Alive (BigBang album)

Alive is the fourth Japanese studio album (sixth overall) by South Korean boy band Big Bang. It was released on March 28, 2012^[1] including 10 songs: 4 Japanese versions, 2 new songs and 4 songs already released in Korean from the EP of same name.^[2] The album is the first release of the group under the label YGEX, a partnership between the Korean agency YG Entertainment with the Japanese label Avex Trax. The album was re-released in June 20 under the name "Alive -Monster Edition-". It included 9 songs of the Alive original album, 1 Japanese version and 2 songs released in Korean.^[3]

Release

The album was released in five different editions: 2 CD+2DVD+Photobook (Type E comes with Goods and an exclusive video on DVD Disc 2. This version is only available at HMV Japan.^[4]), 2 CD+DVD (Type B comes with the DVD Disc 2 and Type C with the DVD Disc 3) and a Regular edition.^[5]

Monster edition

A re-released edition, titled "Alive -Monster Edition-", was released in 3 versions: CD+DVD+T-shirt,^[6] CD+DVD^[7] and CD only.^[3]^[8]

Composition

All songs from the album were written and produced by G-Dragon. On the Korean songs, additional rap lyrics were written by T.O.P. The song "Wings" was written and sung by Daesung.

The album includes 2 original Japanese songs, such as "Ego" and "Feeling"; Japanese versions of the songs "Blue", "Fantastic Baby", "Bad Boy" and "Haru Haru", previously released in Korean and 4 originally Korean songs, "Intro (Alive)", "Love Dust", "Ain't No Fun" and "Wings", Daesung's solo song. The Japanese version of the song "Haru Haru" was previously released on the greatest hits album The Best of Big Bang.

"Feeling" is produced and arranged by the German EDM and electro house producer and DJ Alexander Ridha A.K.A Boys Noize.

Promotions

Since the album does not have singles, all music videos from the album ("Fantastic Baby", "Blue" and "Bad Boy") were released through music TV channels, such as MTV Japan, Space Shower TV and M-ON! (Music On! TV).

Live performances

The group performed the Japanese version of the song "Fantastic Baby" on NTV's show Happy Music in March 30, on NHK's show Music Japan and on NTV's show Music Lovers in April 1.

Track listing

Digital album tracklist^[9]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Alive" (Intro)	G-Dragon, Teddy, T.O.P	Dee.P, G-Dragon, Teddy	Teddy	0:48
2.	"Fantastic Baby" (Japanese version)	G-Dragon, Verbal	G-Dragon, Teddy	Teddy	3:52
3.	"Blue" (Japanese version)	G-Dragon	G-Dragon, Choice37	Teddy	3:54
4.	"Love Dust" (사랑먼지; Sarangmeonji)	G-Dragon, Teddy, T.O.P	G-Dragon, Teddy	Teddy	3:52
5.	"Feeling" (Japanese version)	G-Dragon	Boys Noize, G-Dragon	Boys Noize	3:34
6.	"Ain't No Fun" (재미없어; Jaemieobseo)	G-Dragon, T.O.P	G-Dragon, DJ Murf, Peejay	DJ Murf, Peejay	3:42
7.	"Bad Boy" (Japanese version)	G-Dragon	G-Dragon, Choice 37	Choice37	3:58
8.	"Ego" (Japanese version)				3:26
9.	"Wings" (날개; Nalgae) (D-Lite solo)	G-Dragon, Daesung	G-Dragon, Choi Pil Kang	Choi Pil Kang	3:43
Total length:					30:43

Physical album bonus track
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
10.	"Haru Haru" (Japanese version)	Shikata, iNoZzi, G-Dragon, Seiko Fujibayashi	G-Dragon, Daishi Dance	Daishi Dance	4:17
Total length:					34:59

DVD - Disc 2 (Japanese version - Limited Type A, Type B and Type E)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Making of "Alive"" (Recording & Photo Shooting)
2.	"Fantastic Baby" (Music video - Making of)
3.	"Blue" (Music video - Making of)
4.	"Bad Boy" (Music video - Making of)
5.	""BIGBANG is Back" Interview"
6.	"Backstage of "2012 YG Family Concert in Japan"" (BIGBANG cut (Type E only))

DVD - Disc 3 (Japanese version - Limited Type A, Type C and Type E)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fantastic Baby" (Music video -Ver. 0- (Japanese version))
2.	"Blue" (Music video (Japanese version))
3.	"Bad Boy" (Music video (Japanese version))
4.	"BIGBANG is Back" (TV Advertisement)

*Monster Edition* tracklist^[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Still Alive"	03:18
2.	"Monster" (Japanese version)	04:38
3.	"Fantastic Baby" (Japanese version)	03:50
4.	"Blue" (Japanese version)	03:59
5.	"Love Dust" (사랑먼지; Sarangmeonji)	03:51
6.	"Feeling"	03:33
7.	"Ain't No Fun" (재미없어; Jaemieobseo)	03:43
8.	"Bad Boy" (Japanese version)	03:55
9.	"Ego"	03:25
10.	"Wings" (날개; Nalgae (D-Lite solo))	03:43
11.	"Bingle Bingle"	03:00
12.	"Haru Haru" (Japanese version (Bonus track))	04:16

