Diamonds (Deen album)

Diamonds is the eighth studio album by Japanese pop band Deen. It was released on 18 August 2006 under BMG Funhouse.

Diamonds
Studio album by
Deen
Released11 October 2006
Recorded2005-2006
GenreJapanese pop
Length48:23
LabelBMG Japan
ProducerDEEN
Deen chronology
Road Cruisin'
(2004)		 Diamonds
(2006)		 Deen Next Stage
(2009)
Singles from Road Cruisin'
  1. "Rail no nai Sora e"
    Released: April 28, 2006
  2. "Strong Soul"
    Released: June 30, 2006

Background

From this album they moved from sub-label to main label, BMG Japan. The release gasp between previous album Road Cruisin' are two years.

The album consists of two previously released singles, Starting Over and Diamond.

For the first time the composer Kouji Yamane will perform by himself his own written song Shanghai Rock Star. For the first time after eight years, some staff from Being Inc. were involved in album production, such as Tetsurō Oda and Takeshi Hayama.[1]

This album was released in two formats: regular CD edition and limited CD+DVD edition. In DVD disc are included making videoclips of the singles "Diamond".[2]

Charting performance

The album reached #20 in its first week and charted for 3 weeks, selling 10,000 copies.[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Shuuichi Ikeda (expect of #9, by Kouji Yamane)

No.TitleMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Niji no Kanata e" (虹の彼方へ)Shuuichi Ikemori, Kouichirou TokinoriSteve Good5:11
2."Diamonds"Shuuichi Ikemori, Kouji YamaneChokkaku4:27
3."Family"Kouji YamaneKouji Yamane3:42
4."Starting Over"Tetsurō OdaTakeshi Hayama4:39
5."Rosso!" (ロッソ!!)Shuuichi Ikemori, Kouichirou TokinoriSteve Good4:22
6."Tokyo" (東京)Shuuichi Ikemori, Kouichirou TokinoriSteve Good4:17
7."Life is"Shinji TagawaShinji Tagawa5:05
8."Sail Away"Shinji TagawaShinji Tagawa4:12
9."Shanghai Rock Star" (上海ロックスター)Kouji Yamane/Shuuichi IkemoriSteve Good4:07
10."By myself"Kouji YamaneKouji Yamane4:27
11."Tobira" (扉)Shinji TagawaDEEN4:02

In media
  • Starting Over - ending theme for Nihon TV program Itadaki Muscle!
  • Diamonds - image song for Chiba Lotte Marines
  • Niji no Kanate e - commercial song for Joguchi Atom

References
  1. "DEEN Discography". dee.gr.jp.
  2. "DEEN Discography". Sonymusic.co.jp.
  3. "Diamonds (DEEN)". Oricon News.
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