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Deep River is the third studio album (fourth overall) released by American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada, released on June 19, 2002. It sold just over 2.35 million copies in its first week of release,[1] charting at number one on the weekly, monthly and yearly Oricon charts. Deep River is ranked as Japan's fifth-highest album in debut sales, and eighth in the all-time album sales in Japan.
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| Released | June 19, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001–2002 | |||
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| Length | 54:54 | |||
| Label | Toshiba-EMI | |||
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The final track, "Hikari", would be her first single to reach number one on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart three times, and the Japanese version of the theme song for Square Enix's RPG video game, Kingdom Hearts. The English version, "Simple and Clean", (released on her "Colors" single), also accompanied promotion of Kingdom Hearts in overseas versions. The album was cited by many fans and critics as Utada's most acclaimed work, as well as achieving the Triple Crown at the 17th Golden Disc Awards in Japan.[2]
According to the IFPI, the album is listed at number 18 on the Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2002.[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Hikaru Utada.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Sakura Drops (SAKURAドロップス, Sakura Doroppusu)" | 4:58 |
| 2. | "Traveling" | 5:14 |
| 3. | "Shiawase ni Narō (幸せになろう, Let's Be Happy)" | 4:46 |
| 4. | "Deep River" | 4:37 |
| 5. | "Letters" | 4:48 |
| 6. | "Play Ball (プレイ・ボール, Purei Bōru)" | 4:14 |
| 7. | "Tokyo Nights (東京NIGHTS)" | 4:43 |
| 8. | "A.S.A.P." | 4:56 |
| 9. | "Uso Mitai na I Love You (嘘みたいな I Love You, The Dubious I Love You)" | 4:49 |
| 10. | "Final Distance" | 5:38 |
| 11. | "Bridge (Interlude)" | 1:09 |
| 12. | "Hikari (光, Light)" | 5:02 |
All songs were arranged by Kei Kawano and Hikaru Utada, except for the following:
- 1. "Sakura Drops" – arrangement: Hikaru Utada and Kei Kawano (the order of the name was changed)
- 7. "Tokyo Nights" – with string arrangement: Kei Kawano
- 8. "A.S.A.P." – arrangement: Yuichiro Honda, additional rhythm track arrangement: Kei Kawano and Hikaru Utada
- 10. "Final Distance" – with string arrangement: Neko Saito
Singles
| Date | Title | Peak position | Weeks | Sales |
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| July 25, 2001 | "Final Distance" | 2 | 13 | 582,120 |
| November 28, 2001 | "Traveling" | 1 | 21 | 856,140 |
| March 20, 2002 | "Hikari" | 1 | 13 | 598,130 |
| May 9, 2002 | "Sakura Drops/Letters" | 1 | 10 | 686,720 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album’s liner notes.[4]
Vocals
- Hikaru Utada – lead vocals, backing vocals (all tracks)
Instrumentation
- Hikaru Utada – arrangement (all tracks)
- Kawano Kei – arrangement (track 1), additional arrangement (track 8), keyboards, cembalo (track 7), guitar sample (track 2), drums (track 9)
- Saito Neko – string arrangement (track 10), violin (track 11)
- Akira Hironori – acoustic guitar (tracks 4-5, 12), electric guitar (tracks 1-6), electric sitar (track 4)
- Honda Larry Yuchiro – arrangement, string arrangement, keyboards (track 8), acoustic guitar (track 5), electric guitar, electric bass (track 9), guitar sample (track 1)
- Kon Tsuyoshi – acoustic guitar (track 4)
- Char – acoustic guitar (track 5)
- Toriyama Yuji – acoustic guitar (track 5)
- HISASHI – acoustic guitar (track 5)
- Utada Sking Teruzane – acoustic guitar (track 5)
- Kanzo – guitar sample (track 1)
- Saito Mitsutaka – electric bass (track 2)
- Great Eida Strings – strings (tracks 7, 10)
- Abe Masahi Cello Octet – strings (track 8)
- Ishibashi Masakazu – oboe (track 7)
Production
- Hikaru Utada – songwriting (all tracks), executive production
- Utada Sking Teruzane – executive production
- Miyake Akira – executive production
Technical
- Hikaru Utada – basic programming
- Tad Jensen – mastering
- Ugajin Masaaki – recording
- Matsui Atsushi – recording
- Goh Hotoda – recording, mixing
- Kawano Kei – programming (all tracks)
- Honda Larry Yuchiro – programming (track 8)
- Tsunemi Kazuhide – synthesizer programming (all tracks)
Artwork
- Kiriya Kazuaki – art direction, photography
- Cho Kenji – art direction, design
- Mayama Yuki – styling
- Inagaki Ryoji – hair, make-up
Charts
Japan (Oricon)
| Release | Chart | Peak position | Debut sales | Sales total | Chart run |
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| June 19, 2002 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 1 | |||
| June 19, 2002 | Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 1 | 2,350,170 | 3,605,000 | 56 |
| June 19, 2002 | Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | 1 |
References
- ORICON STYLE – Weekly album chart： 1st week of July 2002
- RIAJ – 17th Japan Gold Disc Award 2003
- IFPI Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2002 Archived January 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-04-08
- Deep River (booklet). Hikaru Utada. Toshiba-EMI. 2002. TOCT-24819.
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Deep River es el cuarto álbum de estudio de cantante japonesa Hikaru Utada. Fue número 1 con 4 025 000 copias vendidas. Fue lanzado al mercado el 19 de junio de 2002. Es famoso por tener la canción "Hikari" famosa por ser usada en el videojuego Kingdom Hearts (en la versión occidental del juego, ella canta una adaptación de la canción en inglés, llamada "Simple and Clean".) y por incluir en el libreto una foto del pie de la cantante. Todo el libreto esta impreso en blanco y negro.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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