*Monster Edition* DVD (CD+DVD+T-Shirt and CD+DVD editions)^[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Monster" (Music video -Ver. 0-)
2.	"Fantastic Baby" (Music video -Ver. Final- (Japanese version))
3.	"Blue" (Music video (Korean version))
4.	"Bad Boy" (Music video (Korean version))
5.	"Fantastic Baby" (Music video (Korean version))
6.	"Making of "ALIVE -Monster Edition-"" (album making of)

Charts

Oricon sales

Release	Chart	Peak position	Debut sales	Sales total	Chart run
March 28, 2012	Daily Charts	2	23,430	98,546	12 weeks
	Weekly Chart	3	52,987
	Monthly Chart	7	66,043
	Yearly Chart (ALIVE + MONSTER EDITION)	31	187,865

Release	Chart	Peak position	Debut sales	Sales total	Chart run
June 20, 2012 (MONSTER EDITION)	Daily Charts	2	16,101	92,315	28 weeks
	Weekly Chart	3	38,861
	Monthly Chart	11	54,160

Sales and certifications

Chart	Amount
RIAJ physical shipping certification^[10]	Gold (100,000+)
Total Sales	214,614

Awards

Year	Award-Giving Body	Category	Result
2013	Japan Gold Disc Award	Best 3 Albums (Asian)	Won^[11]

Release history

Country	Date	Label(s)	Format
Japan	March 28, 2012	YGEX Avex Trax	Digital download, CD
	June 13, 2012 (Alive -Monster Edition-)		Digital download^[12]
	June 20, 2012 (Alive -Monster Edition-)		CD

References

^ "ＡＬＩＶＥＢＩＧＢＡＮＧのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
^ "iTunes - Music - Alive by BIGBANG". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
^ ^a ^b "ＡＬＩＶＥ　－ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲ　ＥＤＩＴＩＯＮ－ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
^ "(HMV / Lawson Limited Novelty) ALIVE (First Press Limited Edition Type E)(CD+2DVD+PHOTO BOOK+FACE TOWEL+ORIGINAL LOGO TAKE OUT BAG) / HMV ONLINE" (in Japanese). HMV Group. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
^ "BIGBANG is BACK！全世界待望、2012年完全復活のニュー・アルバム3月28日リリース！！" (in Japanese). YGEX. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
^ "ＡＬＩＶＥ　－ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲ　ＥＤＩＴＩＯＮ－（初回生産限定盤）ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
^ "ＡＬＩＶＥ　－ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲ　ＥＤＩＴＩＯＮ－（ＤＶＤ付）ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c "全世界16ヶ国25都市でのワールドツアー日本公演(BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012 IN JAPAN)開催記念 New Album(ALIVE -MONSTER EDITION-)2012.6.20 on sale" (in Japanese). YGEX. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
^ "iTunes - ミュージック - BIGBANG「ALIVE」". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
^ ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2011年11月. Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2012-06-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ "Award Winners of 2013". Retrieved January 8, 2013.
^ "iTunes - ミュージック - BIGBANG「ALIVE -MONSTER EDITION-」". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

External links

[1] "ＡＬＩＶＥＢＩＧＢＡＮＧのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

[alivekr-2] "iTunes - Music - Alive by BIGBANG". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

[monster2-3] "ＡＬＩＶＥ　－ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲ　ＥＤＩＴＩＯＮ－ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2012-05-18.

[4] "(HMV / Lawson Limited Novelty) ALIVE (First Press Limited Edition Type E)(CD+2DVD+PHOTO BOOK+FACE TOWEL+ORIGINAL LOGO TAKE OUT BAG) / HMV ONLINE" (in Japanese). HMV Group. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

[alivejp-5] "BIGBANG is BACK！全世界待望、2012年完全復活のニュー・アルバム3月28日リリース！！" (in Japanese). YGEX. Retrieved 2012-05-18.

[6] "ＡＬＩＶＥ　－ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲ　ＥＤＩＴＩＯＮ－（初回生産限定盤）ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2012-05-18.

[7] "ＡＬＩＶＥ　－ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲ　ＥＤＩＴＩＯＮ－（ＤＶＤ付）ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2012-05-18.

[monster-8] "全世界16ヶ国25都市でのワールドツアー日本公演(BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012 IN JAPAN)開催記念 New Album(ALIVE -MONSTER EDITION-)2012.6.20 on sale" (in Japanese). YGEX. Retrieved 2012-05-18.

[itunes-9] "iTunes - ミュージック - BIGBANG「ALIVE」". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

[RIAJcert-10] ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2011年11月. Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2012-06-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[11] "Award Winners of 2013". Retrieved January 8, 2013.

[itunesmonster-12] "iTunes - ミュージック - BIGBANG「ALIVE -MONSTER EDITION-」". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

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