Respect All
{{short description|2023 studio album by Ai}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Respect All
| type = studio
| artist = Ai
| cover = Ai - Respect All Album.png
| alt = Various copies of Ai are displayed in a photo, all wearing orange jackets and pants with a white shirt underneath and white shoes. The farthest left copy of Ai looks to the side while slightly down on the ground, the middle jumps up in glee, the right bends down while eyeing the viewer, and the far right lays on the ground smiling. The album's title is displayed behind them in bright white lettering
| caption = Standard cover
| released = August 23, 2023
| recorded = 2022–2023
| studio = * Studio MSR (Tokyo, Japan)
- MSR Lab
- St'em Studio
- Studio Mech
| length = {{Duration|m=35|s=20}}
| label = EMI
| producer = {{hlist|Uta|Ai Carina Uemura|Tomoko Ida|TeeFlii|Yaffle|Julian Le|C3prod|Rinzo|Tenyu Fukaya|DJ Acko|Yuki Kishida}}
| prev_title = Dream
| prev_year = 2022
| next_title = 25th the Best – Alive
| next_year = 2025
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| type = album
| cover = Ai - Respect All (Limited).png
| alt = Ai is seen slightly laying on the ground wearing an orange jacket and pants with a white shirt underneath. Around her hands is a globe of Earth, her head slightly resting on it. Behind her is the title of the album and artist's name in bright white lettering
| caption = Limited CD album cover
}}
{{Singles
| name = Respect All
| type = studio
| single1 = Start Again
| single1date = October 3, 2022
| single2 = Respect All
| single2date = May 22, 2023
| single3 = Life Goes On
| single3date = August 3, 2023
}}
}}
Respect All is the thirteenth studio album by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai, released on August 23, 2023, by EMI Records. Announced in June 2023, the album includes Nestlé Japan's Kit Kat campaign song, "Start Again", as well as "Life Goes On", the image song for the Japanese film Haru ni Chiru.
Background
Ai released her twelfth studio album, Dream, on February 23, 2022. Featuring nine tracks, the studio album was her first in five years since Wa to Yo (2017), and also was her shortest length studio album.{{Cite web |title=AIがオリジナルフルアルバム「DREAM」リリース、5月から全国ツアー開催 |trans-title=AI to Release Original Full Album "DREAM", Holds Nationwide Tour from May |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/458700 |access-date=June 9, 2023 |website=Music Natalie |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=AI、ニューアルバム『DREAM』クロスフェード映像＆スペシャルサイト公開 本人の生歌唱などの封入特典も |trans-title=AI New Album "DREAM" Crossfade Video & Special Site Released, Including Benefits Such as Live Singing |url=https://realsound.jp/2022/02/post-961707.html |access-date=June 9, 2023 |website=Real Sound |date=February 3, 2022 |language=ja}}
Speculation of Ai's thirteenth studio album began after a teaser of an unreleased song was included on the "Respect All" music video.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-22 |title=AI、新曲「リスペクト」MVでスーパーキッズダンサーズとコラボ |trans-title=AI collaborates with Super Kids Dancers for New Song "Respect" MV |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000234350 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=BARKS |language=ja}} Within a few weeks, Universal Music Japan announced the title of Ai's thirteenth studio album.{{Cite news |date=June 9, 2023 |title=AI、ニューアルバム『RESPECT ALL』8月リリース |trans-title=AI to release new album "RESPECT ALL" in August |work=Billboard Japan |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/126261/2 |access-date=June 9, 2023}} Five of ten songs were announced on June 9, including a cover of Bill Wither's "Lean on Me", which Ai performed live at the 49th G7 summit.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-21 |title=AI、G7広島サミット期間中の広島から＜Lasting Peace LIVE＞配信 |trans-title=AI Broadcasts Lasting Peace LIVE from Hiroshima During the G7 Hiroshima Summit |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000234311 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=BARKS |language=ja}} On social media, Ai announced the album would include "Start Again", "Respect All" and "Life Goes On".{{Cite web |date=June 9, 2023 |title=AI、ニューアルバム『RESPECT ALL』リリース決定 |trans-title=AI to Release New Album "RESPECT ALL" |url=https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000288922/ |access-date=June 9, 2023 |website=The First Times |language=ja}} On July 19, the full track listing and artwork was revealed.{{Cite news |date=July 19, 2023 |title=AI×ちゃんみなコラボ曲「WORLD DANCE」誕生、ニューアルバム『RESPECT ALL』に収録 |trans-title=AI × Chanmina collaboration song "WORLD DANCE" is born, included in the new album 'RESPECT ALL' |work=Billboard Japan |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/127774/2 |access-date=July 20, 2023}}
