Pages (Sexy Zone album)
Pages is the sixth studio album by Japanese boy band Sexy Zone, released via Pony Canyon on March 13, 2019. It is the follow-up to their 2018 album XYZ=Repainting and is a concept album based around "one page of life" and expressing various emotions.[1] It debuted at number one on both the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan's Hot Albums chart, selling over 120,000 copies in its first week.[2][3]
Pages | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 13, 2019 | |||
Genre | J-pop | |||
Language | Japanese | |||
Label | Pony Canyon | |||
Sexy Zone chronology | ||||
|
Release
Pages was released in three formats: two limited editions (A and B), and a regular edition. The regular edition includes a bonus disc with a solo song from each member, while limited edition A features a making-of and the music video for the first track "La Sexy Woman", and limited edition B features a DVD with Sexy Zone's "Lake Fuji Trip" documentary.[4]
Singles
The album features the Oricon Singles Chart number-one singles "Innocent Days" and "Karakuri Darake no Tenderness"/"Suppin Kiss".
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "La Sexy Woman" | |
2. | "Koi ga Hajimaru yo!!!" (恋が始まるよー!!!; Love Will Begin!!!) | |
3. | "Suppin Kiss" (すっぴんKISS; Kiss Without Makeup) | |
4. | "Cry" | |
5. | "Make Me Bright" | |
6. | "Innocent Days" (イノセントデイズ) | |
7. | "Don't Run Away" | |
8. | "My Sweet Heart My Sweet Love" | |
9. | "Chiku Chiku Heart ~beating beating~" (チクチクハート~beating beating~) | |
10. | "Aoi Koibito" (青い恋人; Blue Lover) | |
11. | "Hands Up!" | |
12. | "Karakuri Darake no Tenderness" (カラクリだらけのテンダネス; Tenderness Full of Tricks) | |
13. | "Zenzen Kankeinai" (ゼンゼンカンケイナイ; It Doesn't Matter at All) | |
14. | "Wonder Love" | |
15. | "Kimi ga Ita Natsu ni..." (君がいた夏に・・・; In Summer When You Were...) | |
16. | "Itsumademo Itsumademo" (いつまでもいつまでも; Forever Forever) |
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Because of Ai" (Because of 愛; Because of Love) (Kento Nakajima) | |
2. | "Keep On" (Marius Yo) | |
3. | "Cocoa" (Fuma Kikuchi) | |
4. | "Fūkeiga" (風景画; Landscape Painting) (Shori Sato) |
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "La Sexy Woman" (music clip) | |
2. | "Making of "La Sexy Woman" Music Clip & Jacket Shooting" |
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Sexy Zone Lake Fuji Trip~Engraving a New Page in Sexy Cycling!~" (Sexy Zone富士湖畔旅~Sexyサイクリングで新たな1PAGEを刻め!~) |
Charts
Chart (2019) | Peak position |
---|---|
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2] | 1 |
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[5] | 1 |
References
- "Sexy Zoneは王道ジャニーズとして成長を続ける 「La Sexy Woman」は"表情"に注目". Real Sound. February 22, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-03-25" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- "【ビルボード】Sexy Zone『PAGES』が総合アルバム首位 sumika『Chime』は2位で自己記録更新". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). March 20, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- "Sexy Zone、アルバム売り上げが前作超えも……デビュー8年目で「冠番組ナシ」にファン焦り". Cyzo Woman (in Japanese). March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2019/03/25 付け". Billboard Japan. Retrieved March 21, 2019.