5th Dimension (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = 5th Dimension

| type = studio album

| artist = Momoiro Clover Z

| cover = Momoiro Clover Z - 5th Dimension (Regular Edition, KICS-1899) cover.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Regular Edition cover

| released = {{start date|2013|4|10}} (Japan, CD)
{{start date|2013|8|4}} (Japan, LP)

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{flatlist|

| length =

| label = Starchild Records

| producer =

| prev_title = Battle and Romance

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title = Iriguchi no Nai Deguchi

| next_year = 2013

| misc = {{Singles

| name = 5th Dimension

| type = studio album

| single1 = Rōdō Sanka

| single1date = November 23, 2011

| single2 = Mōretsu Uchū Kōkyōkyoku Dai 7 Gakushō "Mugen no Ai"

| single2date = March 7, 2012

| single3 = Otome Sensō

| single3date = June 27, 2012

| single4 = Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimitachi yo

| single4date = November 21, 2012

}}

{{External music video|1= {{YouTube|tiX22vnR-SU|Momorio Clover Z "Neo Stargate"}}|type= studio|header=Music videos}}

{{External music video|1= {{YouTube|TddL31RBOZo|Momorio Clover Z "Birth 0 Birth"}}|type= studio|header=no}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Rolling Stone Japan

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.rollingstonejapan.com/reviews/archive/5th-dimension/ |title=Rolling Stone Japan Edition review |access-date=2013-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030204017/http://www.rollingstonejapan.com/reviews/archive/5th-dimension/ |archive-date=2013-10-30 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{nihongo|5th Dimension|5TH DIMENSION|Fifusu Dimenshon{{cite news|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/84228|title=ももクロ2ndアルバム「5TH DIMENSION」で異次元に突入|newspaper=Natalie|date=2012-02-03|access-date=2013-03-14}}}} is the second studio album by the Japanese girl group Momoiro Clover Z. It was released in Japan on April 10, 2013.{{cite news|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/86354|title=ももクロが異次元進化「5TH DIMENSION」衝撃ビジュアル|newspaper=Natalie|date=2013-03-09|access-date=2013-03-14}}{{cite news|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/2022462/full/|title=ももクロがマスクマンに進化!? 最新ビジュアル解禁|newspaper=Oricon Style|date=2013-03-09|access-date=2013-03-14}}

Release details

On March 13, 2013, the album's lead song "Neo Stargate" was released on iTunes and Recochoku for digital download.{{cite news|url=http://www.musicman-net.com/artist/24437.html|title=ももクロ ニューアルバムツアー開幕、新曲先行配信&MVが公開スタート|publisher=Musicman-net.com|date=2013-03-13|access-date=2013-03-17}}{{cite news|url=http://netallica.yahoo.co.jp/news/20130313-00000015-animetv|title=ももいろクローバーZのニューアルバムツアー開幕! 「Neo STARGATE」の先行配信決定!! そしてミュージックビデオも解禁!|author=Animate TV|publisher=Yahoo Japan|date=2013-03-13|access-date=2013-03-17|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413131936/http://netallica.yahoo.co.jp/news/20130313-00000015-animetv|archive-date=2013-04-13|url-status=dead}} On the same day, the video for the song was uploaded to the Stardust Promotion official YouTube channel.{{cite news|url=http://b.hatena.ne.jp/articles/201303/13158|title=ももクロ、アルバム収録曲「Neo STARGATE」のMV公開 ファンの評価は賛否両論 - はてなブックマークニュース|publisher=B! News|date=2013-03-13|access-date=2013-03-17|language=ja}}{{cite news|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/2022563/full/|title=ももクロ有安杏果が今年初歌唱「笑顔で歌えた」|publisher=Oricon|date=2013-03-13|access-date=2013-03-17}}{{cite news|url=http://tower.jp/article/news/2013/03/13/n03|title=ももクロ、新アルバムより第1弾リード曲"Neo STARGATE"のPV解禁|publisher=Tower Records Online}}{{cite news|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/music/mnews/20130313-OYT8T00802.htm|title=ももクロ、ニューアルバムツアー開幕|publisher=Yomiuri Online|date=2013-03-13|access-date=2013-03-17|archive-date=2013-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314204859/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/music/mnews/20130313-OYT8T00802.htm|url-status=dead}}

