Violet Blaze

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Violet Blaze
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 3, 2017
Genre Dance, pop
Label FABTONE Inc. (Japan)
Producer Robert de Boron
Nana Kitade chronology
Ai to Hate
(2011)
Violet Blaze
(2017)
Singles from Violet Blaze
  1. "Bad Babe's Dreamer"
    Released: September 19, 2016

Violet Blaze is the fourth studio album by Japanese singer Nana Kitade, and her first solo album in eight years.

Contents

Release and promotion

The first press for the normal edition came with the "Violet Jewel Case". Nana held a release party concert on 3 June titled at Shibuya Mt. Rainier Hall in Tokyo. [1] On 30 March, the jacket of the CD was revealed. Upon its release, the album reached number one on Japan's iTunes chart and stayed there for 3 weeks, becoming Nana's most successful album since 18-eighteen-.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Make-Believe" 
2."Saddest Song" 
3."One Night Story" 
4."Borrowed Time" 
5."Canary" 
6."Bad Babe's Dreamer" 
7."Nasty Radio" 
8."Just A Day" 
9."Violet Blaze" (Instrumental) 
10."Shed One Tear" 
11."Shine Drops" 

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<i>Cutie Bunny</i> 2006 EP by Nana Kitade

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<i>Berry Berry Singles</i> 2007 compilation album by Nana Kitade

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<i>Slave of Kiss</i> 2006 EP by Nana Kitade

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Antoinette Blue 2007 single by Nana Kitade

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"Siren" is a single released by Nana Kitade under the pseudonym Ruby Gloom. The title track "Siren" is being used as the theme song for the Japanese release of the Canadian animated series Ruby Gloom. The limited edition of this single comes with a DVD. The single was produced by former Megadeth guitarist, Marty Friedman, who also produced her reworks of "Kesenai Tsumi", and Alice From her "Berry Berry Singles" Album.

Tsukihana 2009 single by Nana Kitade

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<i>Bondage</i> (album) 2009 studio album by Nana Kitade

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Kibou no Kakera 2006 single by Nana Kitade

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<i>Ai to Hate</i> 2011 EP by Nana Kitade

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Feel Sick 2013 single by The Teenage Kissers

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Last Snowdome 2016 single by Nana Kitade

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References

  1. "SHOWS= 北出菜奈♡NANA KITADE Official Website".