Message (Aya Ueto album)

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Message
Studio album by
Aya Ueto
ReleasedMarch 3, 2004 (2004-03-03)
Recorded2003-2004
GenrePop, pop rock
Length59:48
LabelFlight Master
ProducerGorō Kumagai
Aya Ueto chronology
Ayaueto
(2003) 		Message
(2004) 		Re.
(2004)
Singles from Message
  1. "Message/Personal"
    Released: May 14, 2003
  2. "Kanshō/Mermaid"
    Released: August 27, 2003
  3. "Binetsu"
    Released: November 27, 2003
  4. "Ai no Tame ni."
    Released: February 4, 2004

Message is the second studio album by Japanese pop singer Aya Ueto. It was released on March 3, 2004 on Flight Master.

Background[edit]

Message includes Ueto's previous singles "Message/Personal", "Kanshō/Mermaid", "Binetsu" and "Ai no Tame ni.". The album's initial track listing included a fourteenth track entitled "Shiawase ni Naru Yō ni" (幸せになるように Wish You Happiness) but it was eventually scrapped and never released. The seventh track, "Taiyō to Tsuki", was initially called "Tonari ni Ite Hoshii" (I Want You By My Side), which is a line from the song's chorus. The second track, "Okuru Kotoba", is a cover of the Tetsuya Takeda-fronted folk band Kaientai's 1979 hit of the same name.

Chart performance[edit]

Message peaked at #4 on the Oricon Daily Albums Chart and debuted at #6 on the Weekly Albums Chart with 43,154 copies sold. The album charted for a total of eleven weeks and sold over 75,000 copies.[1][2][3]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Ai no Tame ni."Tetsurō OdaOda5:06
2."Okuru Kotoba" (贈る言葉 The Words I Send to You)Tetsuya TakedaKazuomi Chiba4:33
3."Message (Album Version)"Yūho IwasatoH∧L4:35
4."Aozora" (青空 Blue Sky)Shin'ichi AsadaKosuke Morimoto3:56
5."Kanshō"Pipeline ProjectPipeline Project4:46
6."Mermaid"Pipeline ProjectPipeline Project3:58
7."Taiyō to Tsuki" (太陽と月 The Sun and Moon)Mikio SakaiSakai5:08
8."Personal"T2yaT2ya4:53
9."Binetsu"Hiromasa IjichiMiki Watabe4:04
10."Kiseki" (キセキ Miracle)T2yaT2ya4:52
11."Silence (Coconuts Groove Version)"Hanano TanakaNobuyuki Shimizu5:16
12."Steppin' Out (Complete Version)"Naho TanakaH∧L3:07
13."Ai no Tame ni. (Lover's Splash Mix)"OdaOda5:34
Total length:59:48

Charts and sales[edit]

Chart (2004) Peak
position 		Sales
Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart[1] 4 74,934[3]
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[2] 6
Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart[4] 26
Japan SoundScan Albums Chart[5] 9

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Oricon (2004-03-03). "21世紀は上戸彩でいこうぞね Part 44" (in Japanese). 2channel. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  2. ^ a b Oricon. "上戸彩のCDアルバムランキング、上戸彩のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  3. ^ a b Oricon (2011-01-21). "ポニーキャニオン＠売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所＠JBBS掲示板" (in Japanese). JBBS Live Door. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  4. ^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  5. ^ "週刊 CDソフト TOP20". SoundScan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-01-21.
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