Square the Circle (Mami Kawada album)

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Square the Circle
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 8, 2012 (2012-08-08)
Label Geneon Entertainment
Producer I've Sound
Mami Kawada chronology
Linkage
(2010)
Square the Circle
(2012)
Mami Kawada BEST ~BIRTH~
(2013)

Square the Circle (stylized as SQUARE THE CIRCLE) is an unreleased album by J-pop singer Mami Kawada. It was released on August 8, 2012, by Geneon Universal Entertainment. [1] The album includes thirteen tracks which includes her singles "No Buts!", "See Visions" and "Serment".

The album came in a limited CD+Blu-ray edition (GNCV-1030) [2] and a regular CD-only edition (GNCV-1031). [3] The limited edition also includes the music videos of "Hishoku no Sora", "Seed" and "Portamento". [4]

The album has been a commercial success, reaching the peak position of #22 on the Oricon Albums Chart. [5]

Track listing

  1. SQUARE THE CIRCLE—5:25
    Composition/Arrangement: Takase Kazuya
  2. No Buts!—3:37
    Composition: Nakazawa Tomoyuki
    Arrangement: Nakazawa Tomoyuki, Ozaki Takeshi
  3. my buddy—4:30
    Composition: Nakazawa Tomoyuki
    Arrangement: Nakazawa Tomoyuki, Ozaki Takeshi
  4. Don't stop me now!—4:07
    Composition/Arrangement: Iuchi Maiko
  5. Clap!Clap!Clap!—4:31
    Composition: Ozaki Takeshi
    Arrangement: Nakazawa Tomoyuki, Ozaki Takeshi
  6. Usual...—3:38
    Composition/Arrangement: Kawada Mami, Nakazawa Tomoyuki, Ozaki Takeshi
  7. See visionS—5:24
    Composition/Arrangement: Iuchi Maiko
  8. live a lie—6:21
    Composition/Arrangement: C.G mix
  9. Midnight trip // memories of childhood—4:11
    Composition/Arrangement: Takase Kazuya
  10. Rasen Kaidan (らせん階段, Spiral staircase)—4:47
    Composition/Arrangement: Iuchi Maiko
  11. F—5:50
    Composition/Arrangement: NakaZaki Mai (Nakazawa + Ozaki + Maiko)
  12. Going back to square one—3:50
    Composition: Ozaki Takeshi
    Arrangement: Nakazawa Tomoyuki, Ozaki Takeshi
  13. Serment—4:10
    Composition: Nakazawa Tomoyuki
    Arrangement: Nakazawa Tomoyuki, Ozaki Takeshi

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References

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