The Voice (Kokia album)
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| Studio album by Kokia | ||||
| Released | February 20, 2008 (Japan) February 28, 2008 (France) |
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| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | J-pop, folk | |||
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1:01:52 (Japanese Edition) 1:03:07 (French Edition) |
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| Label | Victor Entertainment, Wasabi Records | |||
| Producer | Kokia | |||
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| CDJournal | (positive) |
The Voice (stylised as The VOICE) is Kokia's sixth studio album, released in February 2008. It is the first of four album releases in 2008 celebrating her 10th anniversary as a singer.
Three songs from the album feature on Kokia's 2009 greatest hits collection Coquillage: The Best Collection II: "Ave Maria," "Chiisa na Uta" and "Everlasting." Also featured are "Say Goodbye and Good Day," the bonus track from the French edition, along with the Fairy Dance: Kokia Meets Ireland rearrangement of "Song of Pocchong."
In late 2009, "Lacrima" was chosen to be used as the ending theme song for the film Uyghur Kara Kita Shōnen.
In response to the 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake, Kokia wrote a charity song, "Watashi ni Dekiru Koto," after being contacted by one of her fans who lived in Kashiwazaki, Niigata. The fan sent copies of the song to the local FM station FM Pikkara, who put the song on heavy rotation. A month after the earthquake, Kokia performed at a special encouragement concert to 3,000 residents in Kashiwazaki, along with the Japan Self-Defense Forces' band. When Kokia returned from this concert, she wrote the lullaby "Lacrima," which also features on the album. Two months after the earthquake, the song was released as a CD locally, due to popular demand (featuring both "Watashi ni Dekiru Koto" and "Lacrima"). Both songs later feature on the album, though "Watashi ni Dekiru Koto" as a Japan-only bonus track. "Watashi ni Dekiru Koto" was later featured in a segment on the popular show on December 9, 2008.
In November 2007, Kokia released "Follow the Nightingale," which was used as the opening theme song for the game Tales of Innocence. It was a commercial success, reaching #33 selling 12,000 copies (her fourth most sold single, as of 2010). The single's B-side, "Say Goodbye & Good Day" was used as the ending theme song for the game. It features on the French edition of The Voice as a bonus track.
Kokia also released a single "Tatta Hitotsu no Omoi" (たった１つの想い Just One Thought) (the anime Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino's opening theme song) in January 2008 to commercial success (it sold over 10,000 copies), however the single was released through anime retailer label Marvelous Entertainment, instead of Kokia's regular retailer Victor Entertainment. Neither the leading track or its B-side "Umaretate no Shiro" (生まれたての白 Newborn White) feature on the album.
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