Locks (album) explained

Locks
Type:studio
Artist:Garnet Crow
Cover:Locks_(garnet_crow_album).jpg
Border:yes
Recorded:2007–2008
Genre:J-pop
Length:50:38
Label:Giza Studio
Producer:Garnet Crow
Kanonji
Prev Title:The Twilight Valley
Prev Year:2006
Next Year:2009

Locks is the sixth studio album by Japanese band Garnet Crow. It was released on March 18, 2008, under Giza Studio label.

Background

The album includes three previously released singles, Kaze to Rainbow/Kono Te wo Nobaseba, Namida no Yesterday and Sekai wa Mawaru to Iu Keredo. Two were remixed under the title album ver., with instrumentation 30 seconds longer and more varied in comparison to the original singles.

Locks is the group's first album which was released in three formats: regular edition, limited "A" and "B" CD+DVD edition. Limited "A" includes DVD disc with the short footage of their live Garnet Crow Special Live in Ninnanji and limited "B" includes DVD disc with three music videoclips.[1]

Commercial performance

"Locks" made its chart debut on the official Oricon Albums Chart at #5 rank for first week with 31,555 sold copies. It charted for 6 weeks and sold more than 45,000 copies.[2]

Track listing

All tracks are composed by Yuri Nakamura, written by Nana Azuki and arranged by Hirohito Furui.[3]

Use in other media

  1. Namida no Yesterday was used as opening theme for Anime television series Detective Conan
  2. Sekai wa Mawaru to Iu Keredo was used as ending theme for anime Detective Conan
  3. Mou Ichido Waratte was used as ending theme for TBS program Deji@Kan
  4. Kaze to Rainbow was used as opening theme for Anime television series MÄR
  5. Kono Te wo Nobaseba was used as ending theme for Anime television series MÄR

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Discography : GARNET CROW official website : ガーネットクロウ オフィシャルサイト. garnetcrow.com. 19 December 2016.
  2. Web site: LOCKS GARNET CROW. ORICON STYLE. 19 December 2016. ja-JP.
  3. Web site: GARNET CROW LOCKS[初回限定盤A] Being official website]. beinggiza.com. 19 December 2016.