Voice of Earth

Voice of Earth
Voice of Earth
	CD cover
Studio album by alan
Released	March 4, 2009
Recorded	2007-2009
Genre	Alternative rock, pop
Length	70:57
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Masato Matsuura (Executive producer), Kazuhito Kikuchi
Alan chronology
Alternative cover
	CD+DVD Cover
Singles from Voice of Earth
	"Ashita e no Sanka"; Released: November 21, 2007; "Hitotsu"; Released: March 5, 2008; "Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future"; Released: July 2, 2008; "Sora Uta"; Released: August 13, 2008; "Kaze no Tegami"; Released: September 10, 2008; "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen"; Released: October 15, 2008; "Megumi no Ame"; Released: November 12, 2008; "Gunjō no Tani"; Released: February 4, 2009;

Voice of Earth is Chinese singer Alan's debut Japanese-language album released by Avex Trax. The album contains the eight singles alan has released from 2007 to 2009. The album was released on March 4, 2009 in Japan.

Promotion[edit]

"Natsukashii Mirai (Longing Future)" was used as the theme song for NHK special, Save the Future, for World Environment Day.^[1] Her sixth single "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen" was used to as the theme song for the movie Red Cliff.^[2] An alternate version of the song was used to promote the Japanese re-release of the PlayStation 2 game Dynasty Warriors 6.^[3] The song "Liberty", is being used as the theme song for Japanese drama, Hikon Dōmei (非婚同盟, lit. Non-Marriage Alliance), which aired on Tokai TV.^[4] The song "Tsuki ga Watashi" was used in the commercials for the pachinko chain Minho Group.^[5] "Gunjō no Tani" is being used as the ending theme song for Japanese information program, Miyaneya (情報ライブミヤネ屋, lit. Live Miyaneya Store Information), which airs on Yomiuri TV.^[6]

If the customer ordered Voice of Earth via Tower Records, they would have received a special separate CD that contained a new version of Red Cliff: Shin Sen. This was titled as "Red Cliff: Shin Sen (Modern Rock Version)".^[7]

Track list[edit]

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Tennyo: interlude (天女 ~interlude~, Celestial Maiden: interlude)^{[note 1]}"		Kazuhito Kikuchi & Tatsugoo	Kazuhito Kikuchi & Tatsugoo	3:10
2.	"Ashita e no Sanka"	Shinji Nojima	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Yūta Nakano	5:04
3.	"Sora Uta"	Yūho Iwasato	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Yūta Nakano	4:19
4.	"Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future"	Taeko Onuki	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Yūta Nakano	5:41
5.	"Hitotsu"	Yumi Yoshimoto	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Yūta Nakano	5:07
6.	"Kaze no Tegami"	Yūho Iwasato	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Yūta Nakano	5:00
7.	"Brave"	Yumi Kawanabe	Kazuhito Kikuchi	h-wonder	4:27
8.	"Yume no Garden (夢のガーデン, Dream Garden)"	alan, Yumi Kawanabe	Kazuhito Kikuchi	ats-	5:41
9.	"Gunjō no Tani"	Cocco	Cocco	tasuku	5:05
10.	"My Friend"	kenko-p	Kazuhito Kikuchi	tasuku	4:24
11.	"Liberty"	Yūho Iwasato	Kazuhito Kikuchi	SHiNTA	4:49
12.	"Tsuki ga Watashi (月がわたし, I Am the Moon)"	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Kazuhito Kikuchi	ats-	4:35
13.	"Red Cliff: Shin-Sen"	Goro Matsui	Taro Iwashiro	Yūta Nakano	5:57
14.	"Megumi no Ame"	Toko Furūchi	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Yūta Nakano	5:13
15.	"Together^{[note 2]}"	Miki Matsui	Alan Dawa Dolma	Yūta Nakano	4:27
Total length:					70:57

Tower Records Exclusive Bonus CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Red Cliff: Shin-Sen (Modern Rock Version)"	Goro Matsui	5:23
Total length:			5:23

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"
2.	"Ashita e no Sanka"
3.	"Hitotsu"
4.	"Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future"
5.	"Sora Uta"
6.	"Kaze no Tegami"
7.	"Red Cliff: Shin-Sen"
8.	"Megumi no Ame"
9.	"Gunjō no Tani"
10.	"Choir (Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future)"
11.	"Together"
12.	"Outro Gunjō no Tani Making Video"

Charts[edit]

Japan[edit]

Chart	Peak position	Sales total
Oricon Daily Chart	10
Oricon Weekly Chart	15	23,568^[8]

