Ray (Bump of Chicken album)

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Ray
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 12, 2014 (2014-03-12)
Genre
Length67:35
LabelToy's Factory
ProducerBump of Chicken & Mor
Bump of Chicken chronology
Cosmonaut
(2010)
Ray
(2014)
Butterflies
(2016)

Ray is the seventh studio album by Japanese band Bump of Chicken, released through Toy's Factory on March 12, 2014.[2] It debuted atop the Oricon Albums Chart, selling 182,003 copies in its first week. [3]

"Niji wo Matsu Hito" was used as the main theme to the film Gatchaman, "Zero" was used as the main theme for Final Fantasy Type-0, "Tomodachi no Uta" was used as the ending theme for Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels, and "Good Luck" was used as the main theme for Always: Sunset on Third Street '64.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."WILL"3:48
2."Niji wo Matsu Hito" (虹を待つ人, A Human Waiting for Rainbow)3:59
3."ray"5:06
4."Sazankurosu" (サザンクロス, Southern Cross)4:12
5."Rasutowan" (ラストワン, Last One)4:42
6."morning glow"4:48
7."Zero" (ゼロ)6:55
8."Tōchi" (トーチ, Torch)4:17
9."Smile"8:17
10."firefly"5:28
11."white note"3:22
12."Tomodachi no Uta" (友達の唄, A Song of Friends)6:14
13."(please) forgive"5:00
14."Guddo Rakku" (グッドラック, Good Luck)7:04
Total length:67:35

Charts[edit]

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ Taylor, Ronald (March 20, 2016). "Bump of Chicken keeps things nice on 'Butterflies'". The Japan Times. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "BUMP OF CHICKEN新アルバム『RAY』収録曲&ジャケ判明、全国12都市巡るツアーも". CINRA.NET. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  3. ^ "RAY". ORICON STYLE. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  4. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2014-03-24" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2021-09-06.