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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

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.

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. ^ a b "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.