:Request (Juju album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Request
| type = studio
| artist = Juju
| cover = JujuRequest.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2010|09|29}}
| recorded = 2010
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = J-pop
| length = 1:01:04
| label = Sony
| producer =
| prev_title = Juju
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = You
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Request
| type = studio
| single1 = Last Kiss
| single1date = February 24, 2010
| single2 = Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)
| single2date = July 28, 2010
}}
}}
Request is a cover album by Japanese recording artist Juju, released on September 29, 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/AI/JUJU/AICL-2178/index.html |title=JUJU : Request |publisher=Sony |language=Japanese |accessdate=October 5, 2010}} The album features recordings of famous songs by Japanese female vocalists, mostly from the late 1990s.
Conception
The album was originally titled Juju Sings Beautiful Woman.{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/78784/ |title=JUJU、椎名林檎・ELTらをカバー |publisher=Oricon |language=Japanese |accessdate=October 5, 2010}} After the album's announcement on August 4, a questionnaire was put up on Juju's website, asking fans which songs they wanted to hear Juju cover. Despite this, four songs had already been chosen for the album, "Gips," "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)," "Last Kiss" and "Time Goes By."
The album is Juju's second disc of covers, after the She Sings... second disc of her previous album Juju, which featured primarily covers of Western songs in English.{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/AI/JUJU/AICL-2090/index.html |title=JUJU : JUJU【初回生産限定盤】 |publisher=Sony |language=Japanese |accessdate=October 5, 2010}}
Promotion
"Last Kiss" was originally released in February 2010, as one of the A-side tracks of the four A-side single "Sakura Ame/Ready for Love/S.H.E./Last Kiss."{{cite web |url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000058718 |title=JUJU、4曲A面シングルリリース&待望の全国ツアーが決定 |publisher=Barks |language=Japanese |accessdate=October 5, 2010}}
A cover of My Little Lover's "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)" sung by Juju was announced as a song used in an adverstising campaign for the Sony Alpha digital camera on June 4.{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/AI/JUJU/m_info.html |title=ソニー 小型デジタル一眼カメラ "α" のCMソングを担当することが決定!! |publisher=Sony |date=June 4, 2010 |language=Japanese |accessdate=October 5, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104082835/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/AI/JUJU/m_info.html |url-status=live |archivedate=November 4, 2011}} The song was released digitally on June 16 as a ringtone and on June 23 as a full-length cellphone download,{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/AI/JUJU/m_info.html |title=問合せ殺到のCMソング「Hello, Again ~昔からある場所~」6/16 着うた配信スタート決定! |publisher=Sony |date=June 11, 2010 |language=Japanese |accessdate=October 5, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104082835/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/AI/JUJU/m_info.html |url-status=live |archivedate=November 4, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/AI/JUJU/m_info.html |title=ダウンロード殺到中!話題のCM曲「Hello, Again~昔からある場所~」本日より着うたフル配信スタート!! |publisher=Sony |date=June 23, 2010 |language=Japanese |accessdate=October 5, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104082835/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/AI/JUJU/m_info.html |url-status=live |archivedate=November 4, 2011}} where it was extremely successful digitally, reaching #1 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart.{{cite web|url=http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2010f&weeklyCd=20100629&rankKbn=50|title=RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue June 29, 2010|date=|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|accessdate=2010-07-03|language=Japanese}} Due to this popularity, it was released as a physical single a month later, where it reached #15 on Oricon's physical charts.{{cite web |url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=879149&samecd=1 |script-title=ja:Hello,Again~昔からある場所~ - JUJU |publisher=Oricon |language=Japanese |accessdate=October 5, 2010}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| headline =
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| total_length = 1:01:04
| title1 = Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)
| note1 = My Little Lover cover
| lyrics1 = KATE (Takeshi Kobayashi)
| music1 = Kenji Fujii, Takeshi Kobayashi
| extra1 = Akihisa Matsuura
| length1 = 5:15
| title2 = Tsutsumikomu Yō ni...
