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sympathy is Hitomi Takahashi's first album to be released under gr8! records, a division of Sony Records. The album was released on March 1,2006, and three singles preceded it.

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Overview

sympathy is the debut original studio album released by the Japanese singer Hitomi Takahashi. The album was released in Japan in two formats, CD+DVD and CD Only, both of them containing the same cover. As information about the album was unveiled, Hitomi's Official Site announced that the album song "Yakusoku" would be used as the ending theme for the Japanese TV Program "THE SUNDAY."

The album received much promotion upon its release, an example is of Hitomi appearing on TV many times a day with a message about her album. More attempts at promotion was made as Hitomi appeared on various radio programs. In addition to all of this that was going on, Hitomi made more promotion for the album by appearing in a variety of magazines.

"sympathy" showcases a wide variety of musical genres, mostly in the pop and rock area. Songs range from pop/rock songs, such as "Get the future," to the more rock song like "Yakusoku." The album even contains a little country in the song "KOTO NO HA."

Though The album contains a variety of music, it mostly leans towards the JPop/JRock side, which might be said to have happened to please the mainstream audience. Some fans have expressed disappointment in the album, those that have were expecting the album to be more on just the JRock side.

Track listing

CD Format

  1. "Get the future" (Koichi Tsutaya) - 3:34
  2. " (Tears of the Blue Sky)" (Hitomi Takahashi, Natsumi Watanabe, Hidenori Tanaka) - 4:30
  3. " (Lonely Crowd)" (Hitomi Takahashi, mavie, Katsuhiko Kurosu) - 3:15
  4. " (Leaves of Words)" (Akiko Watanabe, Jun Ichikawa) - 5:05
  5. "evergreen" (Hitomi Takahashi, Hidenori Tanaka) - 5:17
  6. "Beatin'" (Hitomi Takahashi, mavie, Tomoki Kikuya) - 4:08
  7. " (Melody)" (Hitomi Takahashi, mavie, BOUNCEBACK) - 3:48
  8. " (Promise)" (Hitomi Takahashi, Hiroaki Hayama) - 5:01
  9. " (Another Daybreak)" (Hitomi Takahashi, mavie, Shinya Saito) - 3:27
  10. "SKULL" (Hitomi Takahashi, Akiko Watanabe, Hyoe Yasuhara) - 2:58
  11. " (Our Whereabouts)" (Album Version) (Yuta Nakano, shungo.) - 4:31
  12. "16" (Hitomi Takahashi, mavie, Yuta Nakano) - 5:00

CD+DVD Format

CD Portion

  1. "Get the future" (Koichi Tsutaya) - 3:34
  2. " (Tears of the Blue Sky)" (Hitomi Takahashi, Natsumi Watanabe, Hidenori Tanaka) - 4:30
  3. " (Lonely Crowd)" (Hitomi Takahashi, mavie, Katsuhiko Kurosu) - 3:15
  4. " (Leaves of Words)" (Akiko Watanabe, Jun Ichikawa) - 5:05
  5. "evergreen" (Hitomi Takahashi, Hidenori Tanaka) - 5:17
  6. "Beatin'" (Hitomi Takahashi, mavie, Tomoki Kikuya) - 4:08
  7. " (Melody)" (Hitomi Takahashi, mavie, BOUNCEBACK) - 3:48
  8. " (Promise)" (Hitomi Takahashi, Hiroaki Hayama) - 5:01
  9. " (Another Daybreak)" (Hitomi Takahashi, mavie, Shinya Saito) - 3:27
  10. "SKULL" (Hitomi Takahashi, Akiko Watanabe, Hyoe Yasuhara) - 2:58
  11. " (Our Whereabouts)" (Album Version) (Yuta Nakano, shungo.) - 4:31
  12. "16" (Hitomi Takahashi, mavie, Yuta Nakano) - 5:00

DVD Portion

  1. "僕たちの行方 (Bokutachi no Yukue)"
  2. "evergreen"
  3. "青空のナミダ (Aozora no NAMIDA)"

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan) Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
1 March 2006 Oricon Daily Albums Chart #7
1 March 2006 Oricon Weekly Albums Chart #10 24,283 31,333 2 weeks
1 March 2006 Oricon Monthly Albums Chart #30

Singles - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Release Single Chart Peak Position
13 April 2005 "Bouktachi no Yukue" Oricon Daily Singles Chart #1
13 April 2005 "Bouktachi no Yukue" Oricon Weekly Singles Chart #1
10 August 2005 "evergreen" Oricon Daily Singles Chart #19
10 August 2005 "evergreen" Oricon Weekly Singles Chart #22
30 November 2005 "Aozora no NAMIDA" Oricon Daily Singles Chart #5
30 November 2005 "Aozora no NAMIDA" Oricon Weekly Singles Chart #8

Hitomi Takahashi
Albums
sympathy
Singles
Bokutachi no Yukue | evergreen | Aozora no NAMIDA | COMMUNICATION

 

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