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Vorlage:Infobox album Supercell is the eponymous debut studio album of Japanese J-pop/rock band Supercell, released on March 4, 2009 by Sony Music. Supercell had originally released a dōjin (independent) version at Comiket 74 on August 16, 2008 before the band signed a record deal with Sony Music. The album contains twelve music tracks written by Ryo and the singing synthesizer Hatsune Miku was used to provide the vocals. The major release of the album featured two songs not on the indie version, "Melt" and "Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki", but which had already previously been released online and on the Nico Nico Douga video sharing website. All of the music on the indie release was remixed and remastered for the major release to greatly improve the sound quality. The album was released in limited and regular editions each containing a bonus DVD containing music videos for four of the songs, but only the limited edition came bundled with a special illustration booklet titled Supercell Works; the indie release also came with the booklet. Supercell peaked at # 4 on the Japanese Oricon weekly albums chart, and in June 2009 was awarded the Gold Disc by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for having exceeded 100,000 copies shipped in a single year.

Production

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Original recordings of songs on Supercell date back to the release of the song "Melt" online on the Nico Nico Douga video sharing website in December 2007.[1] Composer and lyricist Ryo used the Hatsune Miku singing synthesizer for the vocals and continued to use the program for the remaining songs on the album.[2][3] Supercell released three more songs online in 2008: "Koi wa Sensō" in February, "World is Mine" in May, and "Black Rock Shooter" in June. At Comiket 74 in August 2008, Supercell released a dōjin (independent) version of Supercell containing the latter three songs in addition to seven previously unreleased songs;[4] "Melt" was not included on the indie release. In December 2008, Supercell released "Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki" on Nico Nico Douga,[5] which became the last song Supercell posted on the website. By that time, Sony Music had plans to re-release Supercell in March 2009 with remastered tracks to greatly improve the sound quality of the music,[2] as well as plans to include "Melt" and "Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki" on the album.[6] With the exception of the percussion used in the songs, the five songs originally released online and the songs on the album's indie version are substantially different compared to the major release.[7]

Artwork

The limited edition of the major release of Supercell, as well as the indie version, came bundled with a 36-page illustration booklet titled Supercell Works.[8] The booklet contains color illustrations for ten of the songs, as well as comments by the illustrators, an interview of Ryo, and other details about the songs and artwork, including lyrics.[8] The two songs "Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki" and "Mata ne" are excluded from the booklet. The albums' packaging, designed by Yoshiki Usa, includes the songs lyrics and some of the illustrations featured in Supercell Works, but while the lyrics for "Mata ne" are included, no illustration is provided. The illustrators for the songs are members of Supercell (excluding the artist 119 who is a former member) and are listed below with the track listing. The cover art features an illustration of Hatsune Miku by Shirow Miwa on a cloudy sky background designed by Mac.

Musical style

Supercell boasts a diversity of subjects and themes in regards to the lyrics and musical style. "Koi wa Sensō" (literally "Love is War") uses the concept of never giving up in regards to love,[9][10] and "Sono Ichibyō Slow Motion" (literally "That One Second Slow Motion") features the concept of love at first sight—specifically the single moment when this occurs.[11] For all the songs on the album, Ryo described "Sono Ichibyō Slow Motion" as a typical pop song he would create.[2][11] Ryo experimented with other music genres, such as using the image of a "garage band's vigorous performance" for "Usotsuki no Parade" (literally "Liar Parade").[2][11] "Heartbreaker" was written to sound like a song from a somewhat old fashioned band, and the aim for "Hinekuremono" (literally "A Rebel") was to make an oldies-like feeling song.[2][11] Like "Koi wa Sensō", powerful emotions are used as a concept in other songs, such as "Melt", which is described as a song that depicts a vibrant, trembling girl's emotions;[2][11] or "World is Mine", which uses the concept of a selfish, but cute girl.[12] "Parting" is used as the theme in "Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki" (literally "The First Time When Love Ends") and was written to tell the story of an unrequited love.[5] For the song "Black Rock Shooter", Ryo was inspired by an illustration of an original character by Huke and created the song based on the character.[13] When writing lyrics for the songs on Supercell, Ryo felt that writing without hesitation based on his initial ideas with minimal editing was best, because the singer, as a computer program, would not feel embarrassed about singing the lyrics.[13] Ryo found it difficult at first with writing lyrics for songs meant to be sung by young women. He admitted that his friends would laugh when he played the songs, but he thought that "if a 16-year-old girl is supposed to be singing...it is best if she sings about romance."[14]

