A Scenery Like Me

A Scenery Like Me
Studio album by Chara
Released	February 18, 2004
Recorded	2003–2004
Genre	J-pop
Length	54:11
Label	Sony Music Japan
Producer	Chara
Chara chronology
Yoake Mae (2003) A Scenery Like Me (2004) Something Blue (2005)
Singles from A Scenery Like Me
"Are wa ne" Released: 2004 (radio single)

A Scenery Like Me (ア・シーナリー・ライク・ミー, A Shīnarī Raiku Mī) is a self-cover album by Chara, which was released on February 18, 2004. It debuted at #27 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 300 for 5 weeks.[1] It eventually sold 19,000 copies.

The album features new versions of material from her first four studio albums, Sweet, Soul Kiss, Violet Blue and Happy Toy; as well as two new songs, Ao (青, Blue) and Ai no Hikōsen (愛の飛行船, Blimp of Love). The new versions featured a stripped down arrangement, self-produced by Chara and performed with her band.[2]

Two songs were used as promotional tracks. The self-cover of Are wa ne (あれはね, Is That Right) was used as a radio single, and a music video was filmed for it. The self-cover of Tsumibukaku Aishite yo (罪深く愛してよ, Love Me Sinfully) was used as the opening theme song for the NHK interview show Mayonaka no Ōkoku (真夜中の王国, Midnight Kingdom).

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Break These Chain"	Chara	Chara	U-Ske Asada	7:07
2.	"Are wa ne (あれはね, Is That Right)"	Chara	Chara	D.Motion	5:36
3.	"Tsumibukaku Aishite yo (罪深く愛してよ, Love Me Sinfully)"	Chara	Chara, U-Ske Asada	U-Ske Asada	6:00
4.	"Ao (青, Blue)"	Chara	Chara		2:14
5.	"Private Beach"	Chara	Chara	U-Ske Asada	3:18
6.	"No Promise"	Chara	Chara, Mizuho Hirata	U-Ske Asada	5:23
7.	"Ai no Hikōsen (愛の飛行船, Blimp of Love)"	Chara, Ema	Chara		3:06
8.	"Time After Time"	Chara	Chara	D.Motion	6:23
9.	"Happy Toy"	Chara	Chara, Zentarō Watanabe	Zentarō Watanabe	6:46
10.	"Usotsuku no ni Narenaide (うそつくのに慣れないで, Don't Get Used to Lying)"	Chara	Chara	U-Ske Asada	4:36

Japan Sales Rankings

Release	Chart	Peak position	First week sales	Sales total
March 19, 2003	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	27	8,798	19,220

References

1. "A Scenery Like Me/Chara". Retrieved 2009-10-27.
2. "Sony Music Online Japan : CHARA : A Scenery Like Me". Archived from the original on 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2009-10-27.