Come Here (KAT-TUN album)

Come Here, stylised as come Here, is the seventh full-length studio album and eighth original album by Japanese boy band KAT-TUN, released in Japan on June 25, 2014, under the label J-One Records.[1] The album contains four previously released tracks—"To the Limit", "Fumetsu no Scrum", "Expose" and "Face to Face"—all of which were number one on the Oricon weekly singles chart.[2]

Come Here
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 25, 2014 (2014-06-25)
Recorded2014
GenrePop rock
Length63:13 (Limited Edition)
71:44 (Regular Edition)
LabelJ-One
ProducerJohnny H. Kitagawa (executive)
KAT-TUN chronology
Kusabi
(2013)
Come Here
(2014)
Cast
(2018)
Singles from Come Here
  1. "To the Limit"
    Released: June 27, 2012
  2. "Fumetsu no Scrum"
    Released: September 12, 2012
  3. "Expose"
    Released: February 6, 2013
  4. "Face to Face"
    Released: May 15, 2013

Album information

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Come Here is the eighth original album release from KAT-TUN, released approximately seven months after their previous original album Kusabi. The release comes in two versions - Regular Edition and Limited Edition.

The stylised version of the album's title, "come Here", has only the "H" in capitals to signify the H for KAT-TUN fans named "hyphens", that concerts are their "home", that they have matured into adults ("H" can be read as ecchi), and finally because "H" is the eighth letter of the alphabet and it is their eighth overall album.[3]

Both versions of the album include four previously released singles, four solo songs, and eight new songs. The Regular Edition contains two extra bonus tracks, "Sunrise" and "Yasashii Ame (優しい雨)".[4] The Limited Edition contains a DVD containing the music video and making for the lead track, "Come Here".[5]

Promotion

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The singles contained in the album were all released prior. However, they have been rearranged to exclude the vocals of former group member Koki Tanaka. "To the Limit" was released as the first single on June 27, 2012. It peaked at number one on the Oricon weekly singles chart[6] and sold over 156,300 copies in Japan. The second single "Fumetsu no Scrum" was released on September 12, 2012, which peaked at number one on the weekly Oricon singles chart,[7] selling over 157,000 copies in Japan.

On February 6, 2013, "Expose" was the third single released from the album. It peaked at number one on the weekly Oricon singles chart[8] and sold over 154,700 copies in Japan. On May 15 the same year, the fourth single "Face to Face" was released. It peaked at number one on the weekly Oricon singles chart[9] and sold over 131,800 copies in Japan. "In Fact", which was the last single released before the album, on June 4, 2014, is not included.

In conjunction with the release of Come Here, the group will embark on a summer nationwide tour in Japan starting July 8, 2014. The tour will be their first as four members, and ends at Kyocera Dome on December 30 and 31, 2014, making it two consecutive years that the group performs a countdown concert at the dome.[10]

Track listing

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Limited edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Come Here"RuccaIchiro Suezawa, Drew Ryan Scott, Goldfingerz4:01
2."Triangle"Noyce'Shun Kusakawa, L-m-T, Daichi3:56
3."Expose"Miwa*Erik Sahlen, Yoko Hiramatsu4:33
4."Art of Life" (Vocal by Tatsuya Ueda)Mz HzThomas Klintstrom, KAZ-AKI, DJ Air3:59
5."Fumetsu no Scrum"MasancoJanne Hyoty, Caroline Gustavsson3:29
6."Crescent" (クレセント, Vocal by Yuichi Nakamaru)Yuichi Nakamaru, WinessFilip "LeForce" Lindfors, Yoko Hiramatsu3:40
7."Fake" (フェイク)Forest YoungDaichi, Shunsuke Harada3:23
8."Break UR Cage"KahluaManabu Marutani, Katsuhiko Yamamoto, Command Freaks3:21
9."Emerald" (Vocal by Kazuya Kamenashi)Kazuya KamenashiDaishi Dance3:50
10."Star"Koudai IwatsuboKoudai Iwatsubo5:00
11."Whenever I Kiss You" (Vocal by Junnosuke Taguchi)NaoNao4:05
12."Summer Emotion"Rabbitman, Noyce'Rabbitman4:01
13."To the Limit"M.U.R., MasancoTom Diekmeier, Junior H Johansson4:07
14."Hide and Seek"MiyakeiForest Young, Pinkcastar3:48
15."Face to Face"AGKYAndreas Johansson, Laika Leon4:23
16."My Every Time"RuccaJongSung Yoon, JungSuk Jang, TaeSoo Jung3:29
17."Come Here" (Music video)   
18."Come Here" (Making of clip)   
Regular edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Come Here"RuccaIchiro Suezawa, Drew Ryan Scott, Goldfingerz4:01
2."Triangle"Noyce'Shun Kusakawa, L-m-T, Daichi3:56
3."Expose"Miwa*Erik Sahlen, Yoko Hiramatsu4:33
4."Art of Life" (Vocal by Tatsuya Ueda)Mz HzThomas Klintstrom, KAZ-AKI, DJ Air3:59
5."Fumetsu no Scrum"MasancoJanne Hyoty, Caroline Gustavsson3:29
6."Crescent" (クレセント, Vocal by Yuichi Nakamaru)Yuichi Nakamaru, WinessFilip "LeForce" Lindfors, Yoko Hiramatsu3:40
7."Fake" (フェイク)Forest YoungDaichi, Shunsuke Harada3:23
8."Break UR Cage"KahluaManabu Marutani, Katsuhiko Yamamoto, Command Freaks3:21
9."Emerald" (Vocal by Kazuya Kamenashi)Kazuya KamenashiDaishi Dance3:50
10."Star"Koudai IwatsuboKoudai Iwatsubo5:00
11."Whenever I Kiss You" (Vocal by Junnosuke Taguchi)NaoNao4:05
12."Summer Emotion"Rabbitman, Noyce'Rabbitman4:01
13."To the Limit"M.U.R., MasancoTom Diekmeier, Junior H Johansson4:07
14."Hide and Seek"MiyakeiForest Young, Pinkcastar3:48
15."Face to Face"AGKYAndreas Johansson, Laika Leon4:23
16."My Every Time"RuccaJongSung Yoon, JungSuk Jang, TaeSoo Jung3:29
17."Sunrise"25→graffitiRock Stone, Steven Lee, Jimmy Richard3:53
18."Yasashii Ame" (優しい雨 "Gentle Rain")Nai-T、KahluaNai-T4:35

Charts

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Chart Peak Sales
Japan Oricon Weekly Chart 1 75,026
Japan Oricon Monthly Chart 4 75,026
Japan Oricon Yearly Chart 48 88,080
Billboard Japan Top Albums 1[11] __

References

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  1. ^ "KAT-TUN release album come Here" (in Japanese). Johnny's net. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  2. ^ "KAT-TUN、ニュー・アルバム6月25日発売" (in Japanese). Tower Records Japan Inc. 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  3. ^ "KAT-TUN no Gatsun". 2014-06-02. Nippon Cultural Broadcasting. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
  4. ^ "come Here [Regular Edition]". CD Japan. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  5. ^ "come Here [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]". CD Japan. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  6. ^ "2012年06月25日~2012年07月01日のCDシングル週間ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  7. ^ "2012年09月10日~2012年09月16日のCDシングル週間ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  8. ^ "2013年02月04日~2013年02月10日のCDシングル週間ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  9. ^ "2013年05月13日~2013年05月19日のCDシングル週間ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  10. ^ "みんな"come Here"!KAT-TUNがアルバム&4人で初ツアー" (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  11. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Charts Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
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