Guitarissimo

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Guitarissimo
Miwa - guitarissimo reg.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 6, 2011 (2011-04-06)
Recorded2010–2011
Genre J-pop, Pop Rock
Length1:05:50
Label Sony
SRCL-7597 (CD+DVD)
SRCL-7599 (regular edition)
Producer
Miwa chronology
Guitarissimo
(2011)
Guitarium
(2012)
Singles from Guitarissimo
  1. "Don't Cry Anymore"
    Released: July 14, 2010
  2. "Little Girl"
    Released: June 23, 2010
  3. "Change"
    Released: September 1, 2010
  4. "Otoshimono"
    Released: December 1, 2010
  5. "Haru ni Nattara"
    Released: February 23, 2011

Guitarissimo (stylized as guitarissimo) is the debut studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter miwa. The album was released on April 6, 2011.

Contents

The album was originally scheduled to release a week earlier, on March 30; however, due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami which happened prior to the original release date as well as its after-effects, the release date was delayed by a week.

Track listing

All tracks are written by miwa

No.TitleArrangerLength
1."Arienai!!" (ありえない!!lit. "No Way!!") Naoki-T 4:21
2."Don't Cry Anymore" Quatre-M, Naoki-T4:40
3."Friend (Kimi ga Waraeba)" (friend 〜君が笑えば〜)Naoki-T5:43
4."Haru ni Nattara" (春になったらlit. "When It Becomes Spring")L.O.E4:53
5."Hys-" Akihisa Matsuura 3:30
6."Otoshimono" (オトシモノlit. "Lost Item")Matsuura5:28
7."Dear Days"Matsuura5:34
8."Samenai Yume" (醒めない夢)Quatre-M3:26
9."Change"Naoki-T4:09
10."Megurogawa" (めぐろ川lit. "Meguro River"; strings version) Daishi Kataoka 5:48
11."Hatsu Natsu" (ハツナツ)Matsuura4:16
12."Little Girl" (リトルガール)Kataoka4:20
13."Bokura no Mirai" (僕らの未来)L.O.E5:16
14."Tsuyoku Naritai" (つよくなりたい)Quatre-M4:29
Total length:1:05:50

Charts

Guitarissimo became the first debut album by a solo singer-songwriter born in the Heisei period to debut at number one, on Oricon's albums chart. [1]

ChartPeak positionSales total
Oricon Daily Chart114,343
Oricon Weekly Chart1 [1] 50,386
Oricon Monthly Chart3[ citation needed ]58,600

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References

  1. 1 2 (in Japanese) "現役大学生miwa、平成生まれのソロ歌手初の1stアルバム首位". Oricon . April 12, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2011.