Passenger (Nico Touches the Walls album)

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Passenger
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Studio album by Nico Touches the Walls
Released April 6, 2011 (2011-04-06)
Recorded 2010-2011
Genre Alternative rock, power pop
Label Ki/oon Records
Producer Nico Touches the Walls
Seiji Kameda
Hajime Okano
Nico Touches the Walls chronology
Aurora
(2009)
Passenger
(2011)
Humania
(2011)
Singles from Passenger
  1. "Sudden Death Game"
    Released: August 11, 2010
  2. "Diver"
    Released: January 12, 2011

"Passenger" is the third full-length album released by the band Nico Touches the Walls in Japan on April 6, 2011, through Ki/oon Records. The album features the hit single "Diver", [1] the eighth opening song to the popular anime Naruto Shippuden , the single "Sudden Death Game" and the song "Matryoshka" that was used as the opening theme for the anime C . [2]

Nico Touches the Walls Japanese band

Nico Touches the Walls is a Japanese rock band formed in 2004. The band members are: Mitsumura Tatsuya, Sakakura Shingo, Furumura Daisuke & Tsushima Shotaro. In the same year, they won the Lotte Prize at the Yamaha Teen Music Festival. Rising quickly, they signed to "Senha & Co." before signing to Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records in 2007. Their debut single, in a major label, "Yoru no Hate", was released in February 2008.

Contents

The album is available in a limited "CD+DVD" edition which features an exclusive documentary on the making of the album. It was announced that "Passenger" would also be released in the US, but no official American release date has been announced.

Title

During the band’s split tour with "Flumpool", vocalist Mitsumura Tatsuya revealed the meaning of the name "Passenger" for the album:

Releases and promotion

The album contains most of the songs played during the 2010 tour "Michi Naki Michi", but the result of singles released from the album was only two. "Sudden Death Game" was the band's only release in 2010, that was announced as a single during the tour "Michi Naki Michi". "Diver" single was released on January 12, 2011, previously featured as the eighth opening for the anime Naruto Shippuuden months before.

Although a number of singles smaller than their previous albums, two promotional songs from "Passenger" were released: "Mosou taiin A" and "Matryoshka", chosen to be the opening for the anime C, aired in April 2011, by Fuji TV.

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Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rodeo (ロデオ)"Tatsuya Mitsumura4:05
2."Mōsō taiin A (妄想隊員A)"Tatsuya Mitsumura4:19
3."Diver"Tatsuya Mitsumura4:09
4."Page 1 (ページ1)"Tatsuya Mitsumura4:14
5."Kimi Dake (君だけ)"Tatsuya Mitsumura5:49
6."Survive"Tatsuya Mitsumura4:21
7."Yougisha (容疑者)"Tatsuya Mitsumura5:08
8."Yuujou sanka (友情讃歌)"Tatsuya Mitsumura4:14
9."Matryoshka (マトリョーシカ)"Sakakura Shingo5:00
10."Sudden Death Game (サドンデスゲーム)"Tatsuya Mitsumura5:29
11."Passenger"Tatsuya Mitsumura7:24
Total length:54:00

Limited edition

Chart position

The album reached number 15 on the Oricon chart and number 16 on the Billboard Japan chart. [3]

Tour

On January 21, the band announced that they would be embarking on a nationwide tour titled "Nico Touches the Walls Tour 2011 Passenger: We Are Passionate Messenger”, in April, in order to promote their newest album. The tour began on April 13, in Chiba, counting twelve concerts at announcement time, added a few extra performances later. [4]

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