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Answer (Angela Aki album)

Answer
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 25, 2009
GenrePop
Length69:50
LabelEpic Records Japan
Angela Aki chronology
Today
(2007)
Answer
(2009)
Life
(2010)
Singles from ANSWER
  1. "Tegami (Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e)"
    Released: September 17, 2008

ANSWER, released on February 25, 2009 is Angela Aki's 3rd Japanese studio album. It sold 74,068 copies in its first week, peaking at Number 1 on the Oricon charts. It includes a re-recording of We're All Alone, a song that she had previously covered on One. This marks the second time Angela has re-recorded a song from that 2005 Indie album for inclusion on a major label release. It was released in two editions – the regular Cd edition, and a limited first-press only edition which includes a DVD.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Tegami (Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e) (手紙 ~拝啓 十五の君へ~, Letter ~Greetings to a 15 Year Old~)"5:15
2."Knockin' on Heaven's Door"5:02
3."ANSWER"4:34
4."Somebody Stop Me"4:14
5."Dahlia (ダリア)"7:40
6."Final Destination"4:40
7."Our Story"4:22
8."Tasogare (黄昏, Evening)"5:17
9."We're All Alone (Boz Scaggs Cover)"4:35
10."Reflection (リフレクション)"4:18
11."Requiem (レクイエム)"10:37
12."Black Glasses (featuring Ben Folds)"3:44
13."Fighter (ファイター)"9:19
(+DVD)(First Press Limited Edition)
No.TitleLength
1."Tegami: Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e Sotsugyō (Music documentary film)" 
2."NHK Minna no Uta "Tegami: Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e" (Video animation)" 
3."Tegami: Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e (Video Karaoke)" 
4."Tegami: Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e (Music Video)" 

Charts (Japan)

Release Oricon Albums Chart Peak Position Debut Sales (copies) Sales Total (copies) Chart Run
February 25, 2009 Daily Chart # 1 9,600 (first day) 168,408 36 weeks
Weekly Chart # 1 74,068
Monthly Chart # 9 124,271
Yearly Chart (2009) # 52 161,098

Release history

Region Date Format Distributing label Catalogue codes
Japan February 25, 2009 (2009-02-25)[1][2] CD, CD/DVD, digital download Sony ESCL-3170, ESCL-3168~9
Hong Kong February 27, 2009 (2009-02-27)[3][4] CD 88697464432
Singapore
Taiwan March 6, 2009 (2009-03-06)[5]
South Korea March 10, 2009 (2009-03-10)[6][7] CD, digital download 2374423
Japan March 14, 2009 (2009-03-14)[8] Rental CD ESCL-3170

References

  1. ^ "ANSWER" (in Japanese). Sony. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  2. ^ "ANSWER【初回生産限定盤】" (in Japanese). Sony. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  3. ^ "ANGELA AKI – ANSWER". hmv.co.hk. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  4. ^ "ANGELA AKI – ANSWER". hmv.co.sg. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  5. ^ "Angela Aki / ANSWER" (in Chinese). Books.com.tw. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  6. ^ "ANGELA AKI – ANSWER" (in Korean). Hot Tracks. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  7. ^ "Answer" (in Korean). Bugs. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  8. ^ ANSWER/アンジェラ・アキ (in Japanese). Tsutaya. Retrieved June 6, 2014.