Arashic

Arashic
Studio album by
Arashi
ReleasedJuly 5, 2006 (2006-07-05)
Recorded2006
GenrePop, R&B, rock
Length62:59 (Regular edition)[1]
58:18 (Limited edition)[2]
LabelJ Storm
Arashi chronology
One
(2005) 		Arashic
(2006) 		Time
(2007)
Singles from Arashic
  1. "Wish"
    Released: November 16, 2005
  2. "Kitto Daijōbu"
    Released: May 17, 2006

Arashic is the sixth studio album of the Japanese boy band Arashi. The album was released on July 5, 2006 in Japan under their record label J Storm in two editions: a limited CD+DVD version and a regular CD version. The album was the first album of the group to be released not only in Japan, but in Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand as well. In Korea, the first 10,000 copies of the album were sold out on the first day and topped the non-Korean sales charts in the third week of July.[3] The album was released digitally on February 7, 2020.[4][5]

Album information

The regular edition contains a bonus track and a 32-page booklet, while the limited edition contains a DVD with a digest of the group's live concert, One Summer Concert Tour. The album also contains the singles "Kitto Daijōbu" and "Wish," the theme song for the Japanese television drama Hana Yori Dango. For this album, instead of solo songs, the group did "pick-up" songs with one member singing as lead vocalist and the rest backing as support.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Wish"Yōji KubotaHirō OoyagiChokkaku4:26
2."Runaway Train"
  • Anthony Little
  • Rick Kelly
Masaya Suzuki3:37
3."Raise Your Hands"
  • Spin
  • Sakurai
ShinnosukeShinnosuke3:46
4."Kitto Daijōbu"
  • Spin
  • Sakurai
  • Stefan Olsson
  • Tim Norell
Jun Abe4:50
5."Ready to Fly" (Main vocalist: Satoshi Ohno)Masa-yaMasaki IeharaTomoki Ishizuka4:23
6."Caramel Song" (Main vocalist: Kazunari Ninomiya)Takashi OgawaNoriyoshi MatsushitaTetsuya Takahashi4:59
7."Cool & Soul"
  • Spin
  • Sakurai
Taku YoshiokaYoshioka3:53
8."Tabidachi no Asa"Spin
  • Shusui
  • Fredrik Hult
  • Jonas Engstrand
Ha-j5:31
9."I Want Somebody" (Main vocalist: Jun Matsumoto)Axel G
  • Shusui
  • Stefan Åberg
  • Hult
  • Ola Larsson
  • Shusui
  • Åberg
  • Hult
  • Larsson
4:31
10."Secret Eyes" (Main vocalist: Masaki Aiba)
  • Erykah
  • Sakurai
GajinMasayuki Iwata4:52
11."Chō² Arigatō" (Main vocalist: Sho Sakurai)Erykah
  • Henrik Rongedal
  • Magnus Rongedal
Iwata4:07
12."Carnival Night Part 2"KubotaKōji UenoSeikō Nagaoka4:58
13."Silver Ring"Narumi YamamotoGin KitagawaKei Wakakusa4:45
14."Love Parade" (Regular edition only)Uzuki Nakayama
  • Madoka Doi
  • Kenichi Doki
Motoki Funayama4:21
Total length:62:59
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Arashi Live 2005 "One Summer Tour"" (Live footage of "Yes? No?", "Sakura Sake", "La Tormenta 2004", "Arashi", and "Subarashiki Sekai") 

Charts and certifications

Release history

Region Release date Format Label Catalog
Japan July 5, 2006
J Storm JACA-5042,[11] JACA-5041[12]
South Korea July 20, 2006 SM Entertainment SMJTCD142[13][14]
Taiwan July 21, 2006 Avex Taiwan JAJCD26001,[15] JAJCD26001/A[16]
Hong Kong July 26, 2006 Avex Asia[17][18]

References

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