A Scenery Like Me (ア・シーナリー・ライク・ミー, A Shīnarī Raiku Mī) is a self-cover album by Chara, which was released on February 18, 2004. It debuted at #27 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 300 for 5 weeks.[1] It eventually sold 19,000 copies.
The album features new versions of material from her first four studio albums, Sweet, Soul Kiss, Violet Blue and Happy Toy; as well as two new songs, Ao (青, Blue) and Ai no Hikōsen (愛の飛行船, Blimp of Love). The new versions featured a stripped down arrangement, self-produced by Chara and performed with her band.[2]
Two songs were used as promotional tracks. The self-cover of Are wa ne (あれはね, Is That Right) was used as a radio single, and a music video was filmed for it. The self-cover of Tsumibukaku Aishite yo (罪深く愛してよ, Love Me Sinfully) was used as the opening theme song for the NHK interview show Mayonaka no Ōkoku (真夜中の王国, Midnight Kingdom).
Track listing
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| Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) |
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| 1. | "Break These Chain" | Chara | Chara | U-Ske Asada | 7:07 |
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| 2. | "Are wa ne (あれはね, Is That Right)" | Chara | Chara | D.Motion | 5:36 |
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| 3. | "Tsumibukaku Aishite yo (罪深く愛してよ, Love Me Sinfully)" | Chara | Chara, U-Ske Asada | U-Ske Asada | 6:00 |
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| 4. | "Ao (青, Blue)" | Chara | Chara | | 2:14 |
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| 5. | "Private Beach" | Chara | Chara | U-Ske Asada | 3:18 |
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| 6. | "No Promise" | Chara | Chara, Mizuho Hirata | U-Ske Asada | 5:23 |
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| 7. | "Ai no Hikōsen (愛の飛行船, Blimp of Love)" | Chara, Ema | Chara | | 3:06 |
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| 8. | "Time After Time" | Chara | Chara | D.Motion | 6:23 |
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| 9. | "Happy Toy" | Chara | Chara, Zentarō Watanabe | Zentarō Watanabe | 6:46 |
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| 10. | "Usotsuku no ni Narenaide (うそつくのに慣れないで, Don't Get Used to Lying)" | Chara | Chara | U-Ske Asada | 4:36 |
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Japan Sales Rankings
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| Release
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Chart
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Peak position
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First week sales
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Sales total
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| March 19, 2003
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Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
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27
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8,798
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19,220
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References
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