Penny Rain

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Penny Rain
Aimer Penny Rain.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 10, 2019
StudioStudio Device • Studio Sound Valley • Sound City Studio • Studio A-Tone • Higashi-Azabu Studio • Sign Studio
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Power Station at BerkleeNYC
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Genre
Length46:45
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
Label SME Records
Producer
Aimer chronology
Sun Dance
(2019)
Penny Rain
(2019)
Walpurgis
(2021)
Singles from Penny Rain
  1. "Hana no Uta"
    Released: November 11, 2017
  2. "Ref:rain"
    Released: February 21, 2018
  3. "Mabayui bakari"
    Released: February 21, 2018
  4. "Black Bird"
    Released: September 5, 2018
  5. "I beg you"
    Released: January 9, 2019
  6. "Sailing"
    Released: January 9, 2019

Penny Rain is the second part of the fifth studio album Sun Dance & Penny Rain released by Aimer. It was released on April 10, 2019, in a regular CD only edition and with Sun Dance in three versions: a limited 2 CD + 2 BD + Special Storage Box + Sun Dance Jigsaw Puzzle, [2] a limited 2 CD + BD edition (Type-A), [3] and a limited 2CD + DVD edition (Type-B). [4] Sun Dance and Penny Rain were Aimer's first new studio albums since daydream in 2016. [5]

Contents

Penny Rain peaked at #2 ahead of Sun Dance on Oricon's Weekly Album Chart on April 22, 2019, and charted for 26 weeks. [6]

Production

In February 2018, Aimer thought about a concept for her next album after releasing her single "Ref:rain". She then came up with the concept of "Sun and Rain" and used it for her "soleil et pluie" Hall Tour from October 2018 to January 2019. In contrast to the lively and up-tempo themes of Sun Dance, Penny Rain features darker themed tones and more ballads, with the lead track "I beg you" incorporating a Middle Eastern rhythm. The album also features collaborations with Yuki Kajiura, Cocco, TK, and Hiroyuki Sawano. [7]

Track listing

Penny Rain
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."pluie"  Yuki Kajiura Yuki Kajiura1:59
2."I beg you"Yuki KajiuraYuki KajiuraYuki Kajiura4:27
3."Black Bird" aimerrhythm Masahiro Tobinai
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Rui Momota
3:47
4."Sailing"aimerrhythmMasahiro Tobinai
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Masahiro Tobinai
5:35
5."Mabayui Bakari" (眩いばかり; "Just Dazzling") Cocco Cocco
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Masahiro Tobinai
4:11
6."Stand By You" TK TKTK4:14
7."Ref:rain"aimerrhythmMasahiro Tobinai
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Masahiro Tobinai
4:49
8."i-mage <in/AR>" Hiroyuki Sawano Hiroyuki SawanoHiroyuki Sawano5:49
9."Hana no Uta" (花の唄; "Flower Song")Yuki KajiuraYuki KajiuraYuki Kajiura6:11
10."April Showers"aimerrhythmAlbato Luce
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Rui Momota
5:43
Total length:39:37
DVD/Blu-ray 1
No.TitleLength
1."I beg you" (Music Video)4:52
2."Black Bird (Movie ver.)" (Music Video)3:37
3."zero" (Music Video)3:13
4."ONE" (Music Video)5:38
5."Mabayui bakari" (Music Video)4:18
6."Omoide wa Kireide (Father's day edit)" (Music Video)2:51
7."Ref:rain" (Music Video)4:51
8."Hanabiratachi no March" (Music Video)3:17
9."Kachoufugetsu" (Music Video)5:49
10."Hana no Uta" (Music Video)6:32
Total length:44:58
Blu-ray 2: Aimer Hall Tour 18/19 "soleil et pluie" Live
No.TitleLength
1."soleil"1:06
2."ONE"5:43
3."Monochrome Syndrome"4:41
4."Believe Be:leave"5:17
5."3min"3:19
6."Anata ni Deawanakereba ~ Natsu Yuki Fuyuka ~"6:18
7."Kyō Kara Omoide (Evergreen ver. )"5:18
8."Kataomoi"3:53
9."Omoide wa Kirei de"4:33
10."Ref:Rain"5:00
11."Mabayui Bakari"4:25
12."Hana no Uta"6:22
13."Black Bird"3:50
14."After Rain -Scarlet ver.-"5:04
15."Hz"7:03
16."Chouchou Musubi"5:49
Total length:77:41

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [8]

Charts

Album

Weekly charts
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard ) [9] 3
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [10] 2
South Korean International Albums (Gaon)67
Year-end charts
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 56
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [12] 76

Singles

TitleYearPeak positions
JPN
Oricon

JPN
Billboard
"Ref:rain / Mabayui bakari"20186 [13] 6 [14]
"Black Bird / Tiny Dancers / Omoide wa Kireide"5 [15] 3 [16]
"I beg you / Hanabiratachi no March / Sailing"20191 [17] 2 [18]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWork/NomineeResult
2018 Newtype Anime Awards Best Theme Song"Hana no Uta"
(from anime film Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower )
4th place [19]
2019"I beg you"
(from anime film Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly )
5th place [20]

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