Circus (stylised as CIRCUS) is the debut studio album by Japanese musician and actress Chiaki Kuriyama, which was released on March 16, 2011. Kuriyama collaborated with famous Japanese and overseas rock musicians to create the album. In January 2012, the album was re-released as a deluxe edition, featuring the single "Tsukiyo no Shōzō" and its B-side "Seishun no Matataki""[1]
Kuriyama made her musical debut in early 2010, with the single "Ryūsei no Namida" that was used as the theme song for the anime Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. Her next two singles were also used for anime: "Kanōsei Girl" (2010) was used as the third opening theme song for Yorinuki Gintama-san and "Cold Finger Girl" as the opening theme song for Level E.
After "Ryūsei no Namida", Kuriyama wanted to collaborate with many of her favourite musicians. She was asked by her musical director to draw up a list of her favourite musicians, and her staff asked them if they wanted to write music for Kuriyama. All of the musicians on the list accepted.[2][3] From her second single, "Kanōsei Girl", Kuriyama began collaborating with famous rock musicians on her singles. "Kanōsei Girl" was produced by Tomoyasu Hotei, while "Cold Finger Girl" was produced by Kenichi Asai, and "Oishii Kisetsu" / "Ketteiteki Sanpunkan" by Ringo Sheena.
Writing and productionEdit
In addition to the single songs, all the tracks on the album were produced by famous rock musicians. "Roulette de Kuchizuke o" was written by Takuro Sugawara and Yoshimitsu Taki of the band 9mm Parabellum Bullet, "Mirai no Hikari" by Does member Wataru Ujihara and Ryō Eguchi of Stereo Fabrication of Youth fame. "Shinkai" was written by Atsushi Sakurai and Hidehiko Hoshino from the band Buck-Tick, "Gokoku Hōjō Rock" was written and produced by Theatre Brook vocalist Taiji Satō and "New Moon Day" by Tōru Hidaka, former member of Beat Crusaders and Monobright. Two songs were written by overseas rock musicians: "Kuchi ni Shita Love" was produced by Australian band Jet members Chris Cester and Mark Wilson, and "Ladies & Gentlemen" by Third Eye Blind members Stephan Jenkins and Kryz Reid. Both songs featured lyrics by Junji Ishiwatari, a member of the band Supercar and a famous producer.[4]
Hidaka was inspired by "Kanōsei Girl" to write a glam rock song for Kuiryama. Ujihara was asked to make a song for Kuriyama in the "fast-paced style" of the songs he writes for Does.[5]
"Tsukiyo no Shōzō" and "Seishun no Matataki" were recorded after the album's release, when Kuriyama was feeling more confident as a vocalist. She felt that adding these to songs to the deluxe edition the album more balance.[6]
The album title refers to the great variety of songs found on the album.[3]
Critical receptionEdit
Kazuhiro "Scao" Ikeda of EMTG praised the album, feeling as if Kuriyama was being an actress, taking on the roles set for her by each musician. He praised "Roulette de Kuchizuke o" for its "thudding, edgy sound" and thrilling 1970s pop-style dramaticness. He described "Oishii Kisetsu" as "bewitching and cute", and praised "Ketteiteki Sanpunkan"'s "noisy and suspicious atmosphere", and found "Kanōsei Girl"'s "sprinting and rising feelings...liberating".[7]CDJournal reviewers believed the album was "edgy and personal", and praised Kuriyama for having a natural vocal sense.[8]
Commercial receptionEdit
The album debuted at number 19 on Oricon's weekly album charts, and remained in the top 300 for five weeks. When the album was re-released in 2012, it reached number 86, and charted for another two weeks. Cumulatively, the album has sold 12,000 copies.[9]
Track listingEdit
Standard edition
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Arranger
Length
1.
