White (Angela Aki album)

White
Studio album by Angela Aki
Released	September 28, 2011
Genre	Pop
Length	50:35
Label	Sony Music Japan
Angela Aki chronology
Life (2010) White (2011) Songbook (2012)
Singles from White
"Hajimari no Ballad" Released: June 8, 2011

White is the fifth studio album released by Angela Aki, released on September 28, 2011 in two editions, standard and limited. The limited one includes a bonus DVD with a music video of "Hajimari no Ballad" and performance footage held at a museum in June 2011.^[1]

Singles

• Hajimari no Ballad (始まりのバラード; Ballad of Beginning) is the only single from the album, released in the physical format on June 8, 2011.^[2] "Hajimari no Ballad" was used as the theme song for the Japanese dorama Namae wo Nakushita, Megami^[3] and "I Have a Dream", a song included in the CD, was used as the theme song for the Washington National Gallery of Art Exhibit in Japan iPhone app.^[4]

Other songs

• Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki (津軽海峡・冬景色; Tsugaru Strait • Winter Landscape) was used in a TV commercial for Uniqlo's 2011 winter collection in Japan.^[5]

Track listing^[6]

CD

No.	Title	Title translation	Length
1.	"Hajimari no Ballad (始まりのバラード)"	Ballad of Beginning	4:54
2.	"Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki (津軽海峡・冬景色)" (Ishikawa Sayuri cover)	Tsugaru Strait • Winter Landscape	3:50
3.	"I Have a Dream"	/	4:48
4.	"Julio (フリオ)"	Julio	5:10
5.	"My Grandfather's Clock"	/	4:29
6.	"Moral no Soushiki -revival- (モラルの葬式 -revival-)"	Funeral of Morals -revival-	5:48
7.	"Furusato~HOME (ふるさと~HOME)"	Hometown~HOME	6:25
8.	"Mokugekisha (目撃車)"	Eyewitness	5:13
9.	"Honesty" (Billy Joel cover)	/	3:53
10.	"One Family"	/	5:40

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"HOME SWEET HOME "5YEARS" ~Best Hit & All Requests~ SPECIAL MOVIE"
2.	"Washington National Gallery Exhibition Digest"
3.	"Hajimari no Ballad (Video Clip)"

Charts

Chart	Peak Position
Oricon Weekly Album Charts[7]	4

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Distributing label	Catalogue codes
Japan	September 28, 2011[8][9]	CD, CD/DVD, digital download	Sony	ESCL-3780, ESCL-3778~9
	October 15, 2011[10]	Rental CD		ESCL-3780
South Korea	November 10, 2011[11][12]	CD, digital download		2418156
Hong Kong	November 11, 2011[13]	CD/DVD		88697975692
Singapore	November 25, 2011[14]
Taiwan	December 16, 2011[15]

References

1. "WHITE". mykeysinternational.com. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
2. "アンジェラ・アキ : 始まりのバラード【初回生産限定盤】". Sony Music Japan. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
3. "Angela Aki reveals the PV for "Hajimari no Ballad"!". Tokyo Hive. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
4. "「津軽海峡・冬景色」でユニクロCM出演アンジェラ・アキ、". musicman-net.com. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
5. "Angela Aki releases PV for "Tsugaru-kaikyo Fuyugeshiki"". Tokyo Hive. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
6. "アンジェラ・アキ/WHITE (CD+DVD)＜初回生産限定盤＞". Tower Records (Japan). Retrieved 2012-07-25.
7. "Weekly Oricon Chart: Albums/Singles/Music-DVDs". あらま They Didn't !. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
8. "TODAY" (in Japanese). Sony. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
9. "WHITE【初回生産限定盤】" (in Japanese). Sony. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
10. ＷＨＩＴＥ／アンジェラ・アキ (in Japanese). Tsutaya. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
11. "ANGELA AKI - LIFE" (in Korean). Hot Tracks. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
12. "White" (in Korean). Bugs. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
13. "ANGELA AKI - WHITE (+DVD)". hmv.co.hk. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
14. "ANGELA AKI - WHITE (+DVD)". hmv.co.sg. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
15. "Angela Aki / WHITE (CD+DVD)" (in Chinese). Books.com.tw. Retrieved June 6, 2014.

External links

• Oricon Profile: Limited Edition | Regular Edition
• Sony Music Profile Limited Edition | Regular Edition