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) is a reissue of Japanese–American singer-songwriter Ai's tenth studio album, '' Moriagaro'' (2013). It was released on November 20, 2013, by

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, four months after the original album. The reissue features two new songs, including promotional single "Run Free" featuring

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and Verbal, two remixes and a piano version of "

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". For physical release, a second disc includes special DJ mixes by DJ Hirakatsu.

Background and release

Ai previously released her tenth studio album, ''Moriagaro'', in June 2013. In October 2013 it was revealed the album would be reissued, titled ''Motto Moriagaro''. Two of the bonus tracks previously were used in TV commercials prior to the release of the album reissue. "Get Your Hands Up" was used as the

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Dancing EMS CM song and "Run Free" was used as a song promoting

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Classic. Similar to the original album, recording took place mostly in Tokyo, as well as in

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and New York City. The album was primarily produced by longtime collaborator Uta, who Ai has worked with since 2009 and various American producers.

Tours

Ai's ''Moriagaro Tour'' began in October in

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, Japan, and included 33 dates. The final concert was held on December 18, 2013, at the

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in Tokyo.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Moriagaro'' and

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.Notes * Track 7 of disc one and 21 of disc two are stylized in all lower case. * Tracks 1, 3–4, 8, and 10–15 of disc one and 4, 11, 16–18, and 20 of disc two are stylized in

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. * Tracks 6, 16 and 17 of disc one and 8 and 10 of disc two are titled in Japanese.

Personnel

Personnel details were sourced from ''Moriagaros liner notes booklet. Performance credits *Ai – vocals,

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*Che'nelle – vocals (#9) *Jeremih – vocals (#1) *Bridget Kelly – vocals (#8, #15) *Lloyd – vocals (#5) *Swiss Chris – drums (#8) Visuals and imagery *Ambush – costume cooperation *Justin Davis – costume cooperation *Noriko Goto – stylist *Ayako Hishinuma – prop creator ('Moriagaro Bling Bling') *Manabu Honchu – design *Justin & Valley – logo design *Akio Kawabata – package coordination *Yasunari Kikuma – photographer *Akemi Ono – hair, make-up *Toshiya Ono – art direction *Shuma Saito – package coordination *Silver Face – prop creator ('Moriagaro Knuckle Rings') *Shigeaki Watanabe – prop creator ('Moriagaro Cap') *Wut Berlin – costume cooperation *X-Closet – costume cooperation *Eiji Yoshimura – design Technical and production *Ai – producer (#1, #3–4, #6–7, #9–10) *Arden 'Keys' Altino – co-producer (#8) *Ben-E – producer (#6) *Jo Blaq – mixing, vocal recording (#12) *C3prod – producer (#6) *Tom Coyne – album mastering *D.Clax – producer (#5) *De-Capo Music Group – producer (#1) *DOI – mixing (#1–7, #9–11) *Akene 'The Champ' Dunkley – co-producer (#8) *Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis – producer (#8) *Fifty 1 Fifty – producer (#9–10, #12) *Keisuke Fujimaki – vocal recording (#4) *Seiji Itabashi – assisting (#8, #11) *Carlos 'Los' Jenkins – vocal recording (#12) *Neeraj Khajanchi – additional vocal recording (#8), vocal recording (#11) *T. Kura – vocal editing (#2) *Sean 'Pen' McMillion – engineering (#5), vocal producer for Lloyd (#5) *Michico – vocal producer (#2) *Yoshinori Morita – vocal recording (#1, #6–7, #9) *Taiji Okuda – Japanese production (#5), recording (#2–3, #10) *Mario Parra – Che'nelle's vocal recording (#9) *Lance Powell – assisting (#8) *Andrew Robertson – assisting (#8) *Mark Roger – vocal recording (#1) *Serge 'Sergical' Tsai – recording (#8) *Uta – producer (#2–4, #7, #11) *Satoshi Yoneda – vocal editing (#2)

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Release history

References

{{Authority control Ai (singer) albums 2013 compilation albums Reissue albums EMI Records albums Universal Music Group albums Universal Music Japan albums Albums produced by Ai (singer)