Phoenix (Maki Ohguro album)

Phoenix is the fifteenth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Maki Ohguro. It was released on 23 December 2020 under the Being Inc. label. It's her first studio album for the first time in 2 years. The album contains various collaboration tracks from various musicians, such as Ryota Mitsunaga, Rose Touma.[1]

Phoenix
Studio album by
Released23 December 2020
Recorded2019–2020
GenreJapanese pop
Length78:51
LabelBeing Inc.
ProducerMaki Ohguro
Maki Ohguro chronology
Music Muscle
(2018)
Phoenix
(2020)
Singles from Phoenix
  1. "Sharely Christmas"
    Released: 25 December 2019 (Digital single)
  2. "Let's Go Girls"
    Released: 1 March 2020 (Digital single)
  3. "Rainbow Quest"
    Released: 15 April 2020 (Digital single)
  4. "OK"
    Released: 27 May 2020 (Digital single)
  5. "Shake Shaka You'll be All Right"
    Released: 30 June 2020 (Digital single)
  6. "Get Your Wave"
    Released: 31 July 2020 (Digital single)
  7. "Pray for you: Shigatsu no Elegie"
    Released: 31 August 2020 (Digital single)
  8. "Dee Dee Dee Dee Deeper Love: Ai no Social Distance"
    Released: 31 August 2020 (Digital single)
  9. "Phoenix"
    Released: 30 September 2020 (Digital single)
  10. "We are the Love: Dedicated to J & L"
    Released: 28 October 2020 (Digital single)
  11. "Sister Sister Sister"
    Released: 30 November 2020 (Digital single)
  12. "Hashire! Hashire! Hashire!"
    Released: 21 December 2020 (Digital single)

This album was released in two formats: regular edition and limited first press edition with DVD. The DVD disc includes 180 minute footage of the live tour "Maki Ohguro Music Muscle Tour 2019".[2]

Promotion

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Singles

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This album consist of twelve previously released singles, all of them released as a digital singles.

Digital single Sharely Christmas was released on 25 December 2019 and served as an theme song to the Christmas Event "Tokyo Great Santa Run Gift".[3]Let's Go Girls was released in March 2020. The single served as a theme song to the marathon event "Nagoya Women's Marathon 2020".[4] Another digital single "OK was released in May 2020 and will serve as a theme song to the theatrical movie "Utsusemi no Mori".[5]

Commercial performance

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The album reached #44 in its first week and charted for 3 weeks. The album was a commercial failure, remaining as her lowest-charting and worst-selling studio album as of February, 2021.[6]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Maki Ohguro (expect #2 (co-written by QUEST ALL STARs), #9(co-written by Rose Touma); all music is composed by Maki Ohguro (expect #2 (co-written by QUEST ALL STARs), #4 (co-written by Ryota Mitsunaga), #6 an #11 (co-written by Yohey), #12 (co-written by Ryota Asai))

No.TitleArranger(s)Length
1."Let's☆Go!! Girls" (digital single)Yohey4:57
2."RAINBOW QUEST: Bokura wa Peace Mate with Rainbow Kids (僕らはピースメイト)" (digital single)Katsuyuki Mito7:08
3."OK" (digital single)Satoshi Takebe7:20
4."Shaka Shake You'll Be All right-Big Wave ver." (digital single)Takebe7:11
5."Get Your Wave" (digital single)Yohey5:48
6."Dee Dee Dee Dee Deeper Love: Ai no Social Distance" (digital single)Yohey5:13
7."Pray for you: Shigatsu no Elegie" (digital single)Yohey6:30
8."Phoenix" (digital single)Yohey6:28
9."WE ARE THE LOVE: dedicated to J & L" (digital single)Yohey7:53
10."SISTER SISTER SISTER" (digital single)Yohey4:55
11."Junsui na Hito (純粋な人)"Yohey5:54
12."Hashire! Hashire! Hashire (走れ! 走れ! 走れ!)" (digital single)Ryota Asai4:09
13."Sharely Christmas" (digital single)Akihito Tokunaga5:33

References

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  1. ^ "大黒摩季、豪華ゲスト参加のゴージャスでハイパーなアルバム「PHOENIX」発売". 音楽ナタリー. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  2. ^ "Maki Ohguro Discography". maki-ohguro.com.
  3. ^ "サンタ姿でラン&ウォーク! 『東京グレートサンタラン』で大黒摩季が新曲披露ライブ". Barks. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  4. ^ "大黒摩季、『名古屋ウィメンズマラソン』公式応援ソングの配信スタート". Barks. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  5. ^ "大黒摩季、25年ぶりに酒井法子とタッグ! 酒井主演映画に主題歌提供「未来とはやっぱり素敵」". Barks. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  6. ^ "PHOENIX(BIG盤)- 大黒摩季". Oricon News.