Party Time (ClariS album)
Party Time is the third studio album of the Japanese pop music duo ClariS, released on June 4, 2014 by SME Records. The album contains 12 music tracks, three of which were previously released on three of ClariS' singles. Three different editions of the album were released: a regular CD version and two limited editions. Party Time was the last time Clara and Alice performed as ClariS, with Alice leaving the duo.[1] Party Time peaked at No. 2 on the Japanese Oricon weekly albums chart.
Three of the songs were used as theme songs for anime: "Click" and "Step" were used as the opening theme songs to the 2014 anime television series Nisekoi;[2][3] and "Colorful" was the opening theme to the film Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion.[4]
Release and reception
Party Time was released on June 4, 2014 in three editions: a regular CD version and two limited editions.[5][6][7] One of the limited edition versions was bundled with two Nendoroid figures of ClariS.[7] The other limited edition version came with a DVD containing music videos of the songs "Click", "Step" and "Colorful", as well as non-credit opening videos for "Colorful", "Click" and "Reunion", and a collection of television commercials for each of ClariS' singles.[6] For the week of June 2, 2014 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, Party Time was reported to have sold 43,146 copies in its first week of sales, peaking at No. 2,[8] and charted for 12 weeks.[9]
Track listing
1. |
"Drawing" | Toshikazu Kadono | Toshikazu Kadono | Toshikazu Kadono |
4:28 |
2. |
"Click" | Kz | Kz | Kz |
4:29 |
3. |
"Nemurihime" (çœ ã‚Šå§« Sleeping Beauty) | RyÅsuke Shigenaga | RyÅsuke Shigenaga | RyÅsuke Shigenaga |
4:00 |
4. |
"Time" | Koh | Koh | Koh |
4:14 |
5. |
"Restart" | Mayuko Maruyama | Mayuko Maruyama | Mayuko Maruyama |
4:07 |
6. |
"Koinomi" (コイノミ) | Yoshie Isogai | Takamitsu Ono | Takamitsu Ono, Chihiro Tamaki |
3:17 |
7. |
"Step" | Kz | Kz | Kz |
4:15 |
8. |
"Dry Flower" (ドライフラワー Dorai FurawÄ) | Ion Okumura | Makoto Sakuma | Atsushi Yuasa |
4:56 |
9. |
"Topaz" (トパーズ TopÄzu) | ShÅ Watanabe | ShÅ Watanabe | Atsushi Yuasa |
3:54 |
10. |
"Kakurenbo" (ã‹ãれん㼠Hide and Seek) | Manabu Ida | Manabu Ida | RyÅsuke Shigenaga |
5:06 |
11. |
"Colorful" (カラフル Karafuru) | ShŠWatanabe | ShŠWatanabe | Atsushi Yuasa |
4:30 |
12. |
"Orange" | Mayuko Maruyama | Mayuko Maruyama | Mayuko Maruyama |
5:14 |
Total length: |
52:46 |
1. |
"Colorful (Music Video)" (カラフル Karafuru) |
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2. |
"Click (Music Video)" |
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3. |
"Step (Music Video)" |
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4. |
"TV Anime Ore no ImÅto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai. Non-credit Opening EizÅ" (TVアニメ「俺ã®å¦¹ãŒã“ã‚“ãªã«å¯æ„›ã„ã‚ã‘ãŒãªã„。ã€ãƒŽãƒ³ã‚¯ãƒ¬ã‚¸ãƒƒãƒˆã‚ªãƒ¼ãƒ—ãƒ‹ãƒ³ã‚°æ˜ åƒ TV Anime Ore no ImÅto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai. Non-credit Opening Video) |
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5. |
"Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion Non-credit Opening EizÅ" (ã€ŒåŠ‡å ´ç‰ˆ é”法少女ã¾ã©ã‹â˜†ãƒžã‚®ã‚«[æ–°ç·¨]å›é€†ã®ç‰©èªžã€ãƒŽãƒ³ã‚¯ãƒ¬ã‚¸ãƒƒãƒˆã‚ªãƒ¼ãƒ—ãƒ‹ãƒ³ã‚°æ˜ åƒ Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion Non-credit Opening Video) |
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6. |
"TV Anime Nisekoi First-half Non-credit Opening EizÅ" (TVアニメ「ニセコイã€å‰æœŸãƒŽãƒ³ã‚¯ãƒ¬ã‚¸ãƒƒãƒˆã‚ªãƒ¼ãƒ—ãƒ‹ãƒ³ã‚°æ˜ åƒ TV Anime Nisekoi First-half Non-credit Opening Video) |
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7. |
"Tie-up Anime Shutsuen no SeiyÅ« mo Sanka Shita Kaku Single no TV CM-shÅ«" (タイアップアニメ出演ã®å£°å„ªã‚‚å‚åŠ ã—ãŸå„シングルã®TV CM集 TV CM Collection of Each Single with the Voice Actors from the Tie-up Anime Also Participating) |
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Personnel
- ClariS
- Clara – vocals
- Alice – vocals
- Additional musicians
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- Production
- Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer
- Chiemi Kominami – executive producer
- Shunsuke Muramatsu – executive producer
- Ken'ichi Nakata – executive producer
- Tadayuki Kominami – producer
- Dai Ishikawa – director
- Takashi Koiwa – mixer
- Yuji Chinone – mastering
- Shinobu Matsuoka – management
- Megumi Hirose – products coordination
- Tatsuo Murai – art direction, design
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References
- ↑ "Alice of Singing Duo ClariS Leaves Unit". Anime News Network. May 26, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Musical Duo Claris to Perform Nisekoi Anime's Opening Theme". Anime News Network. December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Step" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ↑ "カラフル" [Colorful]. Oricon. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ↑ "PARTY TIME(通常盤)" [Party Time (regular edition)] (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- 1 2 "PARTY TIMEã€åˆå›žç”Ÿç”£é™å®šç›¤ã€‘" [Party Time (limited edition)] (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- 1 2 "PARTY TIME ã€å®Œå…¨ç”Ÿç”£é™å®šç›¤ã€‘CD+"ãã‚“ã©ã‚ã„ã©ã·ã¡ reunion ver."付ã" [Party Time (limited production edition) CD+"Nendoroid Puchi Reunion ver."] (in Japanese). HMV. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ↑ "2014å¹´06月02日~2014å¹´06月08æ—¥ã®CDアルãƒãƒ 週間ランã‚ング" [June 2, 2014—June 8, 2014 CD Album Weekly Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Party Time" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
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