Flare (album)
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Flare is the Japanese pop singer
Hitomi Shimatani
's seventh studio album. It is available in both CD and CD+DVD format.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
Hitomi Shimatani
Hitomi Shimatani
, is a female pop singer signed to the Avex Trax label.Shimatani started her career as an Enka singer with the release of her debut single in 1999, but later decided to get into the dance/pop style for her music. Shimatani's music has also appeared in video games and also anime series.- Early life...
's seventh studio album. It is available in both CD and CD+DVD format.
CD track listing
- Heavenly
- Start
- 雨の日には 雨の中を 風の日には 風の中を (Ame no Hi ni wa Ame no Naka wo Kaze no Hi ni wa Kaze no Naka wo; In the Rain When It's Raining, In the Wind When It's Windy)
- Dita
- 深紅Shinku/Ai no Uta"Shinku/Ai no Uta" is a single by Hitomi Shimatani released on the day after her 27th birthday, September 5, 2007. It is her 26th single and the title tracks were used as soundtracks in the PS2 Mecha Game Another Century's Episode 3 which was released the day after this single will be released.-...
(Shinku; Deep Crimson) - 泣きたいならNakitai NaraNakitai Nara is the twenty-seventh single released by J-Pop singer Hitomi Shimatani. It peaked at #34 on the Oricon charts and sold around 3,754 copies...
(Nakitai Nara; If I Want To Cry) - Dear...
- 太陽のFlare (Taiyou no Flare; Sun's Flare)
- Wake You Up
- Shake It Up!
- Neva EvaNeva EvaHitomi Shimatani's 25th single entitled "Neva Eva" was released on June 6, 2007 under Avex Trax. It was used as a theme song for Nippon Television's "Wrestling 2007". Pistol Valve took part in the Music Video...
- Marvelous
- 愛の詩＜Strings version＞Shinku/Ai no Uta"Shinku/Ai no Uta" is a single by Hitomi Shimatani released on the day after her 27th birthday, September 5, 2007. It is her 26th single and the title tracks were used as soundtracks in the PS2 Mecha Game Another Century's Episode 3 which was released the day after this single will be released.-...
(Ai no Uta; Poem of Love) (CD Only Bonus Track)
DVD tracklist
- Neva Eva (PV)
- Shinku (深紅) (PV)
- Nakitai Nara (泣きたいなら) (PV)
- Ame no Hi ni wa Ame no Naka wo Kaze no Hi ni wa Kaze no Naka wo (雨の日には 雨の中を 風の日には 風の中を) (PV)
- Wake You Up (1 Chorus) (PV)
- Marvelous (1 Chorus) (PV)
Bonus contents (live footage)
- Papillon: Papillon (パピヨン: Papillon) (from 由比ガ浜ライヴ '07)
- Ame no Hi ni wa Ame no Naka wo Kaze no Hi ni wa Kaze no Naka wo (雨の日には 雨の中を 風の日には 風の中を)
Charts
| Chart | Daily peak position |
Weekly peak position |
Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon chart | 12 | 21 | 8,272 |