| HOME | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Mr. Children |
| Cover: | Home-MrChildren.jpg |
| Released: | March 14, 2007 |
| Genre: | Pop rock, power pop |
| Length: | 72:20 |
| Label: | Toy's Factory |
| Producer: | Takeshi Kobayashi |
| Prev Title: | I Love U |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | B-SIDE |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
HOME is the twelfth studio album by Mr. Children, released on March 14, 2007. Its first press limited edition includes a documentary DVD on the making of the album and live performances by members of the group between recording sessions. The album debuted at the number 1 position, with 693,038 copies sold in the first week.
Its first single was used as the theme song for a series of Toyota commercials. The second single,, used as the theme song to the Japanese television drama,, was the seventh best selling single, with over 550,000 copies sold in 2006. The last single,, released on January 24, 2007, was used as the theme song to the live-action film adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's Dororo. A promotional video was created for to promote the album and the song was also used for the Olympus E-410 commercials. Four songs from the HOME sessions are not included on the album, and my sweet heart are included as B-sides on the, while and are found on the single. The B-sides are also available on their B-SIDE compilation.
Mr. Children held 14 concerts in support of the album, known as the HOME Tour, from May 4, 2007 to June 23, 2007. They visited 7 cities in Japan. They performed songs from the album, as well as a selection of their old songs were in their tour. Another tour, known as HOME -in the field-, was held from August 4, 2007 - September 30, 2007. A previously unreleased song, debuted in their second tour.
The cover art features some people swimming in the swimming pool, It generally received favorable reviews by the critics.
HOME is the best selling album in the 2007 Oricon Yearly Album Chart marking their first yearly number 1 position on the charts in their 16th year since their debut.[1] A total of 1,181,241 copies were sold in 2007.