Tameiki (album)

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ため息
(Tameiki)
Shibatajuntameikial.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2003
Genre J-pop
Length0:53:39
Label Dreamusic
Producer Jun Shibata
Jun Shibata chronology
Oort no Kumo
(2002)
ため息
(Tameiki)

(2003)
Hitori
(2004)

Tameiki (Sigh) is Jun Shibata's second studio album and best-selling to date. It was released on February 26, 2003 and peaked at No. 12 in Japan.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Yume (夢; Dream)
  2. Tonari no heya (隣の部屋; The Room Next Door)
  3. Kataomoi (片想い; One-Sided Love)
  4. Circus~Piano Solo~ (サーカス~Piano Solo~; Circus)
  5. Haikei, oujisama☆ (拝啓、王子様☆; Dear, Prince)
  6. Gekkouyoku (月光浴; Moonlight Bath)
  7. Utsukushii hito (美しい人; Beautiful Person)
  8. Nani mo nai basho-Hikigatari- (なにもない場所-弾き語り-; Empty Place: Hikigatari) 1
  9. Tameiki (ため息; Sigh)
  10. Tsuki no mado (月の窓; Window of the Moon)
  11. Mejiro no kokoro~Piano Solo~ (めじろの心~Piano Solo~; White-Eyed Heart: Piano Solo)

1Hikigatari means to sing to one's own accompaniment.

Charts

ReleaseChartPeak positionSales total
February 26, 2003Oricon Weekly Albums Chart1283,503

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