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| Released | September 9, 2015 | |||
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| Length | 61:04 | |||
| Label | SME | |||
| Producer | Hiroyuki Sawano | |||
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o1 is the first studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on September 9, 2015 on SME Records. o1 was preceded by the singles "A/Z", "aLIEz", "&Z", "X.U." and "scaPEGoat". [1] [2]
The album charted #7 daily rank for first week. It charted so far 11 weeks in the Oricon charts. [3]
"A/Z" was used in the anime television series "Aldnoah.Zero" as the first ending theme, while "aLIEz" was used as the second ending theme. "&Z" was used in Aldnoah Zero's second season as the opening theme. [4]
"X.U." was used as the opening theme for the anime television series "Seraph of the End", while "scaPEGoat" was used as the ending theme. [4]
All music is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
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| 1. | "[nZk]o1" | 5:31 | |
| 2. | "Pretenders" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mica&Gemie) | cAnON. | 3:42 |
| 3. | "X.U." (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie) |
| 4:44 |
| 4. | "A/Z" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki) | Hiroyuki Sawano | 5:18 |
| 5. | "scaPEGoat" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh) |
| 5:08 |
| 6. | "oI" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki) | Hiroyuki Sawano | 4:55 |
| 7. | "Song of ..<AM>" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer) |
| 4:20 |
| 8. | "Saving Us" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie) |
| 4:43 |
| 9. | "aLIEz" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki) | Hiroyuki Sawano | 4:28 |
| 10. | "Rise Above" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh) | Yosh | 3:32 |
| 11. | "Summer Tears" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mica) |
| 3:17 |
| 12. | "&Z" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki) |
| 4:41 |
| 13. | "s-AVE" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer) | Hiroyuki Sawano | 4:35 |
| 14. | "out01nzk" | 2:10 | |
| Total length: | 61:04 | ||
| No. | Title | Director | Length |
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| 1. | "A/Z" (Music Video) | TAKCOM | 5:16 |
| 2. | "&Z" (Music Video) | Ryohei Shingu | 4:44 |
| 3. | "X.U." (short ver. music video) | maxilla | 2:33 |
| 4. | "scaPEGoat" (Music Video) | maxilla | 5:11 |
| 5. | "s-AVE" (Music Video) | Tatsunori Sato | 4:40 |
| 6. | "βios ～ Before my body is dry" (from STUDIO LIVE [nZk] 002.5) | 5:51 | |
| 7. | "BRE@TH//LESS" (from STUDIO LIVE [nZk] 002.5) | 4:06 | |
| 8. | "&Z" (from STUDIO LIVE [nZk] 002.5) | 4:39 | |
| 9. | "Keep on keeping on" (from STUDIO LIVE [nZk] 002.5) | 3:56 |
Adapted from Booklet. [2]
Production
Management Staff Hiroyuki Sawano:
Aimer:
Yosh (Survive Said the Prophet):
mizuki:
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