Eye (Sekai no Owari album)

Eye is the fifth studio album by Japanese rock band Sekai no Owari, released on February 27, 2019, by Toy's Factory. It was released simultaneously with the album Lip. The limited first run of the album contains a DVD with footage from the band's Insomnia Train outdoor concert tour.[1] The band will tour in support of the albums from April 2019.[1] It debuted at number two on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart on March 6, behind Lip at number one.[2]

Eye
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 27, 2019 (2019-02-27)
GenreJ-pop
LanguageJapanese
LabelToy's Factory
Sekai no Owari chronology
Lip
(2019)
Eye
(2019)
Chameleon
(2019)
Singles from Tree
  1. "Anti-Hero"
    Released: July 29, 2015 (2015-07-29)
  2. "SOS"
    Released: September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)

Background

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The band recorded enough material across the four years from their previous album Tree (2015), so decided to release it across two separate albums, with Eye showcasing the band's "wild side", and Lip featuring the band's "signature pop" songs.[1]

The songs "Anti-Hero", "SOS", "Stargazer" and "Re:set" were released prior to the album.[3]

Promotion

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"Re:set" was used as the theme for the video game Catherine: Full Body.[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Love Song"
  • Fukase
  • Nakajin
  • Saori
3:59
2."Blue Flower"
  • Fukase
  • Sekai no Owari
3:11
3."Anti-Hero"
  • Fukase
  • Nakajin
3:34
4."Yozakura" (夜桜)
  • Fukase
  • Nakajin
3:50
5."Monsoon Night"
  • Fukase
  • Nakajin
  • Saori
  • Sekai no Owari
  • Marcel Prodan
3:38
6."Food"
  • Fukase
  • Sekai no Owari
2:43
7."SOS"
  • Fukase
  • Saori
5:05
8."Re:set"
  • Fukase
  • Sekai no Owari
3:09
9."Doppelganger" (ドッペルゲンガー)
  • Nakajin
3:50
10."Eden" (エデン)
  • Fukase
  • Sekai no Owari
4:01
11."Subete ga Kowareta Yoru ni" (すべてが壊れた夜に)
  • Fukase
  • Sekai no Owari
4:40
12."Witch"
  • Fukase
  • Nakajin
  • Sekai no Owari
3:34
13."Stargazer" (スターゲイザー)
  • Fukase
  • Sekai no Owari
3:55
Total length:49:09

Notes

  • Nelson Babin-coy provided support as a consultant for English lyrics written in tracks 3, 5, and 7.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[5] 3
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2] 2

Year-end charts

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Chart (2019) Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 43

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Japan's End of the World to Drop Two Domestic & One International Album in 2019". Billboard. February 18, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-03-11" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "SEKAI NO OWARI最新アルバム「Lip」「Eye」がオリコン1、2位を独占" [SEKAI NO OWARI Latest Album "Lip" "Eye" Monopolizes Oricon 1 and 2]. Yahoo! Japan. March 5, 2019. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "SEKAI NO OWARI reveal all of the details about their upcoming Albums 'Eye' and 'Lip'". Arama! Japan. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2019/03/11 付け". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "年間 アルバムランキング 2019年度". Oricon. Retrieved February 17, 2021.