Cover artwork
The standard cover of Respect All bears resemblance to Ai's second studio album, Original Ai (2003). The limited physical edition of the album features a different cover artwork.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-19 |title=AIとちゃんみな、Yaffleがコラボレーション |trans-title=AI and Chanmina, Yaffle collaborate |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000237194 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=BARKS |language=ja}}
Release and promotion
Respect All was released on August 23, 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-09 |title=AI、ニューアルバム『RESPECT ALL』リリース 3時間越えの全国ツアー密着ドミュメンタリー映像も付属 |trans-title=AI Releases New Album "RESPECT ALL" Includes Documentary Footage of Over 3 Hours of Nationwide Tour |url=https://realsound.jp/2023/06/post-1347233.html |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Real Sound |language=ja}} Prior to its release, Universal Japan revealed the Universal Music Store would feature limited first press bonus goods, as well as an application lottery ticket for a chance to see Ai live.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-09 |title=AI、8月23日にニューアルバム『RESPECT ALL』をリリースすることが決定！UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE限定特典も決定！ |trans-title=AI to Release New Album "RESPECT ALL" on August 23rd! UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE Limited Benefits Also Decided! |url=https://www.universal-music.co.jp/ai/news/2023-06-09/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Universal Music Japan |language=ja}} Additional limited bonus goods were later announced on July 26, including a keychain, postcard, poster and coin bag.{{Cite web |title=RESPECT ALL 【初回限定盤】(+DVD) |trans-title=Respect All (First Press Limited Edition) |url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/14028925 |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=HMV&BOOKS online |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=AI/RESPECT ALL ［CD+Blu-ray Disc］＜初回限定盤＞ |trans-title=AI/Respect All [CD+Blu-ray Disc] (First Press Limited Edition) |url=https://tower.jp/item/5747207/RESPECT-ALL-%5BCD%EF%BC%8BBlu-ray-Disc%5D%EF%BC%9C%E5%88%9D%E5%9B%9E%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E7%9B%A4%EF%BC%9E |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Tower Records}}{{Cite web |title=【楽天ブックス限定先着特典】RESPECT ALL (初回限定盤 CD＋Blu-ray)(アクリルキーホルダー) |trans-title=Respect All (first press limited edition CD + Blu-ray) (acrylic key chain) |url=https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/17539318/ |access-date=July 28, 2023 |website=Rakuten}}
In promotion of the album, Ai embarked on her twelfth headlining tour titled after the album.{{Cite news |date=April 28, 2023 |title=AI、約30公演80000人動員の全国ツアーを10月より開催＋2023年第一弾シングルリリース決定 |trans-title=AI to hold 30 performances in a nationwide tour with 80,000 people from October + first single release in 2023 |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000233319 |access-date=June 9, 2023 |website=BARKS |language=ja}}
Commercial performance
Respect All debuted at number 9 on the Oricon Daily Albums chart for August 22, 2023.{{Cite web |title=付 オリコンデイリー アルバムランキング August 22, 2023 |trans-title=Oricon Daily Album Ranking: August 22, 2023 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2023-08-22/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823114550/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2023-08-22/ |archive-date=August 23, 2023 |access-date=August 24, 2023 |website=Oricon}} The album later fell to number 12 on August 23.