Stranger (Gen Hoshino album)

Stranger is the third studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter and Sakerock frontman Gen Hoshino. It was released on 1 May 2013 in Japan on Speedstar Records.

Stranger
Studio album by
Released1 May 2013 (2013-05) (CD)
GenreJ-Pop, folk
Length50:24
LabelSpeedstar Records
VICL-63996
Gen Hoshino chronology
Episode
(2011)
Stranger
(2013)
Yellow Dancer
(2015)
Singles from Stranger
  1. "Film"
    Released: 8 February 2012
  2. "Yume no Soto e"
    Released: 4 July 2012
  3. "Shiranai"
    Released: 28 November 2012

It was the first release since Hoshino's hiatus after he suffered subarachnoid hemorrhage at the end of 2012.[1] As of May 2013, it is ranked 2nd on the Oricon music charts.[2] All three singles promoting the album reached the top 10 — "Film" placed at #4, "Yume no Soto e" at #8 and "Shiranai" at #5.[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Gen Hoshino; all music is composed by Gen Hoshino.

No.TitleLength
1."Bakemono (化物)"2:27
2."Work Song (ワークソング, Wāku Songu)"3:24
3."Yume no Soto e (夢の外へ)"3:51
4."Film (フィルム, Firumu)"4:49
5."Tour (ツアー, Tsuā)"3:31
6."Skirt (スカート, Sukāto)"3:27
7."Umarekawari (生まれ変わり)"3:54
8."Parody (パロディ, Parodi)"4:21
9."Kisetsu (季節)"3:59
10."Record Noise (レコードノイズ, Rekōdo Noizu)"5:00
11."Shiranai (知らない)"4:54
12."Aru Shashō (ある車掌)"4:10

Charts and sales

References

  1. http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/12/hoshino-gen-announces-his-hiatus-due-to-subarachnoid-hemorrhage/
  2. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/324291/products/music/1006286/1/
  3. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/324291/ranking/cd_single/
  4. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales 2013/05/13 付け" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. "Stranger" (in Japanese). Oricon News. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums 2017/01/09 付け" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. "G-Music Charts – Week of February 24, 2017 to March 2, 2017" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 5 March 2017.
  8. "オリコン年間 アルバムランキング 2013年度 81~90位" (in Japanese). Oricon News. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  9. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales 2013" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  10. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums 2017" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  11. "Billboard Japan Top Download Albums 2017" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  12. "ゴールドディスク認定" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  13. "有料音楽配信認定" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  14. "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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