All of my mind
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| Studio album by Kōji Wada | |||||||||
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December 5, 2001 |
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| Label (s) | King Records | ||||||||
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CD |
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12 |
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running time |
54:21 |
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All of My Mind is the debut album by the Japanese singer Kōji Wada . It was released on December 5, 2001.
backgrounds
Kōji Wada made primarily by singing anime - theme songs and other contributions to the soundtracks a name. The pieces he recorded for the television series Digimon , Digimon 02 and Digimon Tamers were also used for the German dubbing , although the content was rather freely translated and performed by Frank Schindel . With All of My Mind , a full-fledged album by the musician was released for the first time, which also includes some of his works already known from television . The tracks Butter Fly , Seven , target ~ akai shōgeki ~ , Boku wa boku Datte , The Biggest Dreamer and Kaze come from the above three Digimonserien , the song Kimi-iro no mirai (Yume) came in anime Transformers: Car Robots ago . Wada wrote the lyrics for six tracks on the album himself and composed three of them himself; the music was arranged by Cher Watanabe , Michihiko Ohta and Makoto Takō .
Four singles were released from the album: Butter-Fly , Target ~ akai shōgeki ~ , The Biggest Dreamer and Starting Over . The former was a moderate commercial success in Wada's home country, which managed to reach number 47 on the Oricon charts. The song is also considered to be one of the best anime theme themes of all time and was featured in a corresponding list by NHK at number 5.
Music and lyrics
All of My Mind can be assigned to the J-Rock genre throughout . The songs are dominated by melodic electric guitars - riffs and keyboard - or piano sounds as well as powerful drumming ; solos can also be heard frequently . Wada's singing is expressive and alternates between gentle and powerful passages. His texts are poetic and emotional and often use metaphorical imagery to clarify the content. It is often discussed how a glimmer of hope and love can be found even in difficult times and a world that is turning into bad and how one should not give up despite these circumstances and recognize one's own strengths. However, there are also songs that suggest the exact opposite and are characterized by sadness and hopelessness.
Cover design
The cover artwork for All of My Mind is in black and white and shows Wada crouching on the floor while he loosely leans an electric guitar against his shoulder. His fingers hardly touch the instrument. The singer is wearing a leather jacket, boots and jeans and is sitting in front of a uniformly light background. To the right of him there are two black bars with the album title in typewriter in light letters and the name of the musician underneath, each in lower case.
Track list
| All of my mind | ||
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| No. | title | length |
| 1. | Starting Over (~ Album Version ~) | 4:27 |
| 2. | Butterfly | 4:14 |
| 3. | 風 (Kaze) | 3:55 |
| 4th | 笑顔 (Egao) | 5:14 |
| 5. | Seven | 4:13 |
| 6th | タ ー ゲ ッ ト ～ 赤 い 衝 撃 ～ (Target ~ akai shōgeki ~) | 4:25 |
| 7th | 少女 の ま ま で (Shōjo no mama de) | 4:27 |
| 8th. | 僕 は 僕 だ っ て (Boku wa boku datte) | 4:13 |
| 9. | Say again | 4:21 |
| 10. | 君 色 の 未来 (ゆ め) (Kimi-iro no mirai (Yume)) | 4:18 |
| 11. | The Biggest Dreamer | 3:52 |
| 12. | Modern love | 6:20 |
success
All of My Mind could not place in the charts worldwide.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date of publication. Accessed May 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Anime articles by Kōji Wada. Accessed May 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Anime articles by Frank Schindel. Accessed May 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Album credits. Retrieved May 17, 2019 (jp).
- Jump up ↑ Butter Fly Single. Accessed May 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Target ~ akai shōgeki ~ single. Accessed May 17, 2019 .
- ↑ The Biggest Dreamer single. Accessed May 17, 2019 .
- ^ Starting over single. Retrieved May 17, 2019 (jp).
- ↑ NHK's 100 Anisons list. Retrieved May 17, 2019 (jp).
- ↑ Kōji Wada profile. Retrieved May 17, 2019 (jp).
- Jump up ↑ Butter Fly Lyrics and Translation. Accessed May 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Target ~ akai shōgeki ~ song text and translation. Accessed May 17, 2019 .
- ↑ The Biggest Dreamer Lyrics and Translation. Accessed May 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Say Again lyrics and translation. Accessed May 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Modern Love lyrics and translation. Accessed May 17, 2019 .
- ↑ album cover. Accessed May 17, 2019 .
