Linkage (album)

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Linkage
Linkage (le).jpg
CD+DVD edition
Studio album by Mami Kawada
Released March 24, 2010
Genre J-pop, Electronica, Trance
Length58:10
Label Geneon
Producer I've Sound
Mami Kawada chronology
Savia
(2008) Savia2008
Linkage
(2010)
Square The Circle
(2012) Square The Circle2012
Alternative cover
Linkage (re).png
CD only Edition

Linkage (styled as LINKAGE) is the third album by J-pop singer Mami Kawada. It was released on March 24, 2010 under Geneon Universal Entertainment. This album contains thirteen tracks which includes her singles "PSI-Missing", "Masterpiece" and "Prophecy". This album also contains the ending theme for the original video animation anime series Shakugan no Shana S entitled "All In Good Time" and a cover song of The Cranberries' hit song entitled "Dreams".

Mami Kawada Japanese pop singer

Mami Kawada is a Japanese pop singer who is signed to NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan and is a member of I've Sound, a musical group which produces soundtracks for eroge and anime. Born and raised in Sapporo, Japan, Kawada made her musical debut in 2001 after being discovered by her music teacher Eiko Shimamiya with the release of the song "Kaze to Kimi o Daite". She released her first single, a split-single with musician Kotoko, in 2002, and her first solo single was released in 2005. Her first album, Seed, was released in 2006. She first performed overseas in Taiwan in 2007 and later appeared at the Bangkok Comic Con in Thailand in 2014.

PSI-Missing 2008 single by Mami Kawada

"PSI-missing" is the sixth single released by the J-pop singer, Mami Kawada. This single was released on October 29, 2008, one year after the release of her fifth single, "Joint". The song was used as the first opening theme for the anime series A Certain Magical Index.

Masterpiece (Mami Kawada song) single released by Mami Kawada

"masterpiece" is the seventh single released by the J-pop singer, Mami Kawada, and was released on February 4, 2009. The title track was used as the second opening theme for the anime series A Certain Magical Index which is her third tie-in with the anime series. This is also Kawada's first single to be produced by a female composer/arranger of I've Sound, which is Maiko Iuchi.

Contents

This album came in a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCV-1017) [1] and a regular CD-only edition (GNCV-1018). [2] The DVD contains the music video for the title track "Linkage".

Track listing

  1. succession—0:56
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
  2. CLIMAX—4:05
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
  3. PSI-missing—4:21
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
  4. TOY—4:10
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
    Composition/Arrangement: Maiko Iuchi
  5. Kotoba, Kokoro no Koe(言葉、心の声)—5:00
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
    Composition: Kazuya Takase
    Arrangement: Mai Nakazaki
  6. Prophecy—4:50
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
    Composition/Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
  7. in answer—4:52
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
    Composition/Arrangement: C.G mix
  8. masterpiece—4:37
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
    Composition/Arrangement: Maiko Iuchi
  9. Awareness(アウェアネス)—5:24
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
    Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
  10. linkage—4:26
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
  11. Mirai no Tsubu ~I'm formed~(未来の粒)—5:30
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
    Composition/Arrangement: Maiko Iuchi
  12. All in good time—5:06
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
    Composition/Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
  13. Dreams—4:43
    Lyrics: Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan

Sales trajectory

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Oricon Daily Chart11
Oricon Weekly Chart26
Time in Chart4 weeks
Sales9,237

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References

  1. "Linkage Mami Kawada [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]" . Retrieved 2010-03-18.
  2. "Linkage Mami Kawada [Regular Edition]" . Retrieved 2010-03-18.