| Red | ||||
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| Released | July 3, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Power pop, alternative rock | |||
| Label | Motorod, Toshiba EMI [1] | |||
| Producer | Masato "Max" Matsuura (exec.), Tetsurō Oda [1] | |||
| Nanase Aikawa chronology | ||||
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Red is Nanase Aikawa's first album, released on July 3, 1996 by Motorod and distributed by Toshiba EMI. [1] It includes her first four singles. The album reached #1 on Oricon charts and sold over two million copies, as certified by the RIAJ. [2]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hikari to Kage no Labyrinth (光と影の迷宮, Labyrinth of light and shadow)" | Sakuya, Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | 5:52 |
| 2. | "Yume Miru Shoujo ja Irarenai (夢見る少女じゃいられない, I can't stay a dreamer)" | Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | 4:18 |
| 3. | "Like a Hard Rain" | Nanase Aikawa, Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Shake Me Baby" | Nanase Aikawa | Tetsuya Mori, Tetsurō Oda | Makoto Akiba, Tetsuya Mori, Tetsurō Oda | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Sayonara" | Nanase Aikawa | Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | 4:57 |
| 6. | "Break Out!" | Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | 4:13 |
| 7. | "Glory Days" | Nanase Aikawa, Koji Ide (rap) | Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | 3:28 |
| 8. | "Love Me" | Nanase Aikawa | Akira Horie | Akira Horie | 4:10 |
| 9. | "Bye-bye. (バイバイ。)" | Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | 4:37 |
| 10. | "Saigo no Yoru (最後の夜, The last night)" | Nanase Aikawa | Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | 4:42 |
| 11. | Untitled | Nanase Aikawa | Tetsurō Oda | Tetsurō Oda | 5:35 |
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