"Roulette de Kuchizuke o" (ルーレットでくちづけをRūretto de Kuchizuke o, "Roulette Kiss")
^ ab"CIRCUS [通常盤]" (in Japanese). Tsutaya. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^Tomonori Nagasawa (March 16, 2011). [Chiaki Kuriyama Special Interview] (in Japanese). We Rock City. Archived from the original on March 18, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
^ ab. Rolling Stone Japan. February 1, 2012. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^ [Chiaki Kuriyama: album features great musicians from overseas, too. She is a "human skyrocket girl"]. Hot Express. March 1, 2011. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^ [Chiaki Kuriyama: 1st album has 10 collaborators, including Ringo Sheena and Kenichi Asai!]. Hot Express. February 4, 2011. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^"【インタビュー】シンガーとして成長を続ける栗山千明" [[Interview] Chiaki Kuriyama, growing as a singer.]. Flying Postman. January 20, 2012. Archived from the original on April 15, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
^Kazuhiro "Scao" Ikeda (March 17, 2011). "レビュー" (in Japanese). EMTG. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
^ ab"オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
^「CIRCUS」 栗山千明 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^"CIRCUS [通常盤]" (in Japanese). Tsutaya. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^CIRCUS／栗山千明（CHiAKi KURiYAMA） (in Japanese). Tsutaya. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^栗山千明/ 綺栗馬戲團 (in Chinese). G-Music. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^ (in Chinese). HMV Hong Kong. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^CIRCUS Deluxe Edition／栗山千明（CHiAKi KURiYAMA） (in Japanese). Tsutaya. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
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Circus stylised as CIRCUS is the debut studio album by Japanese musician and actress Chiaki Kuriyama which was released on March 16 2011 Kuriyama collaborated with famous Japanese and overseas rock musicians to create the album In January 2012 the album was re released as a deluxe edition featuring the single Tsukiyo no Shōzō and its B side Seishun no Matataki 1 CircusStudio album by Chiaki KuriyamaReleasedMarch 16 2011 2011 03 16 Recorded2010 2011GenreRock popLength42 53LanguageJapanese EnglishLabelDefstar RecordsSingles from Circus Kanōsei Girl Released November 17 2010 Cold Finger Girl Released January 26 2011 Oishii Kisetsu Ketteiteki Sanpunkan Released March 2 2011 Tsukiyo no Shōzō Released November 23 2011 Contents 1 Background and development 2 Writing and production 3 Critical reception 4 Commercial reception 5 Track listing 6 Chart rankings 6 1 Sales and certifications 7 Release history 8 ReferencesBackground and development EditKuriyama made her musical debut in early 2010 with the single Ryusei no Namida that was used as the theme song for the anime Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Her next two singles were also used for anime Kanōsei Girl 2010 was used as the third opening theme song for Yorinuki Gintama san and Cold Finger Girl as the opening theme song for Level E After Ryusei no Namida Kuriyama wanted to collaborate with many of her favourite musicians She was asked by her musical director to draw up a list of her favourite musicians and her staff asked them if they wanted to write music for Kuriyama All of the musicians on the list accepted 2 3 From her second single Kanōsei Girl Kuriyama began collaborating with