Gundam Song Covers 2

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Gundam Song Covers 2
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2020 (2020-09-16)
Recorded2019–2020
Studio
  • Bellwood Records
  • Dutchmama Studio
  • King Sekiguchidai Studio
  • Sound Inn Studio
  • Victor Studio
Genre
Length56:08
LanguageJapanese
Label King Records
Producer Daisuke Sohkawa
Hiroko Moriguchi chronology
Gundam Song Covers
(2019)
Gundam Song Covers 2
(2020)
Aoi Inochi
(2021)
Alternative cover
Gundam Song Covers 2 - Inner Cover.jpg
No.TitleLyricsMusicOriginal seriesLength
1."Silent Voice (サイレント・ヴォイス, Sairento Voisu)" (with Naoko Terai) Masao Urino Hiroaki Serizawa Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ 4:57
2."Gin'iro Dress (銀色ドレス, Gin'iro Doresu, Silver Dress)" Rin Iogi Kōji Makaino Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 4:25
3."Kimi wo Mitsumete -The Time I'm Seeing You- (君を見つめて -The time I'm seeing you-, Staring at You -The time I'm seeing you)" (with Masato Honda)
  • Iogi
  • Yasuhiko Shigemura
Shigemura Mobile Suit Gundam F91 5:04
4."Itsuka Sora ni Todoite (いつか空に届いて, Reach Out to the Sky Someday)" (with Satoshi Takebe)Megumi ShiinaOsamu Totsuka Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket 4:12
5."Anna ni Issho Datta no ni (あんなに一緒だったのに, Although We Were Always Together)" (with Kotaro Oshio) Chiaki Ishikawa Yuki Kajiura Mobile Suit Gundam SEED 4:19
6."Hoshizora no Believe (星空のBelieve, Believe in the Starry Sky)"Machiko Ryū
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam4:14
7."Dreams" RO-M RO-M After War Gundam X 5:01
8."Issenman-nen Ginga (一千万年銀河, The Ten-Million-Year Galaxy)" (with Satoru Shionoya)IogiSerizawaMobile Suit Gundam ZZ4:04
9."Tsuki no Mayu (月の繭, The Moon's Cocoon)"Iogi Yoko Kanno Turn A Gundam 5:20
10."Men of Destiny"Yoshihiko Andō Miki Matsubara Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory 4:06
11."Akatsuki no Kuruma (暁の車, Wheels of Dawn) (Bonus Track)"KajiuraKajiuraMobile Suit Gundam SEED5:26
12."Kagirinaki Tabiji (限りなき旅路, The Endless Journey) (Bonus Track) [12] " (with VOJA)Yuho IwasatoKannoTurn A Gundam5:04
Total length:56:08

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Oricon Japanese Albums [11] 2
Oricon Anime Albums [14] 1
Billboard Japan Hot Albums [15] 4
Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales [16] 2

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