Blau (album)

Blau (stylized as BLAU) is the debut studio album by Japanese singer Eir Aoi. It was released under SME Records on January 30, 2013. It debuted at number four on Oricon chart,[1] and reached number three on Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales.[2] Blau takes its title from German word meaning "blue", denoting her image color and thought that "I want you to feel a variety of Eir Aoi".[3][4] Three singles were released from the album: "Memoria", "Aurora", and "Innocence", all of them were used for anime theme songs. "Memoria" was chosen as Fate/Zero 's first ending theme, "Aurora" as Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 's fourth opening theme, and "Innocence" as Sword Art Online 's second opening theme.[5] "Memoria" and "Innocence" were most successful songs of the album, have been certified Gold by the RIAJ for sales in Japan, with over 100,000 copies sold for each.[6][7]

Blau
Studio album by Eir Aoi
Released	January 30, 2013
Genre	J-pop
Length	65:46
Label	SME Records
Eir Aoi chronology
Prayer (2012) Blau (2013) Aube (2014)
Singles from Phase 2
"Memoria" Released: October 19, 2011 "Aurora" Released: September 5, 2012 "Innocence" Released: November 21, 2012

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Overture"		Ryosuke Shigenaga	0:50
2.	"Aurora"	Eir Aoi Shigenaga	Shigenaga	4:20
3.	"Innocence"	Aoi Shigenaga	Shigenaga	4:37
4.	"Satellite" (サテライト)	Katsuhiko Kurosu	Kurosu	4:25
5.	"Senkou Zenya" (閃光前夜 The Night Before the Flash)	Hiroki Arai	Arai	5:11
6.	"High & High"	Aoi Takahiro Yasuda	Takahiro Yasuda	4:09
7.	"Avalon Blue" (アヴァロン・ブルー)	Aoi Sohshi Iihama	Tomo.	4:48
8.	"Frozen Eyez"	Fumio Yasuda	Fumio Yasuda	5:11
9.	"Yume no Owari" (夢の終わり End of Dream)	Yusuke Shirato	Shirato	5:15
10.	"Lament"	Aoi Iihama	Tomo.	5:17
11.	"Faceless" (フェイスレス)	Fumio Yasuda	Fumio Yasuda	4:26
12.	"Reunion"	Fumio Yasuda	Fumio Yasuda	3:38
13.	"Sora wo Aruku" (空を歩く Walk in the Sky)	Aoi Takahiro Yasuda	Takahiro Yasuda	5:06
14.	"Memoria"	Aoi Fumio Yasuda	Fumio Yasuda	4:48
15.	"Gloria" (Limited Edition Bonus Track)	Yui	Yui	3:27
Total length:				65:46

Charts

Album

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Billboard)[2]	3
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[1]	4

Singles

Title	Year	Peak positions
		JPN Oricon	JPN Billboard
"Memoria"	2011	8[8]	19[9]
"Aurora"	2012	22[10]	71[11]
"Innocence"		6[12]	8[13]

References

1. "Blau | 藍井エイル" [Blau | Eir Aoi]. Oricon (in Japanese). 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
2. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales | Charts". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
3. "藍井エイル『独自の世界観を持つ期待の新人シンガーが登場！』" [Singer Eir Aoi tells her own thoughts!]. Oricon (in Japanese). 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
4. "藍井エイル、イメージカラーを冠した1stアルバム「BLAU」" [Eir Aoi's 1st album "Blau" with image color]. Natalie (in Japanese). 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
5. Green, Scott (2013-01-30). ""Sword Art Online" and "Fate/zero" Singer Eir Aoi's First Album Offered Digitally". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
6. "Paid Music Distribution Certifications 2014" (Select 2014年01月 on the drop-down menu) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
7. "Paid Music Distribution Certifications 2014" (Select 2014年11月 on the drop-down menu) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
8. "Memoria | 藍井エイル" [Memoria | Eir Aoi] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
9. "Japanese Music: Top Japanese Songs Chart". Billboard. 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
10. "Aurora | 藍井エイル" [Aurora | Eir Aoi] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
11. "Japanese Music: Top Japanese Songs Chart". Billboard. 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
12. "Innocence | 藍井エイル" [Innocence | Eir Aoi] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
13. "Japanese Music: Top Japanese Songs Chart". Billboard. 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2018-11-23.

External links

• Blau at MusicBrainz