Rainbow (Sayaka Yamamoto album)

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Rainbow
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Regular edition
Studio album by
Sayaka Yamamoto
ReleasedOctober 26, 2016 (2016-10-26)
Recorded2016
Genre J-pop
Length59:05
Label laugh out loud! records
Producer Yasushi Akimoto and Seiji Kameda
Sayaka Yamamoto chronology
Rainbow
(2016)		Identity
(2017)

Rainbow is the first album by Sayaka Yamamoto, a member of Japanese idol girl group NMB48. She made her solo debut with this album. [1] It was released on 26 October 2016 under the label laugh out loud records. There are two editions. The limited edition includes a DVD with music video and the regular edition has only audio CD. [2]

Contents

A musician Shikao Suga and Takuro, a guitarist of the rock band Glay provided a song but most of the songs and lyrics were written by herself. The sound producer is Seiji Kameda. He is best known as the former member of Tokyo Jihen. [3]

It was number three on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart with 50,375 copies sold. [4] It was number two on the Billboard Japan Album Sales Chart. [5]

Track listing

CD [6]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Rainbow Rose" (レインボーローズ)Sayaka YamamotoSayaka Yamamoto Seiji Kameda 4:34
2."Yukikoi" (雪恋)Sayaka YamamotoSayaka YamamotoSeiji Kameda3:56
3."Hitokoto" (ヒトコト)Junji IshiwatariRui MomotaSeiji Kameda4:04
4."Kanojo ni Naritai" (彼女になりたい)Sayaka YamamotoSayaka YamamotoSeiji Kameda4:00
5."Ai no Baton" (愛のバトン)Junji IshiwatariKōichi TsutayaSeiji Kameda4:47
6."Bad Days" Takuro TakuroSeiji Kameda & Takuro5:41
7."Tsukikage" (月影)Sayaka YamamotoSayaka YamamotoSeiji Kameda3:50
8."Smile" (スマイル)Seiji KamedaSeiji KamedaSeiji Kameda4:11
9."Kokoro no Tate" (心の盾)Sayaka YamamotoSayaka YamamotoSeiji Kameda4:37
10."Hitoiki Tsukinagara" (ひといきつきながら)Junpei IwataYūichi IkuzawaSeiji Kameda5:05
11."Gimonfu" (疑問符) Yasushi Akimoto Sayaka YamamotoSeiji Kameda4:58
12."Shiawase no Kakera" (幸せの欠片)Sayaka YamamotoSayaka YamamotoSeiji Kameda4:18
13."Melody" (メロディ) Shikao Suga Shikao SugaSeiji Kameda4:55
DVD [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Yukikoi Music Video" 
2."Special Footage 1 Rainbow Rose" 
3."Special Footage 2 Album "Rainbow" Making" 

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Japanese Albums ( Billboard ) [5] 2
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [4] 3

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