Run (Tofubeats album)

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RUN
Tofubeats RUN album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 3, 2018
Genre J-pop
Length50:17
Label unBORDE
Tofubeats chronology
Fantasy Club
(2017)
RUN
(2018)
Reflection
(2022)

Run, stylized as RUN, is the fifth studio album by Japanese producer tofubeats, and his fourth on a major label. It was released on October 3, 2018, through Warner Music Japan subsidiary unBORDE. [1]

Contents

Release

The album was released on October 3, 2018. The album was preceded by multiple singles, including "Immortal Love", which was used in the show Den'ei Shōjo - Video Girl Ai 2018, [2] "RUN", and "River", which was used as the theme song for the movie Asako I & II. [3] [4] A remixes album, titled RUN REMIXES, was released on September 4, 2020. [5]

Track listing

Regular edition
No.TitleLength
1."RUN"1:54
2."skit"0:47
3."Immortal Love" (ふめつのこころ)3:17
4."Moonlight"4:35
5."You Make Me Acid"7:08
6."Return to Sender"6:13
7."Bullet TRN"6:19
8."Newtown"3:53
9."Sometimes"3:57
10."Dead Wax"1:59
11."River"4:33
12."Immortal Love Slowdown" (ふめつのこころ SLOWDOWN)5:37
Total length:50:17

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Oricon [6] 22

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