Sleepless Nights (Aimer album)

Sleepless Nights
Studio album by
Aimer
ReleasedOctober 03, 2012
GenrePop
Length61:00
LanguageJapanese
LabelDefstar Records
ProducerKenji Tamai
Aimer chronology
Sleepless Nights
(2012) 		Midnight Sun
(2014)
Singles from Sleepless Nights
  1. "Rokutousei no Yoru"
    Released: September 07, 2011
  2. "Kanashimi wa Aurora ni"
    Released: September 07, 2011
  3. "TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR"
    Released: September 07, 2011
  4. "Re:pray"
    Released: December 14, 2011
  5. "Samishikute Nemurenai Yoru wa"
    Released: December 14, 2011
  6. "Anata ni Deawanakereba ~Kasetsutouka~"
    Released: August 15, 2012
  7. "Hoshikuzu Venus"
    Released: August 15, 2012

Sleepless Nights is the debut studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Aimer. It was released on October 3, 2012 on Defstar Records in two versions: a limited CD+DVD edition and a regular CD-only edition.[1][2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by aimerrhythm, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)ArrangementLength
1."TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR" (prologue)Jane Taylor
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Masahiro Tobinai
1:28
2."Yakou Ressha ~nothing to lose~" (夜行列車～nothing to lose～; Night Train ~nothing to lose~) 
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Masahiro Tobinai
5:03
3."Anata ni Deawanakereba ~Kasetsutouka~" (あなたに出会わなければ～夏雪冬花～; If I Hadn't Met You ~Summer Snow, Winter Flowers~) 
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Rui Momota
6:00
4."Egao" (笑顔; Smile) 
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Takahiro Furukawa
6:02
5."Re:pray" Hayato Tanaka5:04
6."Kanashimi wa Aurora ni (Restarred by Takagi Masakatsu)" (悲しみはオーロラに; Send Melancholy Towards Aurora) Masakatsu Takagi4:27
7."Samishikute Nemurenai Yoru wa" (寂しくて眠れない夜は; In the Lonely and Sleepless Nights) Masahiro Tobinai5:23
8."AM02:00" 
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Integral Clover
5:29
9."Hoshikuzu Venus" (星屑ビーナス; Stardust Venus) 
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Masahiro Tobinai
4:12
10."Yuki no Furu Machi" (雪の降る街; Town of Falling Snow) 
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Shunsuke Tsuri
4:02
11."Fuyu no Diamond (Re-echoed by Genki Rockets)" (冬のダイヤモンド; The Diamond of Winter) Genki Rockets6:10
12."Rokutousei no Yoru" (六等星の夜; Night of Sixth Magnitude Star) Shunsuke Tsuri5:35
13."TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR" 
  • Kenji Tamai
  • Masahiro Tobinai
2:05
Total length:61:00

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee/work Result
2013 CD Shop Awards Grand Prix Sleepless Nights Nominated[3]

References

  1. ^ "DFCL-1932 | Sleepless Nights / Aimer – VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  2. ^ "Release group "Sleepless Nights" by Aimer – MusicBrainz". beta.musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  3. ^ "〈第5回CDショップ大賞〉第二次ノミネートにセカオワ、マンウィズ、BiSら" [5th CD Shop Awards secondary nominations for Sekai no Owari, Man With A Mission, BiS, etc]. Tower Records Japan. 2013-01-08. Retrieved 2020-03-20.