
  • Takahito Uchisawa – chorus, guitar, other instruments (track 3, 7)
  • Takeshi Taneda – bass (track 6)
  • Takuya Ohashi – chorus, guitar, handclaps (track 8)
  • TK – chorus (track 12), guitar (tracks 9, 12)
  • Tom Tamada – drums (tracks 8, 9)
  • Toshino Tanabe – bass (track 2)
  • Rui Momota – guitar, other instruments (track 4)
  • Shintaro Tokita – chorus, handclaps, piano, other instruments (track 8)
  • Shogo Ohnishi – guitar (track 13), other instruments (track 5, 13)
  • Susumu Nishikawa – guitar (track 8)
  • Yojiro Noda – piano, chorus (track 6)
  • Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi – drums (track 2)
  • Yuko Araki – drums (track 6)

Album Staff

  • Arata Kato – photograph
  • Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer
  • Go Matsuda – art direction & design
  • Hiroaki Sano – supervise
  • Jun Yamaguchi – products coordination
  • Kenji Tamai – executive producer
  • Kenkichi Fukahara – artist management
  • Mami Fujino – artist management
  • Minaho Takahashi – hair & makeup
  • Takeshi Tomaru – a&r
  • Yasuhisa Ichikawa – artist management
  • Yuuka Akashi – styling

References

  1. ↑ Album information http://natalie.mu/music/news/198686
  2. ↑ Oricon ranking http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/542958/products/1194720/1/
  3. ↑ "SECL-1983~4 | daydream / Aimer [Limited Edition] - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
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