Blau (stylized as BLAU) is the debut studio album by Japanese singer Eir Aoi. It was released under SME Records on January 30, 2013. It debuted at number four on Oricon chart,[1] and reached number three on Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales.[2] Blau takes its title from German word meaning "blue", denoting her image color and thought that "I want you to feel a variety of Eir Aoi".[3][4] Three singles were released from the album: "Memoria", "Aurora", and "Innocence", all of them were used for anime theme songs. "Memoria" was chosen as Fate/Zero 's first ending theme, "Aurora" as Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 's fourth opening theme, and "Innocence" as Sword Art Online 's second opening theme.[5] "Memoria" and "Innocence" were most successful songs of the album, have been certified Gold by the RIAJ for sales in Japan, with over 100,000 copies sold for each.[6][7]
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 30, 2013 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 65:46 | |||
| Label | SME Records | |||
| Eir Aoi chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Phase 2 | ||||
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Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Overture" | Ryosuke Shigenaga | 0:50 | |
| 2. | "Aurora" |
| Shigenaga | 4:20 |
| 3. | "Innocence" |
| Shigenaga | 4:37 |
| 4. | "Satellite" (サテライト) | Katsuhiko Kurosu | Kurosu | 4:25 |
| 5. | "Senkou Zenya" (閃光前夜 The Night Before the Flash) | Hiroki Arai | Arai | 5:11 |
| 6. | "High & High" |
| Takahiro Yasuda | 4:09 |
| 7. | "Avalon Blue" (アヴァロン・ブルー) |
| Tomo. | 4:48 |
| 8. | "Frozen Eyez" | Fumio Yasuda | Fumio Yasuda | 5:11 |
| 9. | "Yume no Owari" (夢の終わり End of Dream) | Yusuke Shirato | Shirato | 5:15 |
| 10. | "Lament" |
| Tomo. | 5:17 |
| 11. | "Faceless" (フェイスレス) | Fumio Yasuda | Fumio Yasuda | 4:26 |
| 12. | "Reunion" | Fumio Yasuda | Fumio Yasuda | 3:38 |
| 13. | "Sora wo Aruku" (空を歩く Walk in the Sky) |
| Takahiro Yasuda | 5:06 |
| 14. | "Memoria" |
| Fumio Yasuda | 4:48 |
| 15. | "Gloria" (Limited Edition Bonus Track) | Yui | Yui | 3:27 |
| Total length: | 65:46 | |||
Charts
editAlbum
edit| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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| Japanese Albums (Billboard)[2] | 3 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[1] | 4 |
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak positions | |
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| JPN Oricon |
JPN Billboard | ||
| "Memoria" | 2011 | 8[8] | 19[9] |
| "Aurora" | 2012 | 22[10] | 71[11] |
| "Innocence" | 6[12] | 8[13] | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Blau | 藍井エイル" [Blau | Eir Aoi]. Oricon (in Japanese). 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ a b "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales | Charts". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ "藍井エイル『独自の世界観を持つ期待の新人シンガーが登場！』" [Singer Eir Aoi tells her own thoughts!]. Oricon (in Japanese). 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ "藍井エイル、イメージカラーを冠した1stアルバム「BLAU」" [Eir Aoi's 1st album "Blau" with image color]. Natalie (in Japanese). 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ Green, Scott (2013-01-30). ""Sword Art Online" and "Fate/zero" Singer Eir Aoi's First Album Offered Digitally". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ "Paid Music Distribution Certifications 2014" (Select 2014年01月 on the drop-down menu) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ "Paid Music Distribution Certifications 2014" (Select 2014年11月 on the drop-down menu) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ "Memoria | 藍井エイル" [Memoria | Eir Aoi] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ "Japanese Music: Top Japanese Songs Chart". Billboard. 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ "Aurora | 藍井エイル" [Aurora | Eir Aoi] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ "Japanese Music: Top Japanese Songs Chart". Billboard. 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ "Innocence | 藍井エイル" [Innocence | Eir Aoi] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ "Japanese Music: Top Japanese Songs Chart". Billboard. 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
External links
edit- Blau at MusicBrainz