Petit (EP)

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Petit
Uapetit.jpg
EP by
Ua
ReleasedOctober 21, 1995 (1995-10-21)
Recorded1995
Genre
Length32:19
Label Speedstar Records
Producer
Ua chronology
Petit
(1995)
11
(1996)
Singles from Petit
  1. "Horizon"
    Released: June 21, 1995
  2. "Taiyō Te ni Tsuki wa Kokoro no Ryōte ni"
    Released: February 21, 1996

Petit is an EP by Japanese singer-songwriter Ua, released on October 21, 1995. Like its lead single, Petit also failed to chart on the Oricon charts. The EP was re-issued on September 22, 2005. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ua

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Horizon" Hiroshi Fujiwara 4:55
2."Yume wo Mita Sakana" (夢を見た魚 "The Fish Who Dreamt")Fujiwara4:19
3."Song + Sky"Fujiwara, Hirofumi Asamoto4:50
4."Taiyō Te ni Tsuki wa Kokoro no Ryōte ni"Fujiwara, Asamoto5:24
5."Ondo" (温度 "Temperature")Fujiwara5:55
6."Horizon (Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die Mix: Fumiya Tanaka Re-Mix Version)"Fujiwara6:51
Total length:32:19

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References

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