Voice (Mika Nakashima album)

"Life" was released as the album's first single on August 22, 2007. The song is an adult contemporary pop/rock number and was used as the theme song for the drama of the same name, starring Kii Kitano and Saki Fukuda. The B-side "It's Too Late" was used for an Kanebo Cosmetics CM, which starred Nakashima herself.

"Eien no Uta" is a reggae-inflected ballad with Stephen McGregor serving as the producer. It was used as the theme song of the movie Southbound (2007).{{cite news|title=中島美嘉、ニューシングル「永遠の詩」映画主題歌決定 (Nakashima Mika's new single "Eien no Uta" to be used as movie theme song)|url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000033250&m=jpop|publisher=Barks|accessdate=September 10, 2007|date=August 8, 2007|language=Japanese}} The B-side is a cover of Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To," and was made with jazz band Katteni-Shiyagare and previously included on her Katteni-Shiyagare tribute album, Let's Get Lost.{{cite web|title=中島美嘉 : インフォメーション (Nakashima Mika: Information)|publisher=Sony Music Online Japan|accessdate=September 10, 2007|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/AI/MikaNakashima/m_info.html|language=Japanese}}

"Sakura Hanagasumi" is an adult contemporary ballad with a more poignant mood than "Sakurairo Mau Koro" (2005). The Daishi dance version of the song appears on the Voice album instead of the original version, which is featured in its promotional video. The next release, "I Don't Know", was Mika's first English-language single. It is a collaboration with owarai group Morisanchuu and was her first single to be released in a CD+DVD format in addition to the regular CD-only format. It includes the B-side track "Shut Up".

"Orion" is an lite rock-influenced ballad and was released on November 12, 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/AI/MikaNakashima/index.html |title=Sony Music Online Japan : 中島美嘉 |publisher=Sonymusic.co.jp |access-date=November 6, 2008}} It was the insert song for the Japanese TBS drama, Ryūsei no Kizuna, in which co-starred Mika.{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/ryuseinokizuna/news/news080923.html |title="ORION" / Mika Nakashima|publisher=Tbs.co.jp |access-date=November 6, 2008}} The B-side song "Focus" was used for the television commercial of the Canon IXY Digital 920 IS camera.

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| extra_column = Arranger(s)

| title1 = Life

| lyrics1 = Ren Takayanagi,
Heroism

| music1 = Junkoo

| extra1 = Coldfeet

| length1 = 4:02

| title2 = Sakura: Hanagasumi (花霞; Cherry Blossoms: Flower Haze)

| note2 = Daishi Dance

| lyrics2 = Mona,
Hiroki Nagase

| music2 = Hiroki Nagase

| extra2 = Daishi Dance,
Tomoharu Moriya

| length2 = 6:09

| title3 = Focus

| lyrics3 = Mika Nakashima

| music3 = Akihisa Matsuura

| extra3 = Yoshito Tanaka
Brass Arrangement: Yoshinari Takegami

| length3 = 4:40

| title4 = Eien no Uta

| note4 = 永遠の詩; Eternal Song

| lyrics4 = Kazufumi Miyazawa

| music4 = Sin

| extra4 = Stephen McGregor
String Arrangement: Shunya Mori

| length4 = 5:45

| title5 = Orion

| lyrics5 = Rui Momota

| music5 = Rui Momota

| extra5 = Rui Momota

| length5 = 4:48

| title6 = Anata ga Iru Kara

| note6 = あなたがいるから; Because You Are Here

| lyrics6 = Haruna Yokota

| music6 = Haruna Yokota

| extra6 = Naohisa Taniguchi

| length6 = 4:34

| title7 = My Gentleman

| lyrics7 = Mika Nakashima

| music7 = Akihisa Matsuura

| extra7 = Akihisa Matsuura

| length7 = 4:34

| title8 = Trust Your Voice

| lyrics8 = Mika Nakashima

| music8 = Lensei

| extra8 = Shin Kōno

| length8 = 4:15

| title9 = It's Too Late

| lyrics9 = Mika Nakashima,
Ayumi Miyazaki

| music9 = Lori Fine (Coldfeet)

| extra9 = Coldfeet

| length9 = 4:33

| title10 = I Don't Know

| note10 = Mica 3 Chu

| lyrics10 = Mika Nakashima,
Lori Fine (Coldfeet)

| music10 = Lori Fine (Coldfeet)

| extra10 = Coldfeet

| length10 = 4:39

| title11 = Shut Up

| note11 = Mica 3 Chu

| lyrics11 = Mika Nakashima,
Lori Fine (Coldfeet)

| music11 = Lori Fine (Coldfeet)

| extra11 = Coldfeet

| length11 = 3:53

| title12 = Confusion

| lyrics12 = Mika Nakashima,
Masato Odake

| music12 = Tomokazu Matsuzawa

| extra12 = The Flixx,
Tomokazu Matsuzawa
Background vocal arrangement: Lori Fine (Coldfeet)

| length12 = 3:29

| title13 = Flower of Time

| lyrics13 = Masato Odake

| music13 = Lensei

| extra13 = Akihisa Matsuura

| length13 = 6:27

| title14 = Koe

| note14 = 声; Voice

| lyrics14 = Jun Shibata

| music14 = Jun Shibata

| extra14 = Takefumi Haketa

| length14 = 5:42

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| note1 = Music video

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| title2 = Eien no Uta

| note2 = Music video

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| title3 = Sakura: Hanagasumi

| note3 = Music video

| extra3 =

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| title4 = I Don't Know

| note4 = Music video

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| title5 = Orion

| note5 = Music video

| extra5 =

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| title6 = Focus

| note6 = Music video

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scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web | title=中島美嘉の作品 |trans-title=Mika Nakashima products | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/285194/products/ | work=Oricon | access-date=January 17, 2014}} | 1

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scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 50

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