Circle (Deen album)

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Circle
Deen Circle jacket.jpg
Studio album by
Released18 December 2013
Recorded2013
Genre Japanese pop
Length45:18
Label Epic Records Japan
Producer DEEN
Deen chronology
Marriage
(2012)
Circle
(2013)
Zenkai Koigokoro!! ~Missing you~
(2015)
Singles from Circle
  1. "Hatachi/Ame no Roppongi"
    Released: August 7, 2013
  2. "Mou Nakanaide"
    Released: November 27, 2013

Circle is the fourteenth studio album by Japanese Pop band Deen. It was released on 18 December 2013 under the new label Epic Records Japan.

Contents

Background

The album consists of two previously released single, Hatachi/Ame no Roppongi and Mou Nakanaide. Mou Nakanaide's coupling song Future had received new arrangement under title Album Version.

Kouji Yamane's new song of Shangai Rock Star series had been released in this album as well.

For first time after four years, they collaborated again with the Paris Match on the song Peace & Smile.

Hirohito Furui, ex.member of Japanese pop band Garnet Crow has been involved in the album production of Deen for the first time after 15 years. [1]

This album was released in two formats: regular CD edition and limited CD+DVD edition. The limited edition includes DVD footage of their live performance Deen Aor Night Cruisin' ~2nd GROOVE~. [2]

Charting

The album reached #21 in its first week and charted for 3 weeks, selling 5,000+ copies. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Hatachi" (二十歳)Shuuichi IkedaShinji TagawaShinji Tagawa5:07
2."Peace & Smile! feat. paris match"Shuuichi Ikeda, Tai FurusawaShinji TagawaYousuke Sugiyama4:33
3."Mou Nakanaide" (もう泣かないで)Shuuichi Ikeda, Daria Kawashima (Feel so bad)Kouji YamaneHirohito Furui (ex.Garnet Crow)3:29
4."Konya ha Party Night!" (今夜はParty Night!)Shuuichi IkedaKouji YamaneKouji Yamane4:33
5."Future" (Album version)Shuuichi IkedaKouji YamaneKouji Yamane3:43
6."Twist of fate"Shuuichi IkedaShinji TagawaShinji Tagawa3:24
7."Ame no Roppongi" (雨の六本木)Reiko Yukawa Daisuke Inoue Daisuke Ikeda4:45
8."My Life My Dreams"Shuuichi Ikeda, Shin Kibayashi Shinji TagawaShinji Tagawa4:26
9."Eien no Jeanne d'Arc" (永遠のジャンヌダルク)Reiko YukawaShinji TagawaTsutomu Oohira3:46
10."Dance Fever ~Shanghai Rock Star Gaiden~" (DANCE FEVER 〜上海ロックスター外伝〜)Kouji YamaneKouji YamaneKouji Yamane4:24
11."Circle ~Anata ga itakara koso~" (CIRCLE 〜あなたがいたからこそ〜)Shuuichi IkedaKouji YamaneDaisuke Ikeda3:12

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References

  1. "DEEN Discography". dee.gr.jp.
  2. "DEEN Discography". Sonymusic.co.jp.
  3. "Circle (DEEN)". Oricon News.