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is an album released by High and Mighty Color
High and Mighty Color
High and Mighty Color was a Japanese metal band active from 2003 to 2010. They notably had two vocalists; a male and a female.- Formation and Anti-Nobunaga :...

 on April 5, 2006, less than seven months after their debut,G∞ver.

Overview

The album was announced after only two singles having been released for it, half of what was released for their original album G∞ver. This album focused more on rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 and less on pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

, which their first album focused heavily on. Unlike their first album, almost all titles for the various songs are written in Japanese as opposed to English used in the band's first album.

Track listing

  1. "Ichirin no Hana
    Ichirin no Hana
    is a single released by High and Mighty Color on January 11, 2006.-Overview:"Ichirin no Hana" is the band's sixth single. It retained number two in the Oricon charts for most of the week of its release, making it the group's biggest hit since "Over", and even surpassed that single in sales. It is a...

    " (一輪の花; One Lone Flower) – 3:41
  2. "For Dear..." – 4:19
  3. "Here I Am" – 4:39
  4. – 4:30
  5. – 4:12
  6. – 4:48
  7. – 4:41
  8. – 4:07
  9. "A Place to Go" – 4:19
  10. "Style ~Get Glory in This Hand~" – 4:14
  11. – 4:31
  12. – 4:10
  13. – 4:06
  14. – 4:15

Personnel

  • Mākii – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Yuusuke – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Meg – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s
  • Kazuto – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s
  • Sassy – drums
    Drum kit
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  • Mackaz – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....


Charts

Album - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Release Chart Peak Position Sales Total Chart Run
5 April 2006 Oricon Daily Albums Chart #6
5 April 2006 Oricon Weekly Albums Chart #7 41,000+ 7 weeks
5 April 2006 Oricon Yearly Albums Chart #316


Singles - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Release Single Chart Peak Position
9 November 2005 "Style ~Get Glory in This Hand~" Oricon Daily Singles Chart
9 November 2005 "Style ~Get Glory in This Hand~" Oricon Weekly Singles Chart #19
11 January 2006 "Ichirin no Hana" Oricon Daily Singles Chart #2
11 January 2006 "Ichirin no Hana" Oricon Weekly Singles Chart #2
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