MIRAGE is the second studio album from the I've Sound singer, Mell

Mell

Mell is a female Japanese singer from Sapporo, Japan. She is a senior vocalist of I've Sound, and one of the main vocalists. She has released six singles and one solo album...

, released on October 27, 2010. The album contains eight new songs, one old song from an album released on Comic Market way back 2002, and a remix of her famous song Red Fraction

Red fraction

"Red Fraction" is the first single of I've Sound singer Mell and her first single under Geneon Entertainment. The title track was used as the opening theme for the anime series Black Lagoon...

which was used as an opening theme for the OVA

Original video animation

, abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation...

 of the anime series Black Lagoon

Black Lagoon

is a manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe, and published in Shogakukan's Sunday GX since 2002. An animated television series based on the manga aired in Japan from April 8, 2006, to June 24, 2006, totaling twelve episodes. A second season, subtitled "The Second Barrage", ran for twelve...

. Infection was used as an insert song for the seventh episode of the anime series Highschool of the Dead

Highschool of the Dead

is a manga series written by Daisuke Satō and illustrated by Shōji Satō. The story follows a group of high school students caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse...

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This album will contain her three singles Proof/No Vain

Proof/no vain

"Proof/No Vain" is Mell's second single under Geneon Entertainment. "Proof" was used as the first ending theme for the anime series Hayate no Gotoku!...

, Kill

Kill (Mell song)

KILL is the 4th single of I've Sound singer, Mell. It is released on November 19, 2008, a year and almost two months after the release of her 3rd single. The title track will be used as the opening theme for Mamoru Oshii's live-action film entitled while the B-side song On my own will be used as...

 and Rideback

Rideback (song)

"RIDEBACK" is the fifth single of I've Sound singer, Mell. It was released on March 4, 2009. It will be used as the opening theme for the anime series Rideback...

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The album will come in a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCV-1023) and a regular CD-only edition (GNCV-1024). The DVD will contain the PV for the titular track "Mirage" and the making for her activity report for the year 2010.

Track listing (CD)

1. mirage — 5:27

   Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase

   Lyrics: MELL

2. KILL
   Kill (Mell song)
   KILL is the 4th single of I've Sound singer, Mell. It is released on November 19, 2008, a year and almost two months after the release of her 3rd single. The title track will be used as the opening theme for Mamoru Oshii's live-action film entitled while the B-side song On my own will be used as...
   
    — 4:53

   Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase

   Lyrics: MELL

3. Princess bloom — 4:51

   Composition/Arrangement: Ken Morioka

   Lyrics: MELL

4. Fascination — 4:59

   Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa

   Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki

   Lyrics: MELL

5. FIXER — 4:56

   Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase

   Lyrics: MELL

6. — 5:55

   Composition/Arrangement: C.G mix

   Lyrics: MELL

7. Proof
   Proof/no vain
   "Proof/No Vain" is Mell's second single under Geneon Entertainment. "Proof" was used as the first ending theme for the anime series Hayate no Gotoku!...
   
    — 5:33

   Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase

   Lyrics: MELL

8. Teleportation guy — 5:54

   Composition/Arrangement: Ken Morioka

   Lyrics: MELL

9. Love illusion — 5:01

   Composition: C.G mix

   Arrangement: C.G mix, Takeshi Ozaki

   Lyrics: MELL

10. Infection — 4:24

    Composition/Arrangement: Maiko Iuchi

    Lyrics: MELL, seven-lon

11. Rideback
    Rideback (song)
    "RIDEBACK" is the fifth single of I've Sound singer, Mell. It was released on March 4, 2009. It will be used as the opening theme for the anime series Rideback...
    
     — 4:42

    Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase

    Lyrics: MELL

12. MY PRECIOUS — 7:48

    Composition/Arrangement: Ken Morioka

    Lyrics: MELL

13. Red Fraction
    Red fraction
    "Red Fraction" is the first single of I've Sound singer Mell and her first single under Geneon Entertainment. The title track was used as the opening theme for the anime series Black Lagoon...
    
    -IO drive mix- — 5:00

    Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase

    Lyrics: MELL

Track listing (DVD)

1. SCOPE (PV)
2. MELL SPECIAL MAKING OF ACTIVITY REPORT 2010