Me (Misono album)

Me
Studio album by
misono
ReleasedJune 30, 2010
Recorded2008–2010
GenreJ-pop, pop rock
Labelavex trax
AVCD-38110 (Japan, CD)
AVCD-38109/B (Japan, CD+DVD)
AVC1-38112/B (Japan, FC CD+DVD)
Misono chronology
Cover Album 2
(2010) 		Me
(2010) 		symphony with misono Best
(2013)
Alternative covers
CD+DVD
Alternative cover
Limited Edition
Singles from Me
  1. "Kazoku no Hi/Aburazemi Mesu"
    Released: October 29, 2008
  2. "Kyūkon (Yaruki, Genki, Sono Ki no Nekko)/?cm"
    Released: February 25, 2009
  3. "Urusei Yatsura no Theme: Lum no Love Song/Me"
    Released: September 23, 2009
  4. "End=Start/Shūten (Kimi no Ude no Naka)"
    Released: June 10, 2009
  5. "Watashi Iro/Bokura Style"
    Released: November 25, 2009
  6. "...Suki ×××/0-ji Mae no Tsunderella"
    Released: May 5, 2010

Me is the third studio album by Japanese singer Misono, released on June 30, 2010. The album was released in three different formats: CD only, CD+DVD, and a limited edition.

The album was preceded in release by seven singles.

Background

Me is the third studio album by Japanese pop/rock artist misono. The album became her first to be released under the pseudonym "Me." She would do this again for her following singles and next studio album, Uchi.[1] Me debuted on the Oricon Albums Charts art #14, but dropped to #35 by the end of the first week, giving the album a weekly ranking at #20. The album dropped to #146 by the end of the second week before falling off the charts.[2] The album was released as a standard CD, CD+DVD and a CD+DVD edition for her fan club.[3][4] The fan club editions contained different material on the DVD portion, along with the "Dialogue" (Serifu / 台詞) version of the final track, "Last Time ~Romeo Juliet~."[5]

The cover art for the album was in collaboration with Kitty Ex (KITTY EX) and designed by Garcia Marquez.[6] The album contained very little new material, as had been the case with her previous albums Say -sei- (2008) and never+land (2007). For Me, there were three new tracks: "Usotsuki Tane" (ウソツキ種 / Liar Seed), "Joker" and "Last Time ~Romeo Juliet~."

Me contained the track "Tenbin ~Tsuyogari na Watashi×Yowagari na Kimi~," which was the coupling track on her collaboration single It's all Love!. "It's all Love!" had been performed with her sister Kumi Koda back in March 2009.[7][8] The album also carried misono's most popular ballad "0-ji Mae no Tsunderella" (0時前のツンデレラ / Cinderella Before Midnight). The song was about the princess Cinderella hoping that the prince would find her and save her from her life with her stepmother and stepsisters.[9][10] Her sister Kumi would later cover the song on her album Eternity ~Love & Songs~ released in October the same year.[11]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by misono

CD
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Tales..." (Me Ver.)ats-4:37
2."Kyuukon ~Yaruki・Genki・Sono Ki no Nekko~"Koutaro Kubota3:56
3."「…Suki×××」"Ihashi Naruya • Susumu Nishikawa4:18
4."Usotsuki Tane" (ウソツキ種)Koichiro Noguchi 
5."0-ji Mae no Tsunderella"Akira Murata • Susumu Nishikawa 
6."Joker"Sakura Yuugo • Susumu Nishikawa 
7."Tenbin ~Tsuyogari na Watashi×Yowagari na Kimi~"misono • Kotaro Kubota 
8."11 eleven ~ end=Start"Masato Kitano • Kotaro Kubota • Susumu Nishikawa 
9."Shuuten ~Kimi no Ude no Naka~"Miki Fujisue • Toru Watanabe 
10."Watashi Iro"Kohmi Hirose • Shinjiro Inoue 
11."?cm" (misono to Ninin Sankyaku! Partner Ver.)misono • Kotaro Kubota 
12."music letter" (Me Ver.)misono • Kento Ohgiya 
13."Kazoku no Hi"George Tokoro • Shinjiro Inoue 
14."「Mii」" (Me Ver.)misono • Fujita Akira 
15."Last Time ~Romeo Juliet~" (ラストタイム～ロミジュリ～)misono 
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Watashi Iro" (Music Video) 
2."Finger 5 Medley" (Gakuensai Live Tour Ver.) 
3."Rock Project Medley" (第1回ファンクラブ準備室 / 1st Fan Club Preparation Room (Tentative) Live Event Ver.) 
4."「Me」" (1st Fan Club Preparation Room (Tentative) Live Event Ver.) 
5."Aburazemi♀ (Osaka Version) -Piano Version-" (1st Fan Club Preparation Room (Tentative) Live Event Ver.) 
Limited Edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Watashi Iro" (Music Video) 
2."end=Start" (4 misono's Version) 
3."misono to Ninin Sankyaku! Partner Boshuu Audition ~Recording no Maki~" (misonoと二人三脚!パートナー募集オーディション～レコーディングの巻～ / misono and Two Tripod Partners! Auditions Wanted ~Volume Recording~) 

References

  1. ^ "BACK-ON feat. Me (aka misono) - with you". Arama They Didn't! Japanese Entertainment News. February 4, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "Me(with DVD) / misono / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  3. ^ "misono/Me [FC limited edition & DVD]". Suruga-ya (in Japanese). Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  4. ^ "misono : Me 【Version A】(DVD)". Amazon Japan. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  5. ^ "【06.30 On Sale】misono／Me（misonoファンクラブ準備室（仮）限定パッケージ版ALBUM＋DVD）". Beat Freak (in Japanese). Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  6. ^ "misono、2年ぶりオリジナルアルバムで「KITTY EX.」とコラボ (misono the first album in 2 years is a collaboration with KITTY EX)". natalie (in Japanese). June 15, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  7. ^ "Secret Desire 2009.04". Secret Desire Blog. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  8. ^ "Koda X misono Sister Collabo!". HMV Japan. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  9. ^ "misono0時前のツンデレラ 歌詞". J-Lyric. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  10. ^ "Lyrics 0-Ji Mae no Tsunderella by misono (romaji) from album - Me". J-Pop Asia. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  11. ^ "倖田來未「0時前のツンデレラ」-『ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~』". RecoChoku (in Japanese). Retrieved May 31, 2017.