famous rock musicians on her singles Kanōsei Girl was produced by Tomoyasu Hotei while Cold Finger Girl was produced by Kenichi Asai and Oishii Kisetsu Ketteiteki Sanpunkan by Ringo Sheena Writing and production EditIn addition to the single songs all the tracks on the album were produced by famous rock musicians Roulette de Kuchizuke o was written by Takuro Sugawara and Yoshimitsu Taki of the band 9mm Parabellum Bullet Mirai no Hikari by Does member Wataru Ujihara and Ryō Eguchi of Stereo Fabrication of Youth fame Shinkai was written by Atsushi Sakurai and Hidehiko Hoshino from the band Buck Tick Gokoku Hōjō Rock was written and produced by Theatre Brook vocalist Taiji Satō and New Moon Day by Tōru Hidaka former member of Beat Crusaders and Monobright Two songs were written by overseas rock musicians Kuchi ni Shita Love was produced by Australian band Jet members Chris Cester and Mark Wilson and Ladies amp Gentlemen by Third Eye Blind members Stephan Jenkins and Kryz Reid Both songs featured lyrics by Junji Ishiwatari a member of the band Supercar and a famous producer 4 Hidaka was inspired by Kanōsei Girl to write a glam rock song for Kuiryama Ujihara was asked to make a song for Kuriyama in the fast paced style of the songs he writes for Does 5 Tsukiyo no Shōzō and Seishun no Matataki were recorded after the album s release when Kuriyama was feeling more confident as a vocalist She felt that adding these to songs to the deluxe edition the album more balance 6 The album title refers to the great variety of songs found on the album 3 Critical reception EditKazuhiro Scao Ikeda of EMTG praised the album feeling as if Kuriyama was being an actress taking on the roles set for her by each musician He praised Roulette de Kuchizuke o for its thudding edgy sound and thrilling 1970s pop style dramaticness He described Oishii Kisetsu as bewitching and cute and praised Ketteiteki Sanpunkan s noisy and suspicious atmosphere and found Kanōsei Girl s sprinting and rising feelings liberating 7 CDJournal reviewers believed the album was edgy and personal and praised Kuriyama for having a natural vocal sense 8 Commercial reception EditThe album debuted at number 19 on Oricon s weekly album charts and remained in the top 300 for five weeks When the album was re released in 2012 it reached number 86 and charted for another two weeks Cumulatively the album has sold 12 000 copies 9 Track listing EditStandard editionNo TitleWriter s ArrangerLength1 Roulette de Kuchizuke o ルーレットでくちづけを Ruretto de Kuchizuke o Roulette Kiss Takuro Sugawara Yoshimitsu Taki9mm Parabellum Bullet3 082 Cold Finger Girl コールドフィンガーガール Kōrudofingagaru Kenichi AsaiPontiacs3 083 Oishii Kisetsu Ringo SheenaR Sheena4 124 Mirai no Hikari ミライノ ヒカリ Future Light Wataru UjiharaRyō Eguchi3 425 Ketteiteki Sanpunkan R SheenaR Sheena3 006 Kuchi ni Shita Love 口にしたLOVE Love in My Mouth Junji Ishiwatari Chris Cester Mark WilsonC Cester M Wilson2 407 Shinkai 深海 Deep Seas Atsushi Sakurai Hidehiko HoshinoH Hoshino4 208 Kanōsei Girl 可能性ガール Kanōsei Garu Girl with Potential J Ishiwatari Tomoyasu HoteiT Hotei4 409 Gokoku Hōjō Rock 五穀豊穣ROCK Great Harvest Rock Taiji SatōT Satō5 5810 Ladies amp Gentlemen J Ishiwatari Stephan Jenkins Kryz ReidS Jenkins K Reid3 1811 New Moon Day Tōru HidakaT Hidaka4 00Total length 42 53 DVDNo TitleDirectorLength1 Oishii Kisetsu MV Hiroshi Usui 2 Ketteiteki Sanpunkan MV H Usui 3 Cold Finger Girl Rock Short Film Shuichi Banba 4 Kanōsei Girl MV Hiderō Asakawa 5 Oishii Kisetsu Ketteiteki