Arashic is the sixth studio album of the Japanese boy band Arashi. The album was released on July 5, 2006 in Japan under their record label J Storm in two editions: a limited CD+DVD version and a regular CD version. The album was the first album of the group to be released not only in Japan, but in Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand as well. In Korea, the first 10,000 copies of the album were sold out on the first day and topped the non-Korean sales charts in the third week of July.[3] The album was released digitally on February 7, 2020.[4][5]
Arashic | ||||
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Studio albumby | ||||
Released | July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05) | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Genre | Pop, R&B, rock | |||
Length | 62:59 (Regular edition)[1] 58:18 (Limited edition)[2] | |||
Label | J Storm | |||
Arashi chronology | ||||
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Singles from Arashic | ||||
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The regular edition contains a bonus track and a 32-page booklet, while the limited edition contains a DVD with a digest of the group's live concert, One Summer Concert Tour. The album also contains the singles "Kitto Daijōbu" and "Wish," the theme song for the Japanese television drama Hana Yori Dango. For this album, instead of solo songs, the group did "pick-up" songs with one member singing as lead vocalist and the rest backing as support.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Wish" | Yōji Kubota | Hirō Ooyagi | Chokkaku | 4:26 |
2. | "Runaway Train" |
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| Masaya Suzuki | 3:37 |
3. | "Raise Your Hands" |
| Shinnosuke | Shinnosuke | 3:46 |
4. | "Kitto Daijōbu" |
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| Jun Abe | 4:50 |
5. | "Ready to Fly" (Main vocalist: Satoshi Ohno) | Masa-ya | Masaki Iehara | Tomoki Ishizuka | 4:23 |
6. | "Caramel Song" (Main vocalist: Kazunari Ninomiya) | Takashi Ogawa | Noriyoshi Matsushita | Tetsuya Takahashi | 4:59 |
7. | "Cool & Soul" |
| Taku Yoshioka | Yoshioka | 3:53 |
8. | "Tabidachi no Asa" | Spin |
| Ha-j | 5:31 |
9. | "I Want Somebody" (Main vocalist: Jun Matsumoto) | Axel G |
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| 4:31 |
10. | "Secret Eyes" (Main vocalist: Masaki Aiba) |
| Gajin | Masayuki Iwata | 4:52 |
11. | "Chō² Arigatō" (Main vocalist: Sho Sakurai) | Erykah |
| Iwata | 4:07 |
12. | "Carnival Night Part 2" | Kubota | Kōji Ueno | Seikō Nagaoka | 4:58 |
13. | "Silver Ring" | Narumi Yamamoto | Gin Kitagawa | Kei Wakakusa | 4:45 |
14. | "Love Parade" (Regular edition only) | Uzuki Nakayama |
| Motoki Funayama | 4:21 |
Total length: | 62:59 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Arashi Live 2005 "One Summer Tour"" (Live footage of "Yes? No?", "Sakura Sake", "La Tormenta 2004", "Arashi", and "Subarashiki Sekai") |
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
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Sales and certifications
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Region | Release date | Format | Label | Catalog |
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Japan | July 5, 2006 |
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J Storm | JACA-5042,[11] JACA-5041[12] |
South Korea | July 20, 2006 | SM Entertainment | SMJTCD142[13][14] | |
Taiwan | July 21, 2006 | Avex Taiwan | JAJCD26001,[15] JAJCD26001/A[16] | |
Hong Kong | July 26, 2006 | Avex Asia[17][18] |