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| Connetta | ||||
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| Released | 21 March 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2005, 2006, 2007 | |||
| Genre | J-pop, soft rock, ballad, pop rock, experimental | |||
| Length | 1:03:11 | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
| Producer | Max Matsuura | |||
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Connetta is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer and actress Ami Suzuki, released by the Avex Trax label. It is the first album released from the "Join" project of Suzuki, that consisted of collaborations with different artists and different genres.
Connetta was first album from the "Join" project of Suzuki, which consisted of collaborations with different artists and different musical genres. However, the first singles released were not originally part of the "Join" project, since this idea originally started at the beginning of 2007. Short time after the release of the first Avex album, Around The World , Suzuki introduced her then new song Fantastic at the encore of her 2005 live tour. The song was later released as a single in February 2006. "Crystal" and "To Be Free" were included in the Christmas single Little Crystal released in December 2005. The subsequent singles released in 2006, "Alright!" and "Like a Love?", were released as solo singles as well, though the later became noticed by the media mainly because it was the first musical composition made by Ai Otsuka for another artist besides herself. The first proper "Join" singles were "O.K. Funky God", "Peace Otodoke!!" and "Sore mo Kitto Shiawase", which were released between February 27 and March 14, 2007.
For the different collaborations Suzuki worked for the first time in her career with indie pop (Hideki Kaji, Ayano Tsuji), indie rock (Scoobie Do, Northern Bright) and experimental (Buffalo Daughter) artists, making this album the most risky in terms of music, as Connetta went a little farther from the regular J-Pop genre she used to sing through all her career.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aozora to Water (青空とWater)" (Ami Suzuki joins Hideki Kaji) | Hideki Kaji | Hideki Kaji | Hideki Kaji | 4:18 |
| 2. | "Alright!" (Ami Suzuki joins HΛL) | Ami Suzuki | Kazunori Watanabe | HΛL | 5:22 |
| 3. | "Peace Otodoke!! (Peaceお届け!!♡)" (Ami Suzuki joins THC!!) | Ami Suzuki, THC!! | THC!! | THC!! | 4:18 |
| 4. | "Dancin' Little Woman" (Ami Suzuki joins Scoobie Do) | Taijiro Matsuki | Taijiro Matsuki | Scoobie Do | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Hare Moyō (ハレもよう。)" (Ami Suzuki joins Ryutaro Kihara) | Ami Suzuki | Tetsuya Muramatsu | Ryutaro Kihara | 5:00 |
| 6. | "To Be Free" (Ami Suzuki joins HΛL) | Ami Suzuki | Kazuhiro Hara | HΛL | 5:30 |
| 7. | "Squall ni Nurete (スコールにぬれて)" (Ami Suzuki joins Kenji Ueda) | Ami Suzuki | Kei Yoshikawa | Kenji Ueda | 4:43 |
| 8. | "Everything To Me" (Ami Suzuki joins Northern Bright) | Ami Suzuki | Hitoshi Arai | Northern Bright | 4:30 |
| 9. | "O.K. Funky God" (Ami Suzuki joins Buffalo Daughter) | Ami Suzuki, Buffalo Daughter | Buffalo Daughter | Buffalo Daughter | 3:52 |
| 10. | "Fantastic" (Ami Suzuki joins Ken Harada) | Ami Suzuki | Y@suo Ohtani | Ken Harada | 4:39 |
| 11. | "Crystal" (Ami Suzuki joins Kazuhito Kikuchi) | Ami Suzuki | Kazuhito Kikuchi | Kazuhito Kikuchi | 4:07 |
| 12. | "Sore mo Kitto Shiawase (それもきっとしあわせ)" (Ami Suzuki joins Kirinji) | Takaki Horigome | Yasuyuki Horigome | Kirinji | 5:56 |
| 13. | "Like a Love?" (Ami Suzuki joins Ai Otsuka) | Ami Suzuki | Ai | Ai, Ikoman | 4:11 |
| 14. | "Aishiteru Kitto (愛してる きっと)" (Ami Suzuki joins Ayano Tsuji) | Ami Suzuki, Ayano Tsuji | Ayano Tsuji | Ayano Tsuji | 3:23 |
| Total length: | 01:03:11 | ||||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Original Short Drama: Join" | |
| 2. | "Making Movie: Behind The Scenes" | |
| 3. | "Single TV-Spot Collection" |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Birthday Live "Happy 25th Anniversary" @ Shibuya Duo Music Exchange" (Includes live footage of "Like a Love?", "Negaigoto", "Alright!" and "Delightful") | |
| 2. | "Making Movie: Behind The Scenes" | |
| 3. | "Single TV-Spot Collection" |
| Date | Title | Peak position | Weeks | Sales |
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| 7 December 2005 | "Little Crystal" | 22 | 9 | 16,115 |
| 8 February 2006 | "Fantastic" | 14 | 5 | 20,213 |
| 17 May 2006 | "Alright!" | 17 | 6 | 16,200 |
| 26 July 2006 | "Like a Love?" | 23 | 4 | 12,980 |
| 28 February 2007 | "O.K. Funky God" | 47 | 1 | 3,699 |
| 7 March 2007 | "Peace Otodoke!!" | 46 | 1 | 3,614 |
| 14 March 2007 | "Soremo kitto shiawase" | 49 | 1 | 2,790 |
| Chart | Peak position | Sales | Time in chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon Weekly Albums | 26 | 12,000+ copies sold | 3+ weeks |
The "Join" project was not only related to music. A short story entitled "Join" was also made, written and directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, and starring Suzuki and Hiroyuki Onoue. Each one of the three "Join" CD singles "O.K. Funky God", "Peace Otodoke!!" and "Sore mo Kitto Shiawase" included the narration drama tracks "7 Days Before", "The Days Before" and "The Days After", which served as preludes for the 30-minute short film which was later included in the bonus DVD of the album (in the A Type version).
The short film tells the story of an art student (Ami) who is worried because she has not inspiration for drawing a new painting. Her classmate (Kōji, played by Onoue) invites her to help painting a mural for a senpai, and once she gets there and starts helping something begins to change within her.
Some of the musicians that collaborated in the Connetta album made cameo appearances in the short film, like the members of THC!!, MoOog Yamamoto from Buffalo Daughter, and Hitoshi Arai from Northern Bright. Arai even performed an acoustic version of "Everything To Me" in a scene.
Ami Suzuki is a Japanese recording artist, DJ, and actress from Zama, Kanagawa, Japan. Having been discovered at the talent TV show Asayan, she was one of the most popular female teen idols in the late 1990s. However, in 2000, Suzuki faced legal problems with her management company resulting in a controversial blacklisting from the entertainment industry. Suzuki attempted to resurrect her career under her own steam with two indie singles before signing to Avex Trax in 2005. She released "Delightful", a dance song that reached No. 3 on the Japanese Oricon charts with a style similar to electronic club music, significantly different from her pop idol days. Since her appearance in the 2006 film Rainbow Song, Suzuki has gradually made a name for herself in the acting field, starring in various movies, television series, and musicals.
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