Voice of Earth

Voice of Earth
CD cover
Studio album by alan
Released	March 4, 2009 (2009-03-04)
Recorded	2007–2009
Genre	Alternative rock, pop
Length	70:57
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Masato Matsuura (Executive producer), Kazuhito Kikuchi
Alan chronology
Voice of Earth (2009) My Life (2009)
Alternative cover
CD+DVD Cover

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Tennyo: interlude (天女 ~interlude~, Celestial Maiden: interlude) [note 1] "		Kazuhito Kikuchi & Tatsugoo	Kazuhito Kikuchi & Tatsugoo	3:10
2.	"Ashita e no Sanka"	Shinji Nojima	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Yūta Nakano	5:04
3.	"Sora Uta"	Yūho Iwasato	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Yūta Nakano	4:19
4.	"Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future"	Taeko Onuki	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Yūta Nakano	5:41
5.	"Hitotsu"	Yumi Yoshimoto	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Yūta Nakano	5:07
6.	"Kaze no Tegami"	Yūho Iwasato	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Yūta Nakano	5:00
7.	"Brave"	Yumi Kawanabe	Kazuhito Kikuchi	h-wonder	4:27
8.	"Yume no Garden (夢のガーデン, Dream Garden)"	alan, Yumi Kawanabe	Kazuhito Kikuchi	ats-	5:41
9.	"Gunjō no Tani"	Cocco	Cocco	tasuku	5:05
10.	"My Friend"	kenko-p	Kazuhito Kikuchi	tasuku	4:24
11.	"Liberty"	Yūho Iwasato	Kazuhito Kikuchi	SHiNTA	4:49
12.	"Tsuki ga Watashi (月がわたし, I Am the Moon)"	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Kazuhito Kikuchi	ats-	4:35
13.	"Red Cliff: Shin-Sen"	Goro Matsui	Taro Iwashiro	Yūta Nakano	5:57
14.	"Megumi no Ame"	Toko Furūchi	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Yūta Nakano	5:13
15.	"Together [note 2] "	Miki Matsui	Alan Dawa Dolma	Yūta Nakano	4:27
Total length:					70:57

Tower Records Exclusive Bonus CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Red Cliff: Shin-Sen (Modern Rock Version)"	Goro Matsui	5:23
Total length:			5:23

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"
2.	"Ashita e no Sanka"
3.	"Hitotsu"
4.	"Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future"
5.	"Sora Uta"
6.	"Kaze no Tegami"
7.	"Red Cliff: Shin-Sen"
8.	"Megumi no Ame"
9.	"Gunjō no Tani"
10.	"Choir (Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future)"
11.	"Together"
12.	"Outro Gunjō no Tani Making Video"

Charts

Japan

Chart	Peak position	Sales total
Oricon Daily Chart	10
Oricon Weekly Chart	15	23,568 [8]

Taiwan

Chart	Peak Position	Peak Sale Percentage
G-Music Jpop/Kpop Chart [9]	5	3.91%
Five Music Jpop/Kpop Chart [10]	2	7.6%

Release history

Date	Country
March 4, 2009	Japan
March 13, 2009	Taiwan

Staff and personnel

• Sound Produced By: Kazuhito Kikuchi
• A&R chief: Kentaro Furusawa (Avex Trax)
• A&R: Maiko Shino (Avex Trax)
• Sound director: Yoshihisa Tokuda (Avex Entertainment Inc.)
• Mixed by: Koji Morimoto (Prime Sound Studio Form)
• Mastered by: Tom Cayne at Sterling Sound, NYC
• Visual director: Atsushi Sawamaru (Avex Trax)
• Art director: Shinichi Hana
• Designer: Tomokazu Suzuki (Momya)
• Photographer: Lesley Kee (Supersonic)
• Hair & Makeup: Mayumi Watanabe (Gon.)
• Styling: Saoli Iguchi
• Creative coordinator: Kanako Shino (Avex Marketing Inc.)
• Artist promotion: All Promotion Dept. Staff (Avex Marketing Inc.)
• Tie-Up coordinator: All Tie-Up Dept. Staff (Avex Marketing Inc.)
• Area promotion: All Area Branch Staff (Sapporo, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka)
• Sales promotion: Takeshi Nemoto, Atsushi Nishimoto, Tadayuki Minoda, Jun Yogi, Tomoko Nagaoka & All AMI Staff (Avex Marketing Inc.)
• Web designer & coordinator: Ayumi Kobayashi (Avex Marketing Inc.)
• Web promotion: Naoya Munemura (Avex Marketing Inc.)
• A&R desk: Yuka Nakanishi (Avex Trax)
• Live coordinator: Jun Ishikawa (Avex Live Creation)
• China A&R: Kunio Nakayama (Avex China Co. Ltd)
• Artist manager: Chen Tao, Zhang Guanyu (Avex Marketing Inc.)
• Artist management supervisor: Yoshihiro Seki, Noriyuki Morizane (Avex Marketing Inc.)
• Planner: Jun Harada (Avex Entertainment Inc./Avex Marketing Inc.)
• General director: Hiroshi "funaty" Ishimori (Avex Entertainment Inc.)
• Supervisor: Hidenori Handa
• Executive supervisor: Akihiro Terada (Avex Asia Holding Inc.)
• General producers: Ryuhei Chiba, Takashi Akira (Avex Entertainment Inc.)
• Executive producer: Masato Matsuura (Avex Group)

References

Notes

1. Sung in Tibetan.
2. Bonus track found only on first press.

Sources

1. "alan's New Single Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future Produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto". Oops! Music Community. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
2. "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen Oricon Page". Oricon . Retrieved 2009-03-03.
3. "Dynasty Warriors 5 SP CM, and His Latest Collaboration with Director John Woo Song". Inside Game. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
4. "Winter Drama Line-up". MSN Japan . Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
5. "Company CM Songs". Meiho Group. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
6. "Gunjō no Tani Oricon Page". Oricon . Retrieved 2009-03-03.
7. "TOWER RECORDS JP".
8. "Voice of Earth Oricon Rank". Oricon . Retrieved 2009-03-03.
9. "G-Music 風雲榜 (東洋榜)". Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
10. 五大唱片 (日韓榜)