Last Scene is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Rina Aiuchi, released on July 28, 2010 by Giza Studio.[1] The album has yielded four singles, including a Japan top thirty hit single, "Hanabi". After the album release, she went into hiatus due to health issues.[2]
| Last Scene | ||||
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 Standard edition/digital download cover | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 15, 2010 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 60:26 | |||
| Label | Giza Studio | |||
| Producer | Rina Aiuchi | |||
| Rina Aiuchi chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Last Scene | ||||
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The album reached number 8 on the Oricon weekly albums charts in its first week and charted for six weeks.[3]
Promotion
editSingles
editAs a first part of the weekly project of releasing a song every week on the three consecutive weeks, "Good Days" was released as the lead single from the album on 14 April 2010.[4] The released was followed by two other singles: "Sing a Song" and "C Love R".
"Hanabi" was released on 28 July 2010 as the fourth single of the album. The song served as the theme song to the Japanese television show Happy Music. The song reached number twenty-eight on the Oricon singles chart, selling approximately 6,152 copies nationwide. The single was a commercial failure, becoming Aiuchi's lowest-charting and least-selling single as of September 2018.
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Rina Aiuchi[5]
| No. | Title | Music | Arrangers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prologue" | Aika Ohno | Kentarou Ishii | 2:46 |
| 2. | "Good Days" | Kouji Gotou | Ishii | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Sing a Song" | Ohno | Takeshi Hayama | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Merry Go Round" | Ishii | Hayama | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Love Me" |
| Satoru Kobayashi | 4:07 |
| 6. | "Time" | Ishii | Masazumi Ozawa | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Priority" | Ishii | Hayama | 4:41 |
| 8. | "Hanabi" | Ohno | Ishii | 3:35 |
| 9. | "In My Shoes" | Takahiro Hiraga | Tetsushi Hasegawa | 5:08 |
| 10. | "37°C" | Gotou | Ryuji Ibuki | 4:21 |
| 11. | "Last Scene" | Silver Stream | Jinichi Tajiri | 4:51 |
| 12. | "C Love R" | Ishii | Ishii | 4:52 |
| 13. | "Epilogue" (Hidden track) | Ishii | Ishii | 3:55 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Document of the Last Scene" |
Charts
edit| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 8 |
Sales
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Japan (RIAJ) | None | 20,672 |
Release history
edit| Region | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 15 September 2010 | CD (Standard edition) | Giza Studio |
| CD/DVD (Limited edition) | |||
| digital download |
References
edit- ^ "愛内里菜 CD". musing.jo (in Japanese).
- ^ "愛内里菜、年内をもってアーティスト活動に終止符". natalie.mu.
- ^ "Lats Scene (愛内里菜)". Oricon News.
- ^ "愛内里菜、10年間のアーティスト活動に終止符". Barks.
- ^ "Library 愛内里菜 (Albums)". rina-aiuchi.com.