15 Doors

15 Doors

Regular edition cover
Studio album by Moumoon
Released March 2, 2011
(see release history)
Recorded 2009–2011
Genre Pop
Length 57:02
Language Japanese
Label Avex Trax
Moumoon chronology
Spark
(2010)
15 Doors
(2011)
No Night Land
(2012)
Singles from 15 Doors
  1. "Evergreen"
    Released: February 25, 2009
  2. "On the Right"
    Released: July 22, 2009
  3. "Aoi Tsuki to Ambivalence na Ai"
    Released: November 25, 2009
  4. "Sunshine Girl"
    Released: May 12, 2010
  5. "Moonlight / Sky High / YAY"
    Released: November 10, 2010

15 Doors is the second studio album by Japanese pop duo Moumoon. It was released in March 2, 2011 in 3 different editions: 2 CD+DVD (Type A comes with all music videos released until "15 Doors" and type B comes with a live concert) and a Regular edition.[1]

Composition

All songs from the album was written by the member Yuka and produced by the member Kousuke Masaki.

Singles

The album has a total of 5 singles released. The first single of the album is the song "Evergreen", released in February 25, 2009. The physical single ranked #54 in Oricon's Weekly chart.[2] The song was chosen as theme song for the movie Kafu wo Machiwabite and ending theme song for the TV shows Akko ni Omakase and Megadigi, both from TBS.

The second single is the song "On the Right", released in July 22, 2009. It ranked #50 in Oricon's Weekly chart and stayed on the chart for 1 week.[3] The song was used for Dinos "Fuji TV Flower" TV advertisement.

The third single is the song "Aoi Tsuki to Ambivalence na Ai" (Japanese: 青い月とアンビバレンスな愛), released in November 25, 2009. It ranked #36 in Oricon's Weekly chart and stayed on the chart for 2 weeks.[4] The song was chosen as ending theme song for the 3D anime "To (Too)".

The fourth single is the song "Sunshine Girl", released in May 12, 2010. The single ranked #10 in Oricon's Weekly chart, making the first top 10 single of the duo.[5] The song was chosen as theme song for Shiseido's "Anessa" and Sony Ericsson × MTV "Transform Your Xperia" TV advertisements.

The fifth and last single are the songs "Moonlight / Sky High / YAY", released in November 10, 2010. It is the first triple A-side single of the duo. It ranked #18 in Oricon's Weekly chart.[6] "Moonlight" was used as theme song for Aeon's "Full Moon Rose" TV advertisement. "Sky High" (Japanese: スカイハイ) was used as "H.I.S." campaign song. Although all songs are A-sides, the song "Sky High" didn't entered in the album.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Yuka, all music composed by Kousuke Masaki.

Official track list[7]
No. Title Length
1. "We Go" (Intro) 1:34
2. "15 Doors"   3:58
3. "One Step"   4:02
4. "Sunshine Girl"   3:50
5. "Moonlight"   3:45
6. "Blue Rain"   4:13
7. "Aoi Tsuki to Ambivalence na Ai" (青い月とアンビバレンスな愛; The Blue Moon And An Ambivalent Love) 5:18
8. "Hallelujah" (ハレルヤ; Hareruya) 4:22
9. "YAY"   3:42
10. "Evergreen"   5:30
11. "Destiny"   3:19
12. "Tengoku ni Ichiban Tooi Basho" (天国に一番遠い場所; The Farthest Place Is Heaven) 4:27
13. "On the Right"   3:46
14. "Happy Unbirthday"   4:41
15. "Farewell" (Outro) 0:44
Total length:
57:02

Charts

Oricon Chart

Released Oricon Chart Peak Debut Sales Sales Total Chart Run
March 2, 2011 Daily Albums Chart 8 14,905 30,000+ 16 weeks
Weekly Albums Chart[10] 8

Other charts

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Japan Top Albums[11] 8

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Japan March 2, 2011 Digital download,[12] CD[7] Avex Trax

References

  1. 1 2 "15 Doors : moumoon : avex network". Avex Group. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  2. "EVERGREEN moumoonのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  3. "On the right moumoonのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  4. "青い月とアンビバレンスな愛 moumoonのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  5. "Sunshine Girl moumoonのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  6. "moonlight/スカイハイ/YAY moumoonのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  7. 1 2 "15 Doors moumoonのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  8. "15 Doors (DVD Type A) : moumoon : avex network". Avex Group. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  9. "15 Doors (DVD Type B) : moumoon : avex network". Avex Group. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  10. "2011年02月28日~2011年03月06日のCDアルバム週間ランキング (Oricon's Weekly chart for March 14th)". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  11. "Top Albums / JAPAN Charts / Billboard JAPAN". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  12. "iTunes - ミュージック - moumoon「15 Doors」". iTunes. Retrieved 2012-02-17.

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