Life (Angela Aki album)

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Life
File:Life (Angela Aki album).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 08, 2010
Genre J-Pop
Length50:00
Angela Aki chronology
Answer
(2009)
Life
(2010)
White
(2011)
Singles from Life
  1. "Ai no Kisetsu"
    Released: September 16, 2009
  2. "Kagayaku Hito"
    Released: April 14, 2010

Life is the fourth full studio album by Angela Aki released on September 8, 2010. [1]

Contents

Singles

Other Songs

Track listing

CD
No.TitleLength
1."Ai no Kisetsu"5:04
2."Kagayaku Hito (輝く人; Shining One)"5:21
3."Every Woman’s Song"4:45
4."Sign (サイン)"3:44
5."Remember Me"4:38
6."Unbreakable"4:04
7."What Are The Roses For?"3:37
8."Ai to Bansoukou (愛と絆創膏; Love and Plaster)"4:50
9."Mad Scientist"4:15
10."The Truth Is Like A Lie"4:53
11."Bop Bop Bop (Colors Of Your Soul)"3:33
12."Haha naru Daichi (母なる大地; Mother Earth)"6:41
13."Life"4:38
Hong Kong Bonus Track [6]
No.TitleLength
14."Tegami (Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e) (手紙 ~拝啓 十五の君へ~; Letter (To Your 15-Year-Old Self))" (graduate choral version) 
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Home" ((Music Video)) 
2."Kokoro no Senshi (心の戦士; Heart of the Warrior)" ((Music Video)) 
3."Kiss Me Good-Bye" ((Music Video)) 
4."This Love" ((Music Video)) 
5."Sakurairo (サクラ色; Sakura Color)" ((Music Video)) 
6."Kodoku no Kakera (孤独のカケラ; Fragments of Loneliness)" ((Music Video)) 
7."Tashika ni (たしかに; Surely)" ((Music Video)) 
8."Again" ((Music Video)) 
9."Tegami (Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e) (手紙 ~拝啓 十五の君へ~; Letter (To Your 15-Year-Old Self))" ((Music Video)) 
10."Ai no Kisetsu (愛の季節; Seasons of Love)" ((Music Video)) 
11."Kagayaku Hito (輝く人; Shining One)" ((Music Video)) 

Charts

ChartPeak
Position
Japan (Oricon Daily Charts)[ citation needed ]5
Japan (Oricon Weekly Charts) [7] 5
Japan (Oricon Monthly Charts) [8] 12

Release history

RegionDateFormatDistributing labelCatalogue codes
Japan September 8, 2010 [9] [10] CD, CD/DVD, digital downloadSonyESCL-3520, ESCL-3518~9
South Korea September 9, 2010 [11] [12] CD, digital download2398026
Taiwan September 10, 2010 [13] [14] CD88697767772
Hong Kong CD (Asian Special Edition)88697795402
TaiwanSeptember 17, 2010 [15]
Singapore September 24, 2012 [16]
JapanSeptember 25, 2010 [17] Rental CDESCL-3520

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