{{Cite web |title=付 オリコンデイリー アルバムランキング 11～20位: August 23, 2023 |trans-title=Oricon Daily Album Ranking - Ranking 11–20: August 23, 2023 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2023-08-23/p/2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825004930/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2023-08-23/p/2/ |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Oricon}} On the weekly Oricon charts, Respect All debuted and peaked at number 17 on both the Albums and Digital Albums chart.{{Cite web |title=Oricon Top 50 Digital Albums: 2023-09-04 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/dia/w/2023-09-04/p/2/ |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Oricon}} The album debuted and peaked at number 30 on the Combined Albums chart. Respect All currently is Ai's 18th best-selling album of twenty ranked, selling less units than her previous studio album, Dream.{{Cite web |title=Ai Top Album Sales |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/1374/rank/album/ |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=Oricon}}
On the Billboard Japan charts, Respect All debuted and peaked at number 17 on the Hot Albums chart. The album later fell down to number 89 on the chart for the week of September 6.{{Cite web |title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of September 6, 2023 |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2023&month=09&day=11 |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=Billboard Japan}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Respect All track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Respect All
| length1 = 2:58
| writer1 = {{hlist|Ai Carina Uemura|Bob James|Tomoko Ida}}
| extra1 = Ida
| title2 = Eh Eh Eh
| length2 = 2:11
| writer2 = {{hlist|Uemura|Christian Joel Jones}}
| extra2 = TeeFlii
| title3 = World Dance
| note3 = featuring Chanmina
| length3 = 3:41
| writer3 = {{hlist|Uemura|Mina Otomonai|Youki Kojima}}
| extra3 = Yaffle
| title4 = River
| length4 = 4:12
| writer4 = {{hlist|Uemura|Julian Le}}
| extra4 = Le
| title5 = Life Goes On
| length5 = 5:30
| writer5 = {{hlist|Uemura|Ida}}
| extra5 = Ida
| title6 = Little Hands
| note6 = {{nihongo2|指を握る小さな手}}, Yubi o Nigiru Chīsana te
| length6 = 2:53
| writer6 = {{hlist|Uemura|C3prod}}
| extra6 = C3prod
| title7 = We Are Alive
| length7 = 2:53
| writer7 = {{hlist|Uemura|Rinzo|Tenyu Fukaya}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Rinzo|Fukaya}}
| title8 = Start Again
| length8 = 4:17
| writer8 = {{hlist|Uemura|Uta}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Uta|Uemura}}
| title9 = Happy Birthday to You
| length9 = 2:03
| writer9 = {{hlist|Uemura|Don Kim}}
| extra9 = DJ Acko
| title10 = Lean on Me
| length10 = 4:38
| writer10 = Bill Withers
| extra10 = Yuki Kishida
| total_length = 35:20
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Respect All {{nobold|– limited edition DVD / Blu-ray bonus live performances from the Dream Tour}}
| title1 = Not So Different
| note1 = remix) (featuring Awich
| writer1 = {{hlist|Uemura|Rachel West|Vicent van den Ende|Scott Storch}}
| title2 = Voice
| writer2 = Uemura
| title3 = Welcome Rain
| writer3 = Naoki Yamata
| title4 = Last Words
| writer4 = Uemura
| title5 = Independent Woman
| writer5 = {{hlist|Uemura|Elliot Washington}}
| title6 = Story
| writer6 = Uemura
| title7 = Dear Mama
| writer7 = Uemura
| title8 = Dear Papa
| writer8 = {{hlist|Uemura|C3prod}}
| title9 = So Special
| writer9 = {{hlist|Uemura|Atsushi Satō}}
| title10 = For My Sister
| writer10 = {{hlist|Uemura|Judith Hill|Uta}}
| title11 = People in the World
| writer11 = {{hlist|Uemura|DJ Watarai|Uta}}
| title12 = Brand New Day" / "Fake
| note12 = Medley
| writer12 = {{hlist|Uemura|Jonas Jeberg|Simon Brenting|Damon Sharp|Greg Lawson|George Tashiro}}
| title13 = Be with You
| writer13 = {{hlist|Uemura|Le}}
| title14 = It's Show Time!!!
| writer14 = {{hlist|Uemura|T. Kura}}
| title15 = In the Middle
| writer15 = {{hlist|Uemura|Daichi Miura|Uta}}
| title16 = Dance Together" / "Moriagaro
| note16 = Medley
| writer16 = {{hlist|Uemura|Jones|Jeremy Phillip Felton}}
| title17 = First Time" / "My Baby" / "The Moment" / "Let It Go
| note17 = Medley
| writer17 = {{hlist|Uemura|Felisha "Fury" King|Fallon King||Victoria Mwangi|Asia Bryant|Lloyd Polite Jr.|Sean "Pen" McMillion|Ralph "Vintage" Jeanty|Kazu Sakaguchi|DJ Ryow|Space Dust Club|Cordell Broadus|DJ2High|Uta|Tynice Hinton}}
| title18 = Uh Uh.....
