Request (Juju album)
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| Released | September 29, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 1:01:04 | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
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Request is a cover album by Japanese recording artist Juju, released on September 29, 2010.[1] The album features recordings of famous songs by Japanese female vocalists, mostly from the late 1990s.
The album was originally titled Juju Sings Beautiful Woman.[2] After the album's announcement on August 4, a questionnaire was put up on Juju's website, asking fans which songs they wanted to hear Juju cover.[2] Despite this, four songs had already been chosen for the album, "Gips," "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)," "Last Kiss" and "Time Goes By."[2]
The album is Juju's second disc of covers, after the She Sings... second disc of her previous album Juju, which featured primarily covers of Western songs in English.[3]
Promotion
"Last Kiss" was originally released in February 2010, as one of the A-side tracks of the four A-side single "Sakura Ame/Ready for Love/S.H.E./Last Kiss."[4]
A cover of My Little Lover's "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" sung by Juju was announced as a song used in an adverstising campaign for the Sony Alpha digital camera on June 4.[5] The song was released digitally on June 16 as a ringtone and on June 23 as a full-length cellphone download,[6][7] where it was extremely successful digitally, reaching #1 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart.[8] Due to this popularity, it was released as a physical single a month later, where it reached #15 on Oricon's physical charts.[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" (My Little Lover cover) | KATE (Takeshi Kobayashi) | Kenji Fujii, Takeshi Kobayashi | Akihisa Matsuura | 5:15 |
| 2. | "Tsutsumikomu Yō ni..." (Misia cover) | Satoshi Shimano | S. Shimano | Chokkaku | 5:15 |
| 3. | "Time Goes By" (Every Little Thing cover) | Mitsuru Igarashi | M. Igarashi | Seiji Kameda | 5:25 |
| 4. | "Gips" (Ringo Shiina cover) | R. Shiina | R. Shiina | Masanori Shimada | 5:38 |
| 5. | "There Will Be Love There (Ai no Aru Basho)" (The Brilliant Green cover) | Tomoko Kawase | Shunsaku Okuda | Masayuki Sakamoto | 4:36 |
| 6. | "Don't Wanna Cry" (Namie Amuro cover) | Takahiro Maeda | Tetsuya Komuro | Jin Nakamura | 5:35 |
| 7. | "Lover Soul" (Judy and Mary cover) | Yuki | Takuya | Seiji Kameda | 4:12 |
| 8. | "White Love" (Speed cover) | Hiromasa Ijichi | H. Ijichi | Hiroshi Nakamura | 6:54 |
| 9. | "Suki" (Dreams Come True cover) | Miwa Yoshida | M. Yoshida | Akihisa Matsuura | 3:41 |
| 10. | "Will" (Mika Nakashima cover) | Yasushi Akimoto | Daisuke Kawaguchi | Satoshi Takebe | 5:43 |
| 11. | "Last Kiss" (Bonnie Pink cover) | Bonnie Pink | Bonnie Pink | Seiji Kameda | 4:23 |
| 12. | "First Love" (Hikaru Utada cover) | H. Utada | H. Utada | Akihisa Matsuura | 4:27 |
| Total length: | 1:01:04 | ||||
Chart rankings
| Chart (2010) |
Peak position |
|---|---|
| Oricon daily albums[10] | 1 |
| Oricon weekly albums[11] | 1 |
| Oricon yearly album chart[12] | 13 |
Reported sales and certifications
| Chart | Amount |
|---|---|
| Oricon physical sales[13] | 469,000 |
| RIAJ shipping certification[14] | Double platinum (500,000+) |
Promotional tracks
Many songs from the album were released prior to the physical release digitally, or through other means such as a physical CD or radio airplay.
| Date | Title | Format | Chart positions | Oricon sales [15] | ||
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| Oricon Singles Charts [16] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [17] |
RIAJ digital tracks [18] | ||||
| February 24, 2010[4] | "Last Kiss" | CD single, digital download | 20 | — | — | 7,700 |
| June 16, 2010[6] | "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" | Ringtone | 15 | 19 | 1 23* |
23,000 |
| June 23, 2010[7] | Full-length cellphone download | |||||
| July 14, 2010[19] | Ringtone (Ballad Ver.) | |||||
| July 21, 2010[19] | Full-length cellphone download (Ballad Ver.) | |||||
| July 28, 2010[1] | CD single, PC download | |||||
| September 8, 2010[20] | "First Love" | Ringtone | — | — | 5 | — |
| September 15, 2010[21] | Full-length cellphone download | |||||
| "Tsutsumikomu Yō ni..." | Ringtone | — | 78 | 30 | — | |
| September 20, 2010[22] | "Time Goes By" | Ringtone | — | — | 25 | — |
| September 22, 2010[23] | "There Will Be Love There (Ai no Aru Basho)" | Ringtone | — | 43 | 21 | — |
| September 26, 2010[24] | "Will" | Ringtone | — | — | 76 | — |
| September 29, 2010[25] | "Gips" | Ringtone | — | — | 98 | — |
*Ballad Version
