Hello World (Scandal album)
Hello World is the sixth studio album by Japanese pop rock band, Scandal. The album was released on December 3, 2014 in Japan by Epic[1] and being distributed in Europe through JPU Records.[2][3] Hello World debuted at #3 on the Oricon chart, selling over 35,000 copies in its first week.[4] It also reached the top spot of the Canadian iTunes Store's World Music Chart.[5]
| Hello World | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 3, 2014 | |||
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| Length | 53:28 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Epic Records Japan JPU (UK, EU) | |||
| Producer | Scandal | |||
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| Singles from Hello World | ||||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Image" | Mami | Mami | Keita Kawaguchi | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Your Song" | SCANDAL | SCANDAL | Kawaguchi | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Love in Action" | Mami | Mami | Kawaguchi | 3:22 |
| 4. | "Departure" | Mami | Mami | Seiji Kameda | 4:40 |
| 5. | "Graduation" (Haruna solo) | Haruna | Haruna | Atsushi | 4:23 |
| 6. | "Yoake no Ryuuseigun" (夜明けの流星群; A Meteor Shower at Dawn) | Tomomi, Hidenori Tanaka | Tanaka | Kameda | 4:41 |
| 7. | "Onegai Navigation" (お願いナビゲーション; Navigation Please) | Rina | Mami | Mami | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Runners High" | Haruna | Yuichi Tajika | Yu Odakura | 3:55 |
| 9. | "Hon wo Yomu" (本を読む; Read a Book, Mami solo) | Mami | Mami | Mami | 3:34 |
| 10. | "Kan Beer" (缶ビール; Canned Beer, Tomomi solo) | Tomomi | Tomomi | Kawaguchi | 4:01 |
| 11. | "Winter Story" | Rina | Mami, Rina | Satori Shiraishi | 3:41 |
| 12. | "Oyasumi" (おやすみ; Goodnight, Rina solo) | Rina | Rina | Kawaguchi | 4:38 |
| 13. | "Place of Life" (feat. Tetsuya Komuro) | Tetsuya Komuro, SCANDAL | Komuro | Kawaguchi | 5:14 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Rainy" | Rina | SCANDAL | 3:51 |
| 15. | "Nai Nai Night 2014" (ないないNight 2014; No No Night 2014) | Tomomi | Tomomi | 2:45 |
| Total length: | 59:44 | |||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Scandal Talking about "Hello World"" | 51:25 |
Charts
| Album | |||
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| Country | Chart | Peak position | |
| Japan | Oricon Daily Album Chart[6] | 2 | |
| Oricon Weekly Album Chart | 3 | ||
| Oricon Monthly Album Chart[7] | 10 | ||
| Oricon Yearly Album Chart | 153 | ||
| SoundScan Album Chart (CD+DVD)[8] | 4 | ||
| SoundScan Album Chart (CD+T-shirt)[8] | 11 | ||
| Billboard Japan Top Albums[9] | 4 | ||
| South-Korea | Gaon International Album Chart[10] | 32 | |
| Canada | iTunes Store Top Albums (World Music)[11] | 1 | |
| Singles | |||
| Song | Chart | Peak position | |
| Runners High | |||
| Oricon | 5 | ||
| Billboard Japan Hot 100[12] | 76 | ||
| Departure | |||
| Oricon | 5 | ||
| Billboard Japan Hot 100[13] | 3 | ||
| Yoake no Ryuuseigun | |||
| Oricon[14] | 5 | ||
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 | 3 | ||
| RTHK J-pop Chart (Hong Kong)[15] | 1 | ||
| Image | |||
| Oricon | 14 | ||
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 | 14 | ||
| RTHK J-pop Chart (Hong Kong)[16] | 1 | ||
Personnel
- Scandal
- Haruna Ono — vocal, guitar (1–11, 13–15), güiró (15), lyrics (5, 8), music (5)
- Mami Sasazaki — vocal, guitar (1–11, 13), synth, recorder (15), lyrics (1, 3, 4, 9), music (1, 3, 4, 9, 11), arrangements (7, 9)
- Tomomi Ogawa — vocal, bass (1–15), lyrics (6, 10, 15), tambourine (15), music (10, 15)
- Rina Suzuki — vocal, drums (1–15), guitar (12), cajón (15), lyrics (7, 11, 12, 14), music (11, 12)
- Contributing musicians
- Tetsuya Komuro — synth (13)
- Eisuke Taga — slide whistle (15)
- Post-production
- Executive producer: Shunsuke Muramatsu, Satoshi Aoki (Epic Records Japan), Yūichi Orimoto (Kitty Entertainment Ltd.)