Taiwan[edit]

Chart	Peak Position	Peak Sale Percentage
G-Music Jpop/Kpop Chart^[9]	5	3.91%
Five Music Jpop/Kpop Chart^[10]	2	7.6%

Release history[edit]

Date	Country
March 4, 2009	Japan
March 13, 2009	Taiwan

Staff and personnel[edit]

Sound Produced By: Kazuhito Kikuchi
A&R chief: Kentaro Furusawa (Avex Trax)
A&R: Maiko Shino (Avex Trax)
Sound director: Yoshihisa Tokuda (Avex Entertainment Inc.)
Mixed by: Koji Morimoto (Prime Sound Studio Form)
Mastered by: Tom Cayne at Sterling Sound, NYC
Visual director: Atsushi Sawamaru (Avex Trax)
Art director: Shinichi Hana
Designer: Tomokazu Suzuki (Momya)
Photographer: Lesley Kee (Supersonic)
Hair & Makeup: Mayumi Watanabe (Gon.)
Styling: Saoli Iguchi
Creative coordinator: Kanako Shino (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Artist promotion: All Promotion Dept. Staff (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Tie-Up coordinator: All Tie-Up Dept. Staff (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Area promotion: All Area Branch Staff (Sapporo, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka)
Sales promotion: Takeshi Nemoto, Atsushi Nishimoto, Tadayuki Minoda, Jun Yogi, Tomoko Nagaoka & All AMI Staff (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Web designer & coordinator: Ayumi Kobayashi (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Web promotion: Naoya Munemura (Avex Marketing Inc.)
A&R desk: Yuka Nakanishi (Avex Trax)
Live coordinator: Jun Ishikawa (Avex Live Creation)
China A&R: Kunio Nakayama (Avex China Co. Ltd)
Artist manager: Chen Tao, Zhang Guanyu (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Artist management supervisor: Yoshihiro Seki, Noriyuki Morizane (Avex Marketing Inc.)
Planner: Jun Harada (Avex Entertainment Inc./Avex Marketing Inc.)
General director: Hiroshi "funaty" Ishimori (Avex Entertainment Inc.)
Supervisor: Hidenori Handa
Executive supervisor: Akihiro Terada (Avex Asia Holding Inc.)
General producers: Ryuhei Chiba, Takashi Akira (Avex Entertainment Inc.)
Executive producer: Masato Matsuura (Avex Group)

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ Sung in Tibetan.
^ Bonus track found only on first press.

Sources[edit]

^ "alan's New Single Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future Produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto". Oops! Music Community. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
^ "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen Oricon Page". Oricon. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
^ "Dynasty Warriors 5 SP CM, and His Latest Collaboration with Director John Woo Song". Inside Game. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
^ "Winter Drama Line-up". MSN Japan. Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
^ "Company CM Songs". Meiho Group. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
^ "Gunjō no Tani Oricon Page". Oricon. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
^ "TOWER RECORDS JP".
^ "Voice of Earth Oricon Rank". Oricon. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
^ G-Music 風雲榜 (東洋榜)
^ 五大唱片 (日韓榜)

[ex01-8] Sung in Tibetan.

[ex02-9] Bonus track found only on first press.

[1] "alan's New Single Natsukashii Mirai: Longing Future Produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto". Oops! Music Community. Retrieved 2009-03-03.

[2] "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen Oricon Page". Oricon. Retrieved 2009-03-03.

[3] "Dynasty Warriors 5 SP CM, and His Latest Collaboration with Director John Woo Song". Inside Game. Retrieved 2009-03-03.

[4] "Winter Drama Line-up". MSN Japan. Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-03-03.

[5] "Company CM Songs". Meiho Group. Retrieved 2009-04-09.

[6] "Gunjō no Tani Oricon Page". Oricon. Retrieved 2009-03-03.

[7] "TOWER RECORDS JP".

[10] "Voice of Earth Oricon Rank". Oricon. Retrieved 2009-03-03.

[11] G-Music 風雲榜 (東洋榜)

[12] 五大唱片 (日韓榜)

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v t e Alan Dawa Dolma
Chinese albums	Shengsheng Zui Rulan
Chinese EPs	Xin Zhan: Red Cliff
Chinese digital releases	"Jiayou! Ni You Me!" "Chibi: Da Jiangdong Qu"
Japanese albums	Voice of Earth My Life
Japanese singles	"Kuon no Kawa" "Ballad (Namonaki Koi no Uta)" "Swear" "Diamond/Over the Clouds"