Presents (Maki Ohguro album)

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Presents
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Studio album by
Released11 December 2002
Recorded2002
Genre Japanese pop, Jazz
Length64:00
Label EMI Japan
Producer Satoshi Takebe
Maki Ohguro chronology
O
(2001)
Presents
(2002)
Rhythm Black
(2003)

Presents is the ninth studio album by Japanese J-pop singer and songwriter Maki Ohguro. It was released on 11 December 2002 under EMI Japan. [1]

Contents

This album doesn't consist of any singles, instead it became a conceptual album about theme "love". Compared to the other albums, the music on the album sounds less pop-rock and carries calmer and jazzy feeling.

Takeshi Hayama, main producer of her albums since debut, wasn't involved in the production of this album. Satoshi Takebe, the member of the band Kokua is the main producer of this album with many other music arrangers from Universal Music Japan as well. [2]

The album reached No. 18 in its first week on the Oricon chart. The album sold 28,000 copies. [3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Maki Ohguro; all music is composed by Maki Ohguro [4]

No.TitleArrangersLength
1."Mayonaka no Whistle (真夜中のホイッスル)"Toshiya Shimizu5:25
2.""Aishiteru" no Kawari ni ~Everything in my heart~ (『愛してる』のかわりに~Everything in my heart~)"Kento Hiidani5:39
3."True Love"Shimizu5:27
4."Come To Me,Once Again"Keiji Tanabe5:59
5."Umi Demo Ikouka (海でも行こうか)"Satoshi Takebe3:20
6."Kiichigo (キイチゴ)"Hiidani6:29
7."Akai Ito (赤い糸)"Takebe6:02
8."Lonely Child"Takebe6:07
9."River"Tanabe3:55
10."3-Call & 1-Mail"Takebe5:14
11."Saigo no Present (最後のプレゼント)"Takebe4:41
12."Ai no Uta (愛のうた)"Takebe5:11

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