The Empire Strikes Start!!

The Empire Strikes Start!!
Studio album by Empire
Released	April 11, 2018 (2018-04-11)
Genre	J-pop
Length	47:39
Language	Japanese
Label	WACK Avex
Empire chronology
The Empire Strikes Start!! (2018) Empire Originals (2018)

The Empire Strikes Start!! is the debut studio album from Japanese girl group Empire. It was released on April 11, 2018, by Avex. The album consists of eleven tracks. ^[1] The song "Black to the dreamlight" was used as the third closing theme for the anime Black Clover . ^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"For Example??"	BeeViCee	Oni	4:20
2.	"Buttocks beat! beat!"	Hakei Tsubanebuyu Alumi Foil, Kenta Matsukuma,	Kenta Matsukuma	3:17
3.	"Black to the dreamlight"	Beat mint boyz	Kenta Matsukuma	5:47
4.	"Mad Love"	Fujun Sasaki	Kenta Matsukuma	4:42
5.	"Don't tell me why"	Yu-ki Empire	Kenta Matsukuma	3:35
6.	"Tokyo Moonlight"	Mayu Empire	Kenta Matsukuma	3:55
7.	"Empire is Coming"	Beat mint boyz	Kenta Matsukuma	3:27
8.	"Dead Body" (デッドバディ)	Iku Ryuguji	Kenta Matsukuma	4:09
9.	"Little Boy"	Yuka Empire	Kenta Matsukuma	4:58
10.	"Kono Sekai no Katasumi de" (コノ世界ノ片隅デ)	You-Oh Oki, Yuka Empire	You-Oh Oki	4:22
11.	"Akarui Mirai" (アカルイミライ)	JxSxK	Kenta Matsukuma	5:12
Total length:				47:39

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [3]	7
Japanese Albums ( Billboard ) [4]	4

References

1. "EMPiRE、本日4/11リリースの1stフル・アルバム『THE EMPiRE STRiKES START!!』より昨日夜まで撮影を続けた「MAD LOVE」MV公開". Skream!.
2. "WACK×avex新グループ EMPiRE、4/11リリースの1stフル・アルバム・リード曲「Black to the dreamlight」がTVアニメ"ブラッククローバー"EDテーマに決定". Skream!.
3. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2018-04-23" (in Japanese). Oricon.
4. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2019-04-09" (in Japanese).