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Namonaki Uta
"" is the tenth single by Mr. Children, released by Toy's Factory on February 5, 1996. The cover of the single is Kazutoshi Sakurai's face whose tongue was written "no name". "Namonaki Uta" was used as the theme song of Japanese television drama ''Pure''. On the Japanese Oricon weekly chart, the single "Namonaki Uta" opened at number-one with the first week sales of over 1.208 million copies, establishing the Japanese highest first-week single sales record. It topped the 1996 Oricon yearly single charts and sold over 2.308 million copies in total. It is the second best-selling song for the band behind their 1994 single "Tomorrow Never Knows (Mr. Children song), Tomorrow Never Knows." The song was covered by Kohmi Hirose on her 2010 album ''Drama Songs''. Track listing References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinkai (album)
is the 5th studio album recorded by Japanese rock band Mr. Children, released in June 1996 under the record label Toy's Factory. After their breakthrough in 1994, Mr. Children yielded eight consecutive chart-topping singles. Three of those hits appeared on the album; "Na mo Naki Uta", "Hana (Mémento-Mori)", and "Machine Gun o Buppanase" — while others were reserved for their subsequent release ''Bolero'' in 1997. Kazutoshi Sakurai, the chief singer-songwriter of the band named the album's working title as , which was misheard by his band-mate as "Shinkai" (lit. "deep sea"). Sakurai, who favored the sound of the phrase, decided to change the title of the album. ''Shinkai'' was a sort of concept album, featuring more insightful compositions and harder-edged sound compared to the band's previous materials. The whole album is played gaplessly, though each tracks are separated on CD. They had not anticipated that such an adventurous effort would be a big hit. Contrary to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |