| Parallel Universe | ||||
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| Released | December 8, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Genre | J-Pop | |||
| Length | 45:46 | |||
| Label | Giza Studio | |||
| Producer | Garnet Crow | |||
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| Singles from Parallel Universe | ||||
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Parallel Universe is the eighth studio album by Japanese group Garnet Crow. The album was released on December 8, 2010, by Giza Studio. [1]
The lead single, "Over Drive", was released on April 14, 2010. The album's limited edition comes with a DVD of the band's concert, "GARNET CROW Symphonic Concert 2010 ~All Lovers~" conducted by Ikurō Fujiwara.
The album reached #10 rank in Oricon for first week with 15,773 sold copies. It charted for 7 weeks and sold 22,911 copies. [2]
All tracks are composed by Yuri Nakamura, written by Nana Azuki and arranged by Hirohito Furui.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aozora Kanata (アオゾラ カナタ)" | 5:20 |
| 2. | "As the Dew ~album version~" | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Over Drive" | 4:27 |
| 4. | "Tell Me Something" | 4:59 |
| 5. | "Mayoi no Mori (迷いの森)" | 4:03 |
| 6. | "Sora ni Hanabi (空に花火) ~orchestra session~" | 4:35 |
| 7. | "Nagisa to Secret Days (渚とシークレットデイズ)" | 4:24 |
| 8. | "The Crack-up" | 5:09 |
| 9. | "Strangers" | 4:39 |
| 10. | "Kyou to Asu to (今日と明日と)" | 3:46 |
| 11. | "Over Drive ~theater version~*" |
Note
"Mysterious Eyes" is one of Garnet Crow's two debut singles that was released on March 29, 2000. The two release marks the signing of band with the Giza Studio record label. The other single that was a part of this release was "Kimi no uchi ni tsuku made zutto hashitte yuku". "Mysterious Eyes" was used as the seventh opening theme for Case Closed in Japan and had a direct impact on helping it score in the 20th position on the Oricon chart. The song has some alternate versions too, those being "Mysterious Eyes ~dry flavor of G mix~" from the album "SPARKLE ~Sujigakidoori no Skyblue~", and, more recently, guitarist Okamoto Hitoshi created a version called "Mysterious Eyes ~Reason P.~", available for download using a QR code card included in his album "Now Printing...". The single reached #20 rank for first week. It charted for 11 weeks.
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