E.P.S -Eiko PRIMARY SELECTION-

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E.P.S -Eiko PRIMARY SELECTION-
Compilation album by
ReleasedJune 28, 2011
Genre J-pop
Label Geneon
Producer I've Sound
Eiko Shimamiya chronology
Perfect World
(2010)
E.P.S -Eiko PRIMARY SELECTION-
(2011)
5TEARS Vol. 3 ~Sweet Dragon~
(2013)

E.P.S -Eiko PRIMARY SELECTION- is the first greatest hits album released by Eiko Shimamiya and the third album overall. It is also the first album released after her retirement from I've Sound in April 2011. This album features two new songs ("River" and "Inner Child") and a new remix version of the song, "Dreamer". [1]

Track listing

  1. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (ひぐらしのなく頃に)
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Kazuya Takase
    Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
  2. Super Scription of Data
    Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
    Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
  3. VANILLA
    Composition/Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
    Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
  4. Taiyou (太陽)
    Composition/Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
    Arrangement: SORMA No. 1
  5. Chikai (誓い)
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
    Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
  6. Hikari Nadeshiko (ひかりなでしこ)
    Composition/Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
    Arrangement: Toshiaki Nishioka, Seiichi Kyouda
  7. Naraku no Hana (奈落の花?)
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
    Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
  8. Dreamer -2011 remix-
    Composition/Lyrics: Kazuya Takase
    Arrangement: SORMA No. 1
  9. Suna no Shiro -The Castle of Sand- (砂の城 -The Castle of Sand-)
    Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
    Lyrics: Tomo Kataoka (translated by Rino Egami)
  10. Wheel of Fortune (運命の輪)
    Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
    Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
  11. Scarabe no Inori -brown sugar style (スカラベの祈り -brown sugar style-)
    Composition/Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
    Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
  12. River
    Composition/Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Yukiko Sakai
  13. Inner Child
    Composition/Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
    Arrangement: SORMA No. 1, Kazuya Takase [2]

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References

  1. "島みやえい子|I've Sound Explorer".
  2. "E.P.S -Eiko PRIMARY SELECTION- Eiko Shimamiya CD Album". CDJapan.