Blackout (The Brilliant Green album)

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Blackout
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Studio album by The Brilliant Green
Released September 9, 2010
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Label Warner Music Japan
The Brilliant Green chronology
The Winter Album
(2002)		Blackout
(2010)		 The Swingin' Sixties
(2014)

Blackout is an album released by The Brilliant Green on September 9, 2010. The album is the band's fifth studio album and their first studio album released under Warner Music Japan. It peaked at #16 on the Oricon weekly albums chart.

The Brilliant Green is a Japanese rock band from Kyoto formed in 1995. They were signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Their major debut single under Sony, "Bye Bye Mr. Mug", was released in 1997. Their contract with Sony ended in 2008, and on December 1, 2009, the band announced that they had signed with Warner Music Group Japan.

Oricon Inc., established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as Original Confidence Inc., which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.

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Track listing

All lyrics written by Tomoko Kawase; all music composed by Shunsaku Okuda except #10 by Damon Albarn, arranged by Shunsaku Okuda.

Tomoko Kawase is a Japanese singer, songwriter, producer, actress, and model from Kyoto. She is the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Brilliant Green. She also has a solo career under the alter-ego pseudonyms Tommy february6 and Tommy heavenly6.

Shunsaku Okuda is the leader of the Japanese rock/pop band the brilliant green where he plays bass guitar and rhythm guitar and has composed the vast majority of the band's music. He also produces music under the pseudonyms Chiffon Brownie, Malibu Convertible, and Mark and John.

Damon Albarn English musician

Damon Albarn is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the British rock band Blur as well as the co-founder, lead vocalist, instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the virtual band Gorillaz.

No.TitleLength
1."Blackout" 
2."Black Dark Night" 
3."I'm Sick of This Place" 
4."Talk to Me" 
5."Blue Daisy" (19th single) 
6."Break Free" 
7."Going Underground" 
8."Whirlwind" 
9."Spring Gate" (B-side of 18th single) 
10."Song 2" (Blur Cover) 
11."I Just Can't Breathe..." (20th single) 
12."Like Yesterday [1] " (18th single) 
13."Blue Sunrise" (B-side of 19th single) 

Notes

  1. ↑ Ryo Matsui still belonged to the band then.

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Japan Oricon Daily Albums12
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums16
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