Graduation | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Deen |
Cover: | Graduation_(Deen_album).jpg |
Released: | 15 June 2011 |
Recorded: | 2011 |
Genre: | Japanese pop |
Length: | 42:49 |
Label: | Ariola Japan |
Producer: | DEEN |
Prev Title: | Crawl |
Prev Year: | 2010 |
Next Title: | Marriage |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Graduation is the twelfth studio album by Japanese Pop band Deen. It was released on 15 June 2011 under music label Ariola Japan.
The album consists of only one previously released single, Brand New Wing.
Nine out of eleven tracks have title tracks borrowed from the chronologically release order of studio albums.
Leader Kouji Yamane's original song Shanghai Rock Star had received continuation (Episode 2) for the first time since the album Deen Next Stage.[1]
This album was released in two formats: regular CD edition and limited A/B CD+DVD edition. The limited edition A includes compilation CD of ballads under the title Ballads in Blue II〜The greatest hits of DEEN〜. The limited edition B includes DVD of footage from their live performance Deen Live Joy Break-15 ~History~.[2]
The album debuted at No. 19 in its first week and charted for 2 weeks, selling over 6,000 copies.[3]