ERA (album)

ERA
Studio album by RAISE A SUILEN
Publication (s)	19th August 2020
Label (s)	Bushiroad Music
Format (s)	CD , CD + Blu-ray , download , streaming
Genre (s)	J-rock , J-pop , EDM
Title (number)	12
running time	53:26 minutes
occupation	Rei "Layer" Wakane : vocals , electric bass Rokka "Rock" Asahi : lead guitar Chiyu "Chu²" Tamade : DJane Reona "PAREO" Nyūbara : Keyboard Misaki "Masking" Sato : drums

ERA is the title of the debut album of the fictional, BanG-Dream! -Franchise owned rock band RAISE A SUILEN . The album was released on August 19, 2020 via Bushiroad Music .

The work contains twelve titles with a total playing time of 53 minutes and 26 minutes. Various songs on the album can be heard in the second or third season of the anime television series. The songs were all written and composed by the composers' collective Elements Garden .

background

It was announced on March 18, 2020 that RAISE A SUILEN would release their debut album ERA on August 19 of the same year. The songs were all written, composed and arranged by Noriyasu Agematsu , Daisuke Kikuta , Junpei Fujita and Asuka Oda , all of whom belong to the Elements Garden composer collective .

In addition to a regular edition, which consists of only one CD, a limited edition has also been released, which also contains two Blu-ray discs . The complete two-day concert Heaven and Earth can be seen on the Blu-ray Discs .

Track list

No.	title	Composers	length	Remarks
1	Invincible Fighter	Noriyasu Agematsu ( music ) Asuka Oda ( text )	4:11	Opening title to Cardfight !! Vanguard: Zoku Kouku series
2	A DECLARATION OF ×θ ×	Agematsu (music) Oda (text)	5:15
3	SOULS SOLDIER	Agematsu (music) Oda (text)	4:00
4th	UNSTOPPABLE	Junpei Fujita (music) Oda (text)	3:50
5	BRIGHT! or LIGHT?	Daisuke Kikuta (music) Oda (text)	4:41
6th	Beautiful Birthday	Kikuta (music) Oda (text)	4:16	Insert song BanG Dream! , Season 3, episode 13
7th	Takin 'my heart	Fujita (music) Oda (text)	4:46	Ending title for Cardfight !! Vanguard: Zoku Kouku series
8th	DRIVE US CRAZY	Fujita (music) Oda (text)	4:05
9	! NVADE SHOW!	Fujita (music) Oda (text)	4:25
10	REIGNING	Kikuta (music) Oda (text)	4:09
11	EXPOSE 'Burn Out !!!'	Kikuta (music) Oda (text)	4:44
12	R • I • O • T	Agematsu (music) Oda (text)	5:04

success

On the first day after its release, the album sold a little more than 15,000 copies and thus climbed to number one on the daily album charts , which are collected by Oricon . The album entered the Japanese album charts at number two in the week of August 31, 2020 and sold almost 29,000 copies within the first week.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 注目 の 新 バ ン ド 「Morfonica （モ ル フ ォ ニ カ）」 1st Single 発 売 & イ ベ ン ト ・ ラ イ ブ 出演 決定！ Straightpress.jp, March 18, 2020, accessed August 19, 2020 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} ERA. VGMDb.net, accessed August 19, 2020 . 
3. ↑ NBT: RAISE A SUILEN's energetic album “ERA”, now ready to rock you! Jrocknews.com, August 19, 2020, accessed August 19, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Mikikazu Komatsu: RAISE A SUILEN from BanG Dream! 'S 1st Album Hits No.1 on Oricon Daily Chart. Crunchyroll , August 20, 2020, accessed August 20, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Chart tracking album: JP
6. ↑ 【ビ ル ボ ー ド】 米 津 玄 師 『STRAY SHEEP』 が 120.247 枚 を 売 り 上 げ 3 週 連 続 AL セ ー ル ス 首位 RAISE A SUILEN / Aimer が 続 く. Yahoo! Japan , August 26, 2020, accessed August 26, 2020 (Japanese).