Release and reception

Supercell was released in limited and regular editions on March 4, 2009 as a CD, bundled with a DVD containing music videos for four of the songs, by Sony Music in Japan. For the week of March 3, 2009 on the Japanese Oricon daily albums chart, Supercell was reported to have sold approximately 20,000 copies on the first day of its release, peaking at # 2.[3] For the week of March 16, 2009 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, Supercell was reported to have sold about 56,000 copies in its first week of sales, peaking at # 4.[15][16] This was a record for Hatsune Miku-related albums,[15] having beaten out the previous record holder Re:package (2008) by Livetune, which peaked at # 5.[17] By the week of March 30, 2009 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, Supercell was reported to have sold over 70,000 copies, and ranked at # 24.[18] Furthermore, for the week of April 6, 2009 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, Supercell ranked at # 36, along with three other Hatsune Miku-related albums: Re:Mikus by Livetune (# 18), Unformed by Doriko (# 26), and Exit Tunes Presents Vocarhythm feat. Hatsune Miku by Super Producers (# 96).[19] In June 2009, Supercell was awarded the Gold Disc by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for having exceeded 100,000 copies shipped in a single year.[20] The sex ratio of those who reserved Supercell online was reported by the Asahi Shimbun to be 55%/45% for men/women.[21] The album's producer Kazumitsu Shimizu stated that while it is not rare for something related to Japanese Internet culture to typically have a 90% support from males, the female support for the album was described as "very strong".[21]

Track listing

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DVD

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Independent release

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Personnel

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  • Kazumitsu Shimizu – producer
  • Toyohiko Arimoto – executive producer
  • Yu Tamura – executive producer
  • Keiji Kondo – mixer
  • Yasuo Matsumoto – mixer
  • Okuda Supa – mixer
  • Hidekazu Sakai – mastering
  • Yukiko Takata – products coordination
  • Takayasu Kuroda – director, artist management
  • Yoshiaki Fukuda – products management

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  • Shirow Miwa – cover illustration, illustrations
  • Huke – cover & label artwork, illustrations
  • Yoshiki Usa – package design
  • Mac – cover background, illustrations
  • Redjuice – illustrations
  • Suga – illustrations
  • 119 – illustrations
  • Hei8ro – photography

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References

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  1. ↑ メルト :: supercell. Supercell, abgerufen am 24. März 2010 (japanisch).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f supercell feat.初音ミク 1st Album "supercell" Special WEB. Supercell, abgerufen am 24. März 2010 (japanisch).
  3. ↑ a b 音声合成ソフト「初音ミク」を使ったアルバムが初日2位に. Oricon, 5. März 2009, abgerufen am 24. März 2010 (japanisch).
  4. ↑ Vorlage:Citeweb
  5. ↑ a b 初めての恋が終わる時 :: supercell. Supercell, abgerufen am 24. März 2010 (japanisch).
  6. ↑ そばにいるね、キセキを凌ぐネットで最も再生された曲発売. meVIEWsa radio, 25. Dezember 2008, abgerufen am 24. März 2010 (japanisch).
  7. ↑ スペシャルインタビュー　ryo（supercell）. In: DTM Magazine. April 2009. Terajima Joho Kikaku, S. 20–22 (japanisch).
  8. ↑ a b supercell【初回生産限定】. Sony Music Entertainment Japan, abgerufen am 24. März 2010 (japanisch).
  9. ↑ 恋は戦争 :: supercell. Supercell, abgerufen am 25. März 2010 (japanisch).
  10. ↑ 恋は戦争. Supercell, abgerufen am 25. März 2010 (japanisch).
  11. ↑ a b c d e Supercell: Supercell Works. Sony Music Entertainment Japan, 2009, ISBN 4-582290-350301(?!) – (japanisch).
  12. ↑ ワールドイズマイン :: supercell. Supercell, abgerufen am 25. März 2010 (japanisch).
  13. ↑ a b 『流行りモノ調査隊　第54回　話題のネットスター PART2』. Oricon, 5. August 2008, abgerufen am 25. März 2010 (japanisch).
  14. ↑ Daniel Robson: Supercell's synthetic pop wins real fans. The Japan Times, 5. Februar 2010, abgerufen am 25. März 2010.
  15. ↑ a b 「初音ミク」最高記録　チャート４位に. Asahi Shimbun, 19. März 2009, abgerufen am 24. März 2010 (japanisch).
  16. ↑ Vorlage:Citeweb
  17. ↑ 『初音ミク』をフィーチャリングしたアルバムがTOP10入り. Oricon, 2. September 2008, abgerufen am 24. März 2010 (japanisch).
  18. ↑ 【編集長の目っ!】メジャーシーンでもブレイク、ネットスター・supercellって? Oricon, 27. März 2009, abgerufen am 24. März 2010 (japanisch).
  19. ↑ 初音ミク、オリコン4作同時ランクイン. Oricon, 1. April 2009, abgerufen am 24. März 2010 (japanisch).
  20. ↑ Vorlage:Citeweb
  21. ↑ a b Yoshijun Tanji, Daisuke, Takehara: be report 「電子の歌姫」チャートイン 無数の人々が集う創作の小宇宙. In: Asahi Shimbun. Asahi Shimbun, 21. März 2009, S. B3 (japanisch).
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