Musique a la Carte explained

Musique a la Carte
Type:Album
Artist:Kokia
Cover:Kokia_Musique.jpg
Recorded:2002–2010
Genre:J-pop, folk
Length:59:38
Label:Victor Entertainment
Producer:Kokia
Prev Title:Real World
Prev Year:2010

Musique à la Carte (French for Music from the Menu) is an album released by Kokia, on September 15, 2010.[1] It is an album composed entirely of covers of songs by Western artists.

Background

Of the 13 songs on the album, 8 were already released before the album in Kokia's discography. The earliest, "Moonlight Shadow," was released in 2002 on Kokia's single "Ningen tte Sonna Mono ne."[1] Four are from Kokia's 2008 10th anniversary projects and Christmas Gift, and three are B-sides from the 'life trilogy' of digital singles released prior to her 2010 studio album Real World.[1]

Of the five new recordings, three were recorded in Ireland with Sean Whelan ("Love Me Tender," "Over the Rainbow" and "Scarborough Fair").[1]

Chart rankings

Charts (2010)Peak
position
Oricon daily albums[2] 15
Oricon weekly albums45

Reported sales

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 世界待望。KOKIAが腕によりをかけて料理した、素敵な音楽のフルコース。★★★三ツ星カバーアルバム誕生! . . Japanese . 2010-07-19.
  2. Web site: アルバム デイリーランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング . . September 15, 2010 . October 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090108191110/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/4/more/2/ . live . January 8, 2009.
  3. Web site: オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 . . 2010-09-28. (subscription only)