| note2 = Misia cover
| lyrics2 = Satoshi Shimano
| music2 = S. Shimano
| extra2 = Chokkaku
| length2 = 5:15
| title3 = Time Goes By
| note3 = Every Little Thing cover
| lyrics3 = Mitsuru Igarashi
| music3 = M. Igarashi
| extra3 = Seiji Kameda
| length3 = 5:25
| title4 = Gips
| note4 = Ringo Shiina cover
| lyrics4 = R. Shiina
| music4 = R. Shiina
| extra4 = Masanori Shimada
| length4 = 5:38
| title5 = There Will Be Love There (Ai no Aru Basho)
| note5 = The Brilliant Green cover
| lyrics5 = Tomoko Kawase
| music5 = Shunsaku Okuda
| extra5 = Masayuki Sakamoto
| length5 = 4:36
| title6 = Don't Wanna Cry
| note6 = Namie Amuro cover
| lyrics6 = Takahiro Maeda
| music6 = Tetsuya Komuro
| extra6 = Jin Nakamura
| length6 = 5:35
| title7 = Lover Soul
| note7 = Judy and Mary cover
| lyrics7 = Yuki
| music7 = Takuya
| extra7 = Seiji Kameda
| length7 = 4:12
| title8 = White Love
| note8 = Speed cover
| lyrics8 = Hiromasa Ijichi
| music8 = H. Ijichi
| extra8 = Hiroshi Nakamura
| length8 = 6:54
| title9 = Suki
| note9 = Dreams Come True cover
| lyrics9 = Miwa Yoshida
| music9 = M. Yoshida
| extra9 = Akihisa Matsuura
| length9 = 3:41
| title10 = Will
| note10 = Mika Nakashima cover
| lyrics10 = Yasushi Akimoto
| music10 = Daisuke Kawaguchi
| extra10 = Satoshi Takebe
| length10 = 5:43
| title11 = Last Kiss
| note11 = Bonnie Pink cover
| lyrics11 = Bonnie Pink
| music11 = Bonnie Pink
| extra11 = Seiji Kameda
| length11 = 4:23
| title12 = First Love
| note12 = Hikaru Utada cover
| lyrics12 = H. Utada
| music12 = H. Utada
| extra12 = Akihisa Matsuura
| length12 = 4:27
}}
Chart rankings
= Reported sales and certifications=
class="wikitable"
!Chart !Amount |
Oricon physical sales{{cite web | title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp | work=Oricon | accessdate=August 4, 2011}} (subscription only)
|align="center"|469,000 |
RIAJ shipping certification{{cite web | script-title=ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年10月 | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201010.html | work=RIAJ |language=Japanese | date=2010-11-10 | accessdate=2010-11-10}}
|align="center"|Double platinum (500,000+) |
= Promotional tracks =
Many songs from the album were released prior to the physical release digitally, or through other means such as a physical CD or radio airplay.
Release history
class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Format |
Japan |
Taiwan
|{{Start date|2010|10|01}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusic.com.tw/album_info.php?al_prodno=88697789902 |title=JUJU的點歌本 REQUEST |publisher=Sony Music Taiwan |accessdate=October 13, 2010}} |CD |
Hong Kong
|{{Start date|2010|10|05}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusic.com.hk/SonyBMG/chi/international/fwdToInterSingerDetails.do?singerId=225&category=J&albumId=1256 |title=「Request」 - JUJU - Sony Music |publisher=Sony Music Hong Kong |accessdate=October 13, 2010}} |CD |
Japan
|{{Start date|2010|10|16}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/works/20262569.html |title=Request/JUJU |publisher=Tsutaya |accessdate=October 5, 2010}} |Rental CD |
References
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External links
- [http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/AI/JUJU/AICL-2178/index.html Sony Music Request profile] {{in lang|ja}}
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