What Turns You On?

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What Turns You On?
CNBLUE - What Turns You On album cover.jpeg
Regular edition cover
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 28, 2013 (2013-08-28)
Recorded2012–2013
Genre Rock
Length40:21
Language Japanese English
Label Warner Music Japan
CNBLUE chronology
Re:Blue
(2013)
What Turns You On?
(2013)
Present
(2013)
Singles from What Turns You On?
  1. "Robot"
    Released: December 19, 2012
  2. "Blind Love"
    Released: April 21, 2013
  3. "Lady"
    Released: July 31, 2013

What Turns You On? (stylized What turns you on?) is a Japanese studio album by the South Korean rock band CNBLUE. It was released on August 28, 2013 as the group's fourth Japanese album [1] and their second major album under Warner Music Japan. [2]

Contents

Background

The album was announced on July 12, on the group's official website, along with the first details about it. On July 23, jacket covers of all editions of the album were revealed, along with a promotional photo. Track listing of the album was revealed on July 31, containing, in total, eleven songs. [3]

Editions

The album was released in four editions:

Composition

The album comes with eleven songs, three singles, three songs already released on the singles and five new songs. Most part of the songs included on the album were composed and written by the members Jung Yong-hwa and Lee Jong-hyun. Yong-hwa wrote and composed the songs "Lady", "One More Time", "Change", "Don't Care", "Greedy Man", "Robot" (both Japanese and English versions) and "Let Me Know", while Jong-hyun wrote and composed the songs "Blind Love", "Crying Out", "I Can't Believe" and "Starlit Night".

Singles

Three songs from the album were released as singles:

The first single, "Robot", was released on December 19, 2012. The song was originally written by the member Yong-hwa, with Japanese translation by Kosuke Oba. The physical single ranked number 2 on Oricon 's singles chart, selling 42,563 in its first week and charted for seven weeks. [8] The song "Starlit Night", one of the b-sides included of the single, was included on the album as track #10. An English version of the song was included as bonus track of the limited edition type A.

The second single, "Blind Love", was released on April 24, 2013. The song was written by Jong-hyun and composed by Jong-hyun and Vinyl House. The physical single ranked number 4 on Oricon's singles chart, selling 47,577 copies in its first week, charting for nine weeks. [9] The song "Greedy Man", one of the b-sides of the single, was included on the album as track #6.

The third and final single of the album, "Lady", was released on July 31, 2013. The song was written by Yong-hwa with Kosube Oba and composed by Yong-hwa and Park Hyun-woo. The physical single ranked at number 4 on Oricon's singles chart, selling 42,169 in its first week. [10] The song "Don't Care", first b-side of the single, was included on the album as track #5.

Track listing

Standard Track list [11]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Lady" Jung Yong-hwa, Kosuke Oba Jung Yong-hwa, Park Hyun-woo3:21
2."One More Time" Jung Yong-hwa, Kosuke Oba Jung Yong-hwa, Ryo3:12
3."Change" Jung Yong-hwa Jung Yong-hwa, Ryo, Vinyl House3:16
4."Blind Love" Lee Jong-hyun Lee Jong-hyun, Vinyl House4:04
5."Don't Care" Jung Yong-hwa Jung Yong-hwa 3:27
6."Greedy Man" Jung Yong-hwa Jung Yong-hwa, Kim Jae-yang3:27
7."Robot" Jung Yong-hwa, Kosuke Oba (Japanese translator) Jung Yong-hwa, Kosuke Oba3:19
8."Crying Out" Lee Jong-hyun Lee Jong-hyun, Ryo3:47
9."I Can't Believe" Lee Jong-hyun Lee Jong-hyun, Kim Jae-yang3:22
10."Starlit Night" Lee Jong-hyun Lee Jong-hyun 5:30
11."Let Me Know" Jung Yong-hwa Jung Yong-hwa, Ryo, Vinyl House3:37
Total length:40:21
Limited Edition Type A bonus track: [12]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
12."Robot" (English version) Jung Yong-hwa Jung Yong-hwa, Kosuke Oba3:17
Total length:43:37
DVD (Limited Edition type A): a-nation musicweek Charge Go! Weider in Jelly Rock Nation @ Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium 2012.8.12 [12]
No.TitleLength
1."Hey You" 
2."Kimio" 
3."In My Head" 
4."One More Time" (Music video) 
5."One More Time" (Music video - Special feature) 
DVD (Limited Edition type B): Odaiba United States presents Kira Kira Winter Live 2012.12.25 [13]
No.TitleLength
1."Have a Good Night" 
2."Wake Up" 
3."Where You Are" 
4."The Way part 1 ~One Time~" 
5."Robot" 
6."Time is Over" 

Chart performance

Oricon

Oricon chartPeakDebut salesSales total
Daily Albums Chart226,92143,492+
Weekly Albums Chart243,492

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Japan August 28, 2013 CD, [1] Digital download Warner Music Japan

References

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  2. "JAPAN MAJOR 2nd ALBUM発売決定!!" (in Japanese). Warner Music Group. 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  3. "CNBLUE、シングルに続いてロックなニューアルバム発表" (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
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