The album was released in 3 versions: Regular Edition and Limited Editions A and B.{{cite news|url=http://animeanime.jp/article/2013/02/04/12903.html|title=ももクロ、今度は日産スタジアム 過去最大の巨大会場でライブ決定|newspaper=animeanime.jp|date=2013-02-04|access-date=2013-03-14}} The regular edition is CD-only, the limited edition A includes a CD with a live performance, and the limited edition B includes a DVD with 2 music videos.

5th Dimension was said by members to be a concept album that you should listen to in the track order.{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/pp/momoclo07|title=ナタリー - [Power Push] ももいろクローバーZ「5TH DIMENSION」特集 (1-8)|publisher=Natalie|date=2013-04-08|access-date=2013-04-15}}{{cite web|title=インタビュー ももいろクローバーZ 『5TH DIMENSION』|author=久保田泰平|publisher=tower.jp|date = 2013-04-10|url=http://tower.jp/article/interview/2013/04/10/tower008-4|access-date=2013-04-20}}

The album sold 102,855 copies in its first day and debuted on top of the Oricon daily chart, with Momoiro Clover's first album Battle and Romance at number two.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2013-04-09/|title=CDアルバム デイリーランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング / 2013年04月09日のCDアルバムデイリーランキング(2013年04月09日付)|publisher=Oricon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410114930/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2013-04-09/|archive-date=2013-04-10|access-date=2013-04-15|language=ja}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = CD

| extra_column =

| all_writing =

| total_length =

| title1 = Neo Stargate

| note1 = {{nihongo2|Neo STARGATE}}

| writer1 =

| extra1 =

| length1 = 8:19

| title2 = Kasō Dystopia

| note2 = {{nihongo2|仮想ディストピア}} Kasō Disutopia "Virtual Dystopia"

| writer2 =

| extra2 =

| length2 = 4:09

| title3 = Mōretsu Uchū Kōkyōkyoku Dai 7 Gakushō "Mugen no Ai"

| note3 = {{nihongo2|猛烈宇宙交響曲・第七楽章「無限の愛」}} "Fierce Space Symphony, Seventh Movement "Infinite Love""

| writer3 =

| extra3 =

| length3 = 5:12

| title4 = 5 The Power

| note4 = {{nihongo2|5 The POWER}}

| writer4 =

| extra4 =

| length4 = 4:19

| title5 = Rōdō Sanka

| note5 = {{nihongo2|労働讃歌}} "Hymn to Labor"

| writer5 =

| extra5 =

| length5 = 4:38

| title6 = Get Down!

| note6 = {{nihongo2|ゲッダーン!}} Geddān!

| writer6 =

| extra6 =

| length6 = 3:34

| title7 = Otome Sensō

| note7 = {{nihongo2|Z女戦争}} "Girl'Z War"

| writer7 =

| extra7 =

| length7 = 6:57

| title8 = Tsuki to Gingami Hikōsen

| note8 = {{nihongo2|月と銀紙飛行船}} "The Moon and a Silver-paper Airship"

| writer8 =

| extra8 =

| length8 = 5:16

| title9 = Birth 0 Birth

| note9 = {{nihongo2|BIRTH Ø BIRTH}} Bāsu Ō Bāsu

| writer9 =

| extra9 =

| length9 = 5:03

| title10 = Jōkyu Monogatari -Carpe Diem-

| note10 = {{nihongo2|上球物語 -Carpe diem-}} "Story of Going to the Earth -Carpe Diem-"{{cite news|url=http://yaplog.jp/zopp/|title= 上球物語-Carpe diem-の大解剖

|author=zopp|date=2013-04-10|access-date=2013-04-10}}

| writer10 =

| extra10 =

| length10 = 4:04

| title11 = Soratobu! Ozashiki Ressha

| note11 = {{nihongo2|宙飛ぶ!お座敷列車}} "Flying in the Sky! Tatami-room Train"