| writer18 = {{hlist|Michico|Yakko|Uemura}}
| title19 = We Have a Dream
| writer19 = {{hlist|Uemura|Nelson Babin-Coy|Kim|Uta}}
| title20 = Start Again
| note20 = encore
| writer20 = {{hlist|Uemura|Uta}}
| title21 = Aldebaran
| writer21 = Naotarō Moriyama
| title22 = Happiness
| writer22 = Uemura
| note21 = encore
| note22 = encore
| title23 = Ai Dream Tour Documentary Film
}}
Notes
- "Respect All" is alternatively titled as {{nihongo|"Respect"|リスペクト|4=}} in Asia.
- "Respect All" interpolates Bob James' 1982 instrumental song "Shamboozie" written by James.
- "World Dance" and "We Are Alive" are stylized in all upper cased letters.
- The album's limited edition CD+DVD package consists of three discs.
Personnel
Credits adapted from album's liner notes and Tidal.Respect All (CD+Blu-ray). Ai. EMI Records/Universal/Def Jam Recordings. 2023. UPCH-29461.{{Cite web |title=Credits / Respect All |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/311065826/credits |access-date=August 23, 2023 |website=Tidal}}
Musicians{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
- Ai Carina Uemura – vocals
- Heiwa – additional vocals (1)
- Yuki Kishida – keyboards (1, 5)
- DJ Hirakatsu – turntable (1)
- Robert "Bubby" Lewis – synth bass (2)
- Azumi Takahashi – additional vocals (10)
- Tohsuke Uematsu – additional vocals (10)
- Takeshi Iwasaki – violin, viola (7)
- Mina Otomonai – vocals (3){{div col end}}
Technical
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
- D.O.I – mixing (1, 2, 5, 6, 8)
- Masahito Komori – mixing (3)
- Taji Okuda – mixing (10), vocal recording
- John Davis – mastering (1, 4–6, 8)
- Andrew Baldwin – mastering (2, 3, 7, 9, 10)
- Uta – recording arrangement (8)
- Tomoko Ida – recording arrangement (1, 5)
- Yaffle – recording arrangement (3)
- TeeFlii – recording arrangement (2)
- Julian Le – recording arrangement (4)
- C3prod – recording arrangement (6)
- Rinzo – recording arrangement (7)
- Tenyu Fukaya – recording arrangement (7)
- Don Kim – recording arrangement (9)
- Yuki Kishida – recording arrangement (10)
- Keisuke Fujimaki – vocal recording
- Shiori Maruoka – vocal recording
- Shohei Ishikawa – vocal recording
- Jigg – vocal recording (3){{div col end}}
Visuals and imagery
- Toshiya Ohno – art direction
- Sachi Uemura – photographer
- Shoji Uchiyama – design
- Akemi Ono – hair, makeup
- Noriko Goto – stylist
- Hiroki Hisajima – CGI
- Miyuyim – calligraphy
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for Respect All ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Oricon|17|date=2023-09-04/p/2|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2023}} |
| scope="row"| Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2023-09-04 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/coa/w/2023-09-04/p/3/ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=September 1, 2023|language=ja}}
| 30 |
|---|
| scope="row"| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan){{cite web|url=http://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2023&month=09&day=04|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of August 30, 2023|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=August 30, 2023}}
| 17 |
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Release history and formats for Respect All ! scope="col" | Region ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Format(s) ! scope="col" | Version ! scope="col" | Label ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" | Various
| rowspan="4" | August 23, 2023 | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | rowspan="2" | Standard |
|---|
| rowspan="3" scope="row" | Japan
| {{hlist|CD}} | rowspan="3" | {{hlist|EMI|Universal Japan|Def Jam}} | align="center" | {{Cite web |title=Respect All [Regular Edition] AI CD Album |url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UPCH-20657 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=CDJapan |language=en}} |
| {{hlist|CD|DVD |
| rowspan="2" | Limited
|-
| {{hlist|CD|Blu-ray|}}
|}
References
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