- Mastered by: Yūji Chinone (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
- Arrangements: Keita Kawaguchi (1, 2, 10, 12, 13), Seiji Kameda (4, 6), Atsushi (5), Yū Odakura (8), Satori Shiraishi (11)
- Additional arrangements: Keita Kawaguchi (3, 7, 9)
- Mix engineer: Keita Yoko (1–3, 5, 7, 9–12), Eiji "Q" Makino (4, 6), Uni Inoue (8), Jan Fairchild (13)
- Instrumental technician: Bunta Mochizuki, Kōta Oda (Sound Crew)
- Packaging
- Art direction: Yūji Takao (Kannana Graphic)
- Coordinarion: Kōichi Yamatani (Kannana Graphic)
- Design: Sayuri Kamata (Kannana Graphic)
- Photography: Hirohisa Nakano
- Styling: Kyōhei Ogawa
- Hair & make-up: Hirokazu Niwa, Kazuhiro Sugimoto (maroonbrand)
- Set design: Chihiro Matsumoto (Art Breakers)
- Epic Records Japan Staff
- A&R director: Akito Ogawa
- A&R promotion: Yuriko Konya
- A&R producer: Sen Okada, Ikuko Yamaguchi
- A&R assistant: Shingo Shinkawa
- Media promotion: Mayuko Isebō, Akihito Muraki, Rie Ikeda, Masaki Inoue, Akiko Itō, Akira Morikawa
- Area promotion: Akiko Satō, Nozomi Takahama, Yūichirō Hisaizumi, Takako Yamamoto, Shōta Aoyama, Junichirō Kumahara
- Planning Supervisor: Ikuo Hayashi
- Label Administration: Kumiko Sugita, Miki Takashima, Satomi Mizusawa, Haruna Takizawa
- Kitty Entertainment Ltd. Staff
- Sound director: Taichi Ōhira
- Manager: Taga Eisuke, Arisa Yamamoto
- Concert creative: Fumihiko Tsuchiya, Mikako Ogura
- Artist promotion: Ayano Takahashi, Kyōko Shioji
- Merchandise: Hiroshi Aihara, Erina Fujii, Hibari Sakai
- Special adviser: Hidenori Taga, Yoshihisa Nagata
- Sony Music Group Staff
- Sales promotion: Hiromi Kanehira, Dai Sugamata, Chie Arai, Minami Kodama (Sony Music Marketing)
- Web promotion: Takuya Ishikawa, Sayaka Tsuji (Sony Music Marketing)
- International promotion: Ken Isayama, Akira Shiota (Sony Music Entertainment)
- Music publishing: Ei Ōsaka, Niina Yasui (Sony Music Publishing)
- Business affairs: Hitomi Takano, Momoko Hakata (Sony Music Entertainment)
- Products co-ordination: Chiho Sugiyama (Sony Music Communications)
- JPU Records Staff
- Sales and Physical Distribution: Ben Farrar, Tim Chilton
- Marketing and promotion: Tom Smith
- Coordination: Tom Smith
References
- "Sony Music Japan presents: Hello World by SCANDAL".
- "In Conversation With Scandal by Colin McQuistan".
- HELLO WORLD Listing at JPU Records (in English)
- 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月15日付（2014年12月01日～2014年12月07日） oricon.co.jp, retrieved August 23, 2015. (in Japanese)
- "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo: 18. 2014-12-24.
- "デイリー CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月02日付". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- "月間 CDアルバムランキング2014年12月度". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- "週間 CDソフト TOP20". Phileweb (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2014&month=12&day=15
- "2014년 50주차 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo: 18. 2014-12-24.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140219111705/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140501064216/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140723071433/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2014-07-28/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150601040640/http://programme.rthk.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?name=radio2%2FTeenschoice&d=2015-05-10&p=2129&e=306793&m=episode
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150112212811/http://programme.rthk.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?name=radio2%2FTeenschoice&d=2015-01-11&p=2129&e=291869&m=episode
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