| writer11 =

| extra11 =

| length11 = 4:29

| title12 = Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimitachi yo

| note12 = {{nihongo2|サラバ、愛しき悲しみたちよ}} "Farewell, My Dear Sorrows"

| writer12 =

| extra12 =

| length12 = 5:01

| title13 = Hai to Diamond

| note13 = {{nihongo2|灰とダイヤモンド}} Hai to Daiyamondo "Ashes and Diamonds"

| writer13 =

| extra13 =

| length13 = 6:52

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Limited Edition A CD2: Live CD containing the first part of the Momoiro Yobanashi Dai-ichi Ya "Hakushū" concert, held at Zepp Tokyo on November 17, 2012

| extra_column = Artist(s)

| all_writing =

| total_length =

| title1 = Cosmos

| note1 = {{nihongo2|秋桜}} Kosumosu

| writer1 =

| extra1 = Ayaka Sasaki

| length1 =

| title2 = Hatsukoi

| note2 = {{nihongo2|初恋}}

| writer2 =

| extra2 = Kanako Momota

| length2 =

| title3 = Namidame no Alice

| note3 = {{nihongo2|涙目のアリス}} Namidame no Arisu

| writer3 =

| extra3 = Shiori Tamai

| length3 =

| title4 = Arigatō no Present

| note4 = {{nihongo2|ありがとうのプレゼント}} Arigatō no Purezento

| writer4 =

| extra4 = Momoka Ariyasu

| length4 =

| title5 = Tsugaru Hantō Tappizaki

| note5 = {{nihongo2|津軽半島竜飛崎}}

| writer5 =

| extra5 = Reni Takagi

| length5 =

| title6 = Erimomisaki

| note6 = {{nihongo2|襟裳岬}}

| writer6 =

| extra6 = Reni Takagi

| length6 =

| title7 = Datte Ārinnandamōn

| note7 = {{nihongo2|だって あーりんなんだもーん☆}}

| writer7 =

| extra7 = Ayaka Sasaki

| length7 =

| title8 = Taiyō to Ekubo

| note8 = {{nihongo2|太陽とえくぼ}}

| writer8 =

| extra8 = Kanako Momota

| length8 =

| title9 = Shōjo Ningyō

| note9 = {{nihongo2|少女人形}}

| writer9 =

| extra9 = Shiori Tamai

| length9 =

| title10 = Nagori Yuki

| note10 = {{nihongo2|なごり雪}}

| writer10 =

| extra10 = Momoka Ariyasu with {{nihongo|Minami Kōsetsu|南こうせつ}}

| length10 =

| title11 = Kandagawa

| note11 = {{nihongo2|神田川}}

| writer11 =

| extra11 = Momoiro Clover Z with Minami Kōsetsu

| length11 =

| title12 = Ano Subarashī Ai o Mō Ichi Do

| note12 = {{nihongo2|あの素晴しい愛をもう一度}}

| writer12 =

| extra12 = Momoiro Clover Z with Minami Kōsetsu

| length12 =

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Limited Edition B DVD

| extra_column =

| all_writing =

| total_length =

| title1 = Neo Stargate (music video)

| note1 = {{nihongo2|Neo STARGATE (MUSIC VIDEO)}}

| writer1 =

| extra1 =

| length1 =

| title2 = Birth 0 Birth (music video)

| note2 = {{nihongo2|BIRTH Ø BIRTH (MUSIC VIDEO)}}

| writer2 =

| extra2 =

| length2 =

}}

Charts

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
rowspan="2"| Chart (2013)

! rowspan="2"| Peak
position

Oricon Daily Albums Chart

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

Oricon Weekly Albums Chart

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

Oricon Monthly Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2013-04/|title=CDアルバム 月間ランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング / 2013年04月のCDアルバム月間ランキング(2013年04月度)|publisher=Oricon|access-date=2013-05-24|language=ja}}

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

References

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