Party Time (ClariS album) explained

Party Time
Type:Studio album
Artist:ClariS
Cover:Party Time (ClariS) album cover.jpg
Released:June 4, 2014
Recorded:2013–2014
Genre:J-pop
Length:52:46
Label:SME
Prev Title:Second Story
Prev Year:2013
Next Title:ClariS: Single Best 1st
Next Year:2015

Party Time is the third studio album by the Japanese pop music duo ClariS, released on June 4, 2014, by SME Records. The album contains 12 music tracks, three of which were previously released on three of ClariS' singles. Three different editions of the album were released: a regular CD version and two limited editions. Party Time was the last time Clara and Alice performed as ClariS, with Alice leaving the duo.[1] Party Time peaked at No. 2 on the Japanese Oricon weekly albums chart.

Three of the songs were used as theme songs for anime: "Click" and "Step" were used as the opening theme songs to the 2014 anime television series Nisekoi[2] and "Colorful" was the opening theme to the film Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion.[3]

Release and reception

Party Time was released on June 4, 2014, in three editions: a regular CD version and two limited editions.[4] [5] [6] One of the limited edition versions was bundled with two Nendoroid figures of ClariS.[6] The other limited edition version came with a DVD containing music videos of the songs "Click", "Step" and "Colorful", as well as non-credit opening videos for "Colorful", "Click" and "Reunion", and a collection of television commercials for each of ClariS' singles.[5] For the week of June 2, 2014 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, Party Time was reported to have sold 43,146 copies in its first week of sales, peaking at No. 2,[7] and charted for 12 weeks.[8]

Personnel

ClariS
Additional musicians
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alice of Singing Duo ClariS Leaves Unit. Anime News Network. May 26, 2014. May 27, 2014.
  2. Web site: Musical Duo Claris to Perform Nisekoi Anime's Opening Theme. Anime News Network. December 4, 2013. December 4, 2013.
    - Web site: Step. Oricon. April 11, 2014. Japanese.
  3. Web site: カラフル. Colorful. Oricon. August 28, 2013.
  4. Web site: PARTY TIME(通常盤). Party Time (regular edition). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. May 27, 2014. Japanese.
  5. Web site: PARTY TIME【初回生産限定盤】. Party Time (limited edition). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. May 27, 2014. Japanese.
  6. Web site: PARTY TIME 【完全生産限定盤】CD+"ねんどろいどぷち reunion ver."付き. Party Time (limited production edition) CD+"Nendoroid Puchi Reunion ver.". HMV. May 27, 2014. Japanese.
  7. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20140612141654/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2014-06-16/. 2014年06月02日~2014年06月08日のCDアルバム週間ランキング. June 2, 2014—June 8, 2014 CD Album Weekly Ranking. Oricon. June 12, 2014. June 11, 2014. Japanese. live.
  8. Web site: Party Time. Oricon. September 4, 2014. Japanese.