Mother Earth (Maki Ohguro album)

Mother Earth
Studio album by
Maki Ohguro
Released9 September 1998
Recorded1998
GenreJapanese pop
Length57:00
LabelB-Gram
ProducerTakeshi Hayama
Maki Ohguro chronology
Power of Dreams
(1997) 		Mother Earth
(1998) 		O
(2001)
Singles from Mother Earth
  1. "Ne! ~Onna Jounetsu~"
    Released: 26 February 1996

Mother Earth is the seventh studio album by Japanese J-pop singer and songwriter Maki Ohguro. It was released on 9 September 1998 under B-Gram Records. For the first time the arranger Takeshi became the main producer of this album.

Album consist of the only one previously released singles, Ne! ~Onna Jounetsu~.

Two tracks out of thirteen are instrumental, composed by Maki herself and Takeshi Hayama.[1]

The album reached No. 1 in its first week on the Oricon chart. The album sold 714,000 copies.[2] This is last time when her album reached No.1 in Oricon weekly charts.

It's her last studio album released in B-Gram Records. Before moving to new label EMI Japan by Universal Music Japan, she released in 1999 her second compilation album Maki Ohguro Best of Best ~All Singles Collection~.

Track listing

All tracks arranged by Takeshi Hayama.

All lyrics are written by Maki Ohguro; all music is composed by Maki Ohguro (expect of #1, by Takeshi Hayama)[3]

No.TitleLength
1."Introduction" (instrumental)0:39
2."Wake (理由)"4:39
3."Kono Yami wo Tsukinukeru (この闇を突き抜ける)"4:19
4."Sign (サ☆イ★ン)"5:23
5."Wasurete shimaitainoni (忘れてしまいたいのに)"4:12
6."Usotsuki (うそつき)"5:31
7."Suki Suki Suki (スキ・スキ・スキ)"4:34
8."Ne! ~Onna Jounetsu~ (ネッ! 〜女、情熱〜)"4:44
9."Tooi Sora de (遠い空で きっと)"4:01
10."I can't stop the rain"5:48
11."Bokura no Shiranai Tokoro de (ボクらの知らないところで)"3:15
12."Go with the wind"6:00
13."Mother Earth" (instrumental)3:12

In media

  • Kono Yami wo Tsukinukeru: theme song for Toto Super Athletics Convention 1998
  • Ne! ~Onna Jounetsu~: commercial song of Kanebo Cosmetics's Testimo II

References

  1. ^ "大黒摩季 Discography". maki-ohguro.com.
  2. ^ "MOTHER EARTH | 大黒摩季". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese).
  3. ^ "Mother Earth (大黒摩季)". Beinggiza.com.