Mr. Rock Vocalist is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Eric Martin, released on October 10, 2012, exclusively in Japan by Sony Music Japan. The album features English-language covers of songs by Japanese hard rock bands (as opposed to female-oriented Japanese ballads like the previous Mr. Vocalist albums), as well as two original songs featured in the pachinko game CR Virtua Fighter Revolution.[1] It is the final album in the Mr. Vocalist series.
| Mr. Rock Vocalist | ||||
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| Released | October 10, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 56:04 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Japan | |||
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The album peaked at No. 40 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Dreamin'" (featuring Steve Stevens) | Boøwy | 4:04 | |
| 2. | "Yuuwaku (誘惑, "Temptation")" | Takuro | Glay | 4:18 |
| 3. | "1/3 no Junjō na Kanjō (1/3の純情な感情, "1/3 Pure Heart Emotion")" | Siam Shade | Siam Shade | 3:45 |
| 4. | "Alone" (featuring Stevie Salas) | B'z | 6:05 | |
| 5. | "Angel" | Kyosuke Himuro | Kyosuke Himuro | 3:51 |
| 6. | "Rakuen (楽園, "Paradise")" (featuring Richie Kotzen) | Kazuya Yoshii | The Yellow Monkey | 4:41 |
| 7. | "Honey" (featuring John 5) | Hyde | L'Arc-en-Ciel | 3:44 |
| 8. | "Gloria" | Juichi Morishige | Ziggy | 4:11 |
| 9. | "I for You" (featuring Marty Friedman) | Luna Sea | Luna Sea | 5:14 |
| 10. | "Forever Love" | Yoshiki | X Japan | 8:37 |
| 11. | "Break Out" (bonus track) |
| 3:53 | |
| 12. | "The Heart of a Champion" (bonus track) |
| 3:47 | |
| Total length: | 56:04 | |||
Charts
edit| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2] | 40 |
References
edit- ^ "エリック・マーティン、B'zからBOΦWY、LUNA SEAまで今度は男性J-ROCKの名曲を鮮烈カバー". BARKS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ a b "MR.ロック・ボーカリスト | エリック・マーティン". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-19.