What Turns You On? | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | CNBLUE |
Cover: | CNBLUE - What Turns You On album cover.jpeg |
Caption: | Regular edition cover |
Recorded: | 2012–2013 |
Genre: | Rock |
Length: | 40:21 |
Language: | Japanese English |
Label: | Warner Music Japan |
Prev Year: | 2013 |
Next Title: | Present |
Next Year: | 2013 |
What Turns You On? (stylized What turns you on?) is a Japanese studio album by the South Korean rock band CNBLUE. It was released on August 28, 2013 as the group's fourth Japanese album[1] and their second major album under Warner Music Japan.[2]
The album was announced on July 12, on the group's official website, along with the first details about it. On July 23, jacket covers of all editions of the album were revealed, along with a promotional photo. Track listing of the album was revealed on July 31, containing, in total, eleven songs.[3]
The album was released in four editions:
The album comes with eleven songs, three singles, three songs already released on the singles and five new songs.Most part of the songs included on the album were composed and written by the members Jung Yong-hwa and Lee Jong-hyun. Yong-hwa wrote and composed the songs "Lady", "One More Time", "Change", "Don't Care", "Greedy Man", "Robot" (both Japanese and English versions) and "Let Me Know", while Jong-hyun wrote and composed the songs "Blind Love", "Crying Out", "I Can't Believe" and "Starlit Night".
Three songs from the album were released as singles:
The first single, "Robot", was released on December 19, 2012. The song was originally written by the member Yong-hwa, with Japanese translation by Kosuke Oba. The physical single ranked number 2 on Oricons singles chart, selling 42,563 in its first week and charted for seven weeks.[8] The song "Starlit Night", one of the b-sides included of the single, was included on the album as track #10. An English version of the song was included as bonus track of the limited edition type A.
The second single, "Blind Love", was released on April 24, 2013. The song was written by Jong-hyun and composed by Jong-hyun and Vinyl House. The physical single ranked number 4 on Oricons singles chart, selling 47,577 copies in its first week, charting for nine weeks.[9] The song "Greedy Man", one of the b-sides of the single, was included on the album as track #6.
The third and final single of the album, "Lady", was released on July 31, 2013. The song was written by Yong-hwa with Kosube Oba and composed by Yong-hwa and Park Hyun-woo. The physical single ranked at number 4 on Oricons singles chart, selling 42,169 in its first week.[10] The song "Don't Care", first b-side of the single, was included on the album as track #5.
Oricon chart | Peak | Debut sales | Sales total |
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Daily Albums Chart | 2 | 26,921 | 43,492+ |
Weekly Albums Chart | 2 | 43,492 |