Songbird (Kokia album)

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Songbird
Kokia song.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 16, 1999 (1999-07-16)
Recorded1998–1999
Genre J-pop
Length48:18
1:03:01 (re-release)
Label Pony Canyon
Producer Toshifumi Hinata
Kokia chronology
Songbird
(1999)
Trip Trip
(2002)

The Voice
(2008)

Kokia Complete Collection 1998–1999
(2008)

Fairy Dance: Kokia Meets Ireland
(2008)
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Watashi wa Utau Kotori Desu (私は歌う小鳥です, I'm a Little Songbird)"KokiaKokia2:53
2."Soyokaze ga Sōgen o Naderu Yō ni (そよ風が草原をなでるように, Like a Gentle Breeze Stroking the Grasslands)"KokiaKokia, Toshifumi Hinata 5:06
3."I Catch a Cold"KokiaKokia3:08
4."Shiroi Yuki (白い雪, White Snow)"KokiaKokia4:21
5."River"KokiaKokia4:21
6."Hirusagari no Toki (昼下がりの時, Early Afternoon)"KokiaKokia4:05
7."You"HinataHinata5:05
8."Live Alone"KokiaKokia5:52
9."Arigatō... (ありがとう・・・, Thank You...)"KokiaKokia4:08
10."Erika (エリカ)"KokiaKokia4:04
11."Aishiteiru Kara (Sincerely Version) (愛しているから, Because I Love You)" Yukiyo Mizuno Hinata4:54
Kokia Complete Collection 1998–1999
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Arigatō..."KokiaKokia4:08
2."River"KokiaKokia4:21
3."Live Alone"KokiaKokia5:52
4."Aishiteiru Kara"Yukiyo MizunoHinata5:08
5."Tears in Love"KokiaHinata5:02
6."Watashi wa Utau Kotori Desu"KokiaKokia2:53
7."Hirusagari no Toki"KokiaKokia4:05
8."Soyokaze ga Sōgen o Naderu Yō ni"KokiaKokia, Hinata5:06
9."Blue Night"KokiaHinata4:15
10."Shiroi Yuki"KokiaKokia4:21
11."Erika"KokiaKokia4:04
12."I Catch a Cold"KokiaKokia3:08
13."You"HinataHinata5:05
14."Aishiteiru Kara (Sincerely Version)"Yukiyo MizunoHinata4:54

Personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Japan July 16, 1999 [1] Pony Canyon CDPCCA-1351
Asia October 1, 1999 [13] Pony Canyon (HK)CDACCA-1351
Japan re-releaseSeptember 17, 2008 [3] Pony CanyonCD+DVDPCCA-2748

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