Wave Runner

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WAVE RUNNER
Capsule Wave Runner album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 18, 2015
September 2, 2015 (repackaged)
RecordedAugust – November 2014
Genre Big room house, complextro
Length40:17
LanguageEnglish, with some Japanese
Label
Producer Yasutaka Nakata
Capsule chronology
CAPS LOCK
(2013)
WAVE RUNNER
(2015)
Metro Pulse
(2022)
Singles from Wave Runner
  1. "Feel Again"
    Released: December 27, 2014 (digital download)
  2. "Another World"
    Released: January 28, 2015 (digital download)

Wave Runner (stylized as WAVE RUNNER) is the fifteenth studio album by Japanese electronica band Capsule, released on February 18, 2015, by Warner Music Japan sublabel Unborde. The album debuted at the fifth spot on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart with 11,395 copies. [1]

Contents

Background

The album was announced on August 9, 2014, at their performance in Rock in Japan Fes, as being due for release later that year. [2] The duo performed songs from the album in October and November 2014. Some of the new songs were subjects of continuous rearrangements by Yasutaka Nakata from time to time, with the final versions included in the album. After several months with no further word of the album's release, Unborde announced on November 28, 2014 the album title, track list, cover and promotional photo. [3]

An untitled song from the album, later revealed as "Feel Again", was used as a tie-up song to the illumination Christmas show project of Canal City Hakata. [4] [5]

A new version of the Appleseed Alpha movie theme song "Depth" with Toshiko Koshijima's vocals was included in the album.

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Yasutaka Nakata. All vocals (*) by Toshiko Koshijima.

Regular edition

CD
No.TitleLength
1."Wave Runner"1:16
2."Another World" (*)4:25
3."Dreamin’ Boy" (*)5:20
4."Hero" (*)4:12
5."Dancing Planet"4:52
6."Depth" (vocal dub mix*)4:03
7."Feel Again" (*)3:50
8."Unrequited Love" (*)4:37
9."White As Snow" (*)4:11
10."Beyond The Sky"3:41

Limited edition bonus disc

No.TitleLength
1."Another World" (extended mix)5:44
2."Hero" (extended mix)5:52
3."Feel Again" (extended mix)5:25
4."White As Snow" (extended mix)5:10

Deluxe Edition

CD
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Wave Runner" 1:16
2."Another World" (*) 4:25
3."Dreamin’ Boy" (*) 5:20
4."Hero" (*) 4:12
5."Dancing Planet" 4:52
6."Depth" (vocal dub mix*) 4:03
7."Feel Again" (*) 3:50
8."Unrequited Love" (*) 4:37
9."White As Snow" (*) 4:11
10."Beyond The Sky" 3:41
11."Dreamin' Boy" (remix*) 3:37
12."Dancing Planet" (remix featuring VERBAL of m-flo)Verbal4:23

Charts and certifications

Japanese charts

ChartPeak
position
Sales
Oricon Daily Albums3 [6] 6,931 [7]
Oricon Weekly Albums5 [8] 11,395 [9]
Oricon Monthly Albums28 [10] 13,465 [11]

Sales and certifications

ChartAmount
Oricon sales
(incl. repackage)
18,559 [12]

Release history

CountryDateFormat(s)Label
JapanFebruary 18, 2015 CD, Digital download, 2CD Unborde

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