| Field of View II | ||||
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| Released | October 2, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | J-Pop | |||
| Length | 46 minutes | |||
| Label | Zain Records | |||
| Producer | BMF | |||
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| Singles from FIELD OF VIEW II | ||||
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FIELD OF VIEW II is the second studio album by Japanese group Field of View. [1] The album was released on October 2, 1996 by Zain Records. The album reached #4 on the Oricon chart for the first week with 167,230 sold copies. It charted for 11 weeks and sold 368,740 copies. [2] [3]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rainy Day" | U-ya Asaoka Kanako Oda | Yoshio Tatano | Akihito Tokunaga | 3:58 |
| 2. | "Last Good-bye" | Izumi Sakai | Yoshio Tatano | Takeshi Hayama | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Doki" (ドキッ) | Yuri Yamamoto | U-ya Asaoka | Takeshi Hayama | 4:37 |
| 4. | "Growin' Love" | Kanako Oda | Yoshio Tatano | Akihito Tokunaga | 3:55 |
| 5. | "Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku" (DAN DAN 心魅かれてく) | Izumi Sakai | Tetsurō Oda | Takeshi Hayama | 3:35 |
| 6. | "Wake Up!!" | Emi Makiho | U-ya Asaoka | Akihito Tokunaga | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Promise You" | U-ya Asaoka | U-ya Asaoka | Daisuke Ikeda | 4:46 |
| 8. | "Believe Myself" | U-ya Asaoka | U-ya Asaoka | Akihito Tokunaga | 3:57 |
| 9. | "Yume Mitsuzukete Ima mo" (夢見続けて今も) | U-ya Asaoka | U-ya Asaoka | Jun Abe | 4:55 |
| 10. | "The Way of My Life" | U-ya Asaoka | U-ya Asaoka | Akihito Tokunaga | 3:37 |
| 11. | "Kimi no Koe ga Kikitakute" (君の声が聴きたくて) | U-ya Asaoka | U-ya Asaoka | Daisuke Ikeda | 5:11 |
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