Cover Album (album)
Cover Album (カバALBUM, Kaba Arubamu) is the first cover album and second mini-album released by Japanese soloist misono. The album's title is a play on "kaba" (カバ), the Japanese word for hippopotamus. It charted on Oricon at No. 28 and remained on the charts for four weeks. The album was released on the same day as her fourteenth single, Urusei Yatsura no Theme: Lum no Love Song/Me.
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| Released | September 23, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | J-Pop | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
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The album was released solely as a CD, although a music video for the first song, "misono to Utaou! Animedley I", was placed on the aforementioned single.
For the album, misono covered a variety of songs from other artists, including Avril Lavinge's "Complicated", Mayo Okamoto's "Tomorrow" and Personz's "Dear Friends".
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Cover Album is the first cover album released by Japanese singer-songwriter misono on September 23, 2009. The album peaked at No. 28 on the Oricon Albums Charts, remaining on the charts for four consecutive weeks.[1] The album was released the same day as her single Urusei Yatsura no Theme ~Lum no Love Song~／「Mii」, of which the a-side was also a cover song.[2]
While the album was only released on a standard CD, the first track, "misono to Utaou! Animedley I" (misonoと歌おう!アニメドレーI / Sing with misono! Animedley I), was given a music video on the CD+DVD version of Urusei Yatsura no Theme: Lum no Love Song/Me.[3]
misono had her own version of Mayo Okamoto's "Tomorrow" on her single Lovely♡Cat's Eye, which was released three years earlier in November 2006.[4][5] Her rendition of "Complicated" had been used on the Avril Lavigne tribute album Tribute to Avril Lavigne -Master's Collection- (2006), in which various Japanese artists covered several songs by the Canadian artist.[6]
misono's sister, Koda Kumi, would later cover some of the same songs, including Ouyang Fei Fei's "Love Is Over" (ラヴ・イズ・オーヴァー) on her Eternity ~Love & Songs~ album (2010),[7] and Linda Yamamoto's "Dou ni mo tomaranai" on her Color the Cover album (2013).[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original | Length |
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| 1. | "misono to Utaou! Animedley I 〜Urusei Yatsura no Theme ~Lum no Love Song~ / CAT'S EYE / Wai Wai World / Candy Candy / Attack No.1 Theme / Hajimete no Chuu〜" (misonoと歌おう!アニメドレーI) | 6:05 | |||
| 2. | "Playback Part 2" (プレイバック) | Yoko Aki | Ryudo Uzaki | Momoe Yamaguchi | 3:19 |
| 3. | "Dou ni mo Tomaranai" (どうにもとまらない / I Won't Stop) | Yū Aku | Shunichi Tokura | Linda Yamamoto | 2:48 |
| 4. | "Love Is Over" (ラヴ・イズ・オーヴァー) | Kaoru Ito | Kaoru Ito | Ouyang Fei Fei • Coldfeet | 4:44 |
| 5. | "misono to Utaou! Animedley II 〜Anpanman no Maachi / Delicate ni Suki Shite / Unbalance na Kiss o Shite / Tonichankan-Chin Ikkyū-san / Touch / Omoide ga Ippai〜" (misonoと歌おう!アニメドレーII) | 6:41 | |||
| 6. | "TOMORROW" | Mayo Okamoto | Mayo Okamoto | Mayo Okamoto | 4:15 |
| 7. | "Complicated" | Avril Lavigne | Avril Lavigne • Lauren Christy • Scott Spock • Graham Edwards | Avril Lavigne | 4:28 |
| 8. | "DEAR FRIENDS" | JILL | Mitsugu Watanabe | Personz | 6:42 |
| 9. | "gradually" | misono | Mitsuru Igarashi • Kotaro Kubota | day after tomorrow | 5:29 |
Charts (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak position | Total sales |
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| September 23, 2009 | Oricon Weekly Charts | 28 | 7,016 |
References
- "misonoカバALBUM / misono / ORICON NEWS". Oricon. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- "misono、シングル&アルバム9/23同時発売 (misono, releases single and album simultaneously)". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved September 19, 2017.
- "Urusei Yatsura no Theme Lum no Love Song/Mii (SINGLE+DVD)(Japan Version)". YesAsia. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
- "Mayo Okamoto – Tomorrow / Blue Star (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
- "「TOMORROW」misonoのタイアップ情報 グリコ 「カフェオーレ」 CMソング". RecoChoku (in Japanese). Retrieved June 18, 2017.
- "Various Artistsの「Tribute to Avril Lavigne -Master's Collection-」". iTunes. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- "ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~ / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- avex (February 2, 2013). "Cover Album "Color The Cover"". Koda Kumi. Rhythm Zone. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.