Home (Mr. Children album)
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| Studio album by Mr. Children | ||||
| Released | March 14, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, power pop | |||
| Length | 72:20 | |||
| Label | Toy's Factory | |||
| Producer | Takeshi Kobayashi | |||
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HOME is the twelfth studio album by Mr. Children, released on March 14, 2007. Its first press limited edition includes a documentary DVD on the making of the album and live performances by members of the group between recording sessions. The album debuted at the number 1 position, with 693,038 copies sold in the first week.
Its first single Houkiboshi (箒星) was used as the theme song for a series of Toyota commercials. The second single, Shirushi (しるし), used as the theme song to the Japanese television drama, Jyūyonsai no Haha (14才の母), was the seventh best selling single, with over 550,000 copies sold in 2006. The last single, Fake (フェイク), released on January 24, 2007, was used as the theme song to the live-action film adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's Dororo. A promotional video was created for Irodori (彩り) to promote the album and the song was also used for the Olympus E-410 commercials. Four songs from the HOME sessions are not included on the album, Hokorobi (ほころび) and my sweet heart are included as B-sides on the Houkiboshi (箒星), while Hibiki (ひびき) and Kurumi - for the Film - Koufuku na Shokutaku (くるみ - for the Film - 幸福な食卓) are found on the Shirushi (しるし) single. The B-sides are also available on their B-SIDE compilation.
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