Blau (album)

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Blau
Studio album by
Eir Aoi
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2013 (2013-01-30)
GenreJ-pop
Length65:46
LabelSME Records
Eir Aoi chronology
Prayer
(2012) 		Blau
(2013) 		Aube
(2014)
Singles from Phase 2
  1. "Memoria"
    Released: October 19, 2011
  2. "Aurora"
    Released: September 5, 2012
  3. "Innocence"
    Released: November 21, 2012

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]

Track listing[edit]

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Overture" Ryosuke Shigenaga0:50
2."Aurora"
Shigenaga4:20
3."Innocence"
  • Aoi
  • Shigenaga
Shigenaga4:37
4."Satellite" (サテライト)Katsuhiko KurosuKurosu4:25
5."Senkou Zenya" (閃光前夜 The Night Before the Flash)Hiroki AraiArai5:11
6."High & High"
  • Aoi
  • Takahiro Yasuda
Takahiro Yasuda4:09
7."Avalon Blue" (アヴァロン・ブルー)
  • Aoi
  • Sohshi Iihama
Tomo.4:48
8."Frozen Eyez"Fumio YasudaFumio Yasuda5:11
9."Yume no Owari" (夢の終わり End of Dream)Yusuke ShiratoShirato5:15
10."Lament"
  • Aoi
  • Iihama
Tomo.5:17
11."Faceless" (フェイスレス)Fumio YasudaFumio Yasuda4:26
12."Reunion"Fumio YasudaFumio Yasuda3:38
13."Sora wo Aruku" (空を歩く Walk in the Sky)
  • Aoi
  • Takahiro Yasuda
Takahiro Yasuda5:06
14."Memoria"
  • Aoi
  • Fumio Yasuda
Fumio Yasuda4:48
15."Gloria" (Limited Edition Bonus Track)YuiYui3:27
Total length:65:46

Charts[edit]

Album[edit]

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

Singles[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Blau | 藍井エイル" [Blau | Eir Aoi]. Oricon (in Japanese). 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  2. ^ a b "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.

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