Seed (Mami Kawada album)

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Seed
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Limited Edition
Studio album by Mami Kawada
Released March 29, 2006
Genre J-Pop
Length58:10
Label Geneon
Producer I've Sound
Mami Kawada chronology
Seed
(2006)
Savia
(2008)
Alternative cover
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Regular Edition

Seed is Mami Kawada's debut album which was released on March 29, 2006. This album is under Geneon and was produced by I've Sound. This album also includes her first two singles "Radiance / Chi ni Kaeru: On the Earth", and "Hishoku no Sora" and the collaboration single "Face of Fact (Resolution Ver.)" with KOTOKO. It peaked at the #12 spot in the Oricon charts and charted for 5 weeks.

Mami Kawada Japanese pop singer

Mami Kawada is a Japanese pop singer who is signed to NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan and is a member of I've Sound, a musical group which produces soundtracks for eroge and anime. Born and raised in Sapporo, Japan, Kawada made her musical debut in 2001 after being discovered by her music teacher Eiko Shimamiya with the release of the song "Kaze to Kimi o Daite". She released her first single, a split-single with musician Kotoko, in 2002, and her first solo single was released in 2005. Her first album, Seed, was released in 2006. She first performed overseas in Taiwan in 2007 and later appeared at the Bangkok Comic Con in Thailand in 2014.

I've Sound, or simply called I've, is a Japanese techno/trance music production group based in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Led by Kazuya Takase, it features the talents of seasoned "sound creators" and many different female vocalists, known as utahime (歌姫) to their fans.

Hishoku no Sora single

"Hishoku no Sora" is the second single of J-pop singer Mami Kawada. The title track was used as the first intro theme to the anime Shakugan no Shana. This single peaked at the #11 spot on the Oricon charts and has sold 16,503 copies on its first week. It stayed at the Oricon weekly charts for 18 weeks and sold a total of 36,661 copies overall.

The album will come in a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCA-1080) and a regular CD only edition (GNCA-1081). The DVD will contain the promotional video for SEED.

Track listing

  1. roots—4:13
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Maiko Iuchi
  2. Hishoku no Sora (緋色の空) -- 4:15
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
  3. Radiance -- 4:21
    Composition & Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada & KOTOKO
  4. Seed—5:30
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
  5. Precious - 4:59
    Composition: Shinji Orito
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
  6. Kanashimi no Mori(悲しみの森) -- 5:45
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: C.G mix
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
  7. IMMORAL—4:26
    Composition & Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Lyrics: KOTOKO
  8. Hirusagari no Gogo(昼下がりの午後) -- 5:09
    Composition & Arrangement: Maiko Iuchi
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
  9. Not Fill—5:09
    Composition & Arrangement: Kazuya Takase, Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
  10. Undelete -- 5:19
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Maiko Iuchi
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
  11. You give... -- 5:02
    Composition & Arrangement: Maiko Iuchi
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada
  12. another planet ~twilight~ -- 4:01
    Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
    Arrangement: Maiko Iuchi
    Lyrics: Mami Kawada

Charts and sales

Oricon Ranking
(Weekly)
SalesTime in chart
1225,1005 weeks


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