Sanpunkan Music Video making of H Usui 6 Ryusei no Namida MV 流星のナミダ Meteor Tears bonus track Masashi Mutō Deluxe editionNo TitleWriter s ArrangerLength1 Roulette de Kuchizuke o T Sugawara Y Taki9mm Parabellum Bullet3 082 Tsukiyo no Shōzō R SheenaR Sheena3 493 Kuchi ni Shita Love J Ishiwatari C Cester M WilsonC Cester M Wilson2 404 Seishun no Matataki R SheenaR Sheena4 305 Oishii Kisetsu R SheenaR Sheena4 126 Cold Finger Girl K AsaiPontiacs3 087 Mirai no Hikari W UjiharaR Eguchi3 428 Ketteiteki Sanpunkan R SheenaR Sheena3 009 Shinkai A Sakurai H HoshinoH Hoshino4 2010 Kanōsei Girl J Ishiwatari T HoteiT Hotei4 4011 Gokoku Hōjō Rock T SatōT Satō5 5812 Ladies amp Gentlemen J Ishiwatari S Jenkins K ReidS Jenkins K Reid3 1813 New Moon Day T HidakaT Hidaka4 00Total length 51 12 Deluxe edition DVDNo TitleDirectorLength1 Tsukiyo no Shōzō MV Takumi Shiga and Yuichi Kodama 2 Oishii Kisetsu MV Hiroshi Usui 3 Ketteiteki Sanpunkan MV H Usui 4 Cold Finger Girl Rock Short Film Shuichi Banba 5 Kanōsei Girl MV Hiderō Asakawa 6 Oishii Kisetsu Ketteiteki Sanpunkan Music Video making of H Usui 7 Ryusei no Namida MV bonus track Masashi Mutō Chart rankings EditCharts 2011 PeakpositionJapan Oricon weekly albums 10 19Sales and certifications Edit Chart AmountOricon physical sales 9 12 000Release history EditRegion Date Format Distributing Label Catalogue codesJapan March 16 2011 2011 03 16 11 CD CD DVD digital download Sony Music DFCL 1761 2 DFCL 1763April 2 2011 2011 04 02 12 Rental CDTaiwan May 6 2011 2011 05 06 13 CD 88697857832Hong Kong May 27 2011 2011 05 27 14 Japan January 11 2012 2012 01 11 1 Deluxe CD deluxe CD DVD deluxe digital download DFCL 1825 DFCL 1826 7January 28 2012 2012 01 28 15 Deluxe rental CDReferences Edit a b CIRCUS 通常盤 in Japanese Tsutaya Retrieved May 22 2014 Tomonori Nagasawa March 16 2011 栗山千明 スペシャル インタビュー Chiaki Kuriyama Special Interview in Japanese We Rock City Archived from the original on March 18 2011 Retrieved April 14 2014 a b FLOWER OF WOMEN feat 栗山千明 Rolling Stone Japan February 1 2012 Archived from the original on May 22 2014 Retrieved May 22 2014 栗山千明 アルバムに海外の大物も 彼女は 人間打ち上げ花火みたいな子 Chiaki Kuriyama album features great musicians from overseas too She is a human skyrocket girl Hot Express March 1 2011 Archived from the original on May 22 2014 Retrieved May 22 2014 栗山千明 1stアルバムに椎名林檎 浅井健一ら10組が参加 Chiaki Kuriyama 1st album has 10 collaborators including Ringo Sheena and Kenichi Asai Hot Express February 4 2011 Archived from the original on May 22 2014 Retrieved May 22 2014 インタビュー シンガーとして成長を続ける栗山千明 Interview Chiaki Kuriyama growing as a singer Flying Postman January 20 2012 Archived from the original on April 15 2014 Retrieved April 14 2014 Kazuhiro Scao Ikeda March 17 2011 レビュー in Japanese EMTG Retrieved April 16 2015 ミニ レビュー CDJournal Retrieved May 22 2014 a b オリコンランキング情報サービス you大樹 Oricon Ranking Information Service You Big Tree Oricon Retrieved April 14 2014 CIRCUS 栗山千明 in Japanese Oricon Retrieved May 22 2014 CIRCUS 通常盤 in Japanese Tsutaya Retrieved May 22 2014 CIRCUS 栗山千明 CHiAKi KURiYAMA in Japanese Tsutaya Retrieved May 22 2014 栗山千明 綺栗馬戲團 in Chinese G Music Retrieved May 22 2014 栗山千明 KURIYAMA CHIAKI CIRCUS in Chinese HMV Hong Kong Archived from the original on September 24 2015 Retrieved May 22 2014 CIRCUS Deluxe Edition 栗山千明 CHiAKi KURiYAMA in Japanese Tsutaya Retrieved May 22 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Circus Chiaki Kuriyama album amp oldid 1150896743, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
