Pages (Sexy Zone album)

Pages is the sixth studio album by Japanese boy band Sexy Zone, released via Pony Canyon on March 13, 2019. It is the follow-up to their 2018 album XYZ=Repainting and is a concept album based around "one page of life" and expressing various emotions.[1] It debuted at number one on both the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan's Hot Albums chart, selling over 120,000 copies in its first week.[2][3]

Pages
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 13, 2019 (2019-03-13)
GenreJ-pop
LanguageJapanese
LabelPony Canyon
Sexy Zone chronology
XYZ=Repainting
(2018)
Pages
(2019)

Release

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Pages was released in three formats: two limited editions (A and B), and a regular edition. The regular edition includes a bonus disc with a solo song from each member, while limited edition A features a making-of and the music video for the first track "La Sexy Woman", and limited edition B features a DVD with Sexy Zone's "Lake Fuji Trip" documentary.[4]

Singles

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The album features the Oricon Singles Chart number-one singles "Innocent Days" and "Karakuri Darake no Tenderness"/"Suppin Kiss".

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."La Sexy Woman" 
2."Koi ga Hajimaru yo!!!" (恋が始まるよー!!!; Love Will Begin!!!) 
3."Suppin Kiss" (すっぴんKISS; Kiss Without Makeup) 
4."Cry" 
5."Make Me Bright[5]" 
6."Innocent Days" (イノセントデイズ) 
7."Don't Run Away" 
8."My Sweet Heart My Sweet Love" 
9."Chiku Chiku Heart ~beating beating~" (チクチクハート~beating beating~) 
10."Aoi Koibito" (青い恋人; Blue Lover) 
11."Hands Up!" 
12."Karakuri Darake no Tenderness" (カラクリだらけのテンダネス; Tenderness Full of Tricks) 
13."Zenzen Kankeinai" (ゼンゼンカンケイナイ; It Doesn't Matter at All) 
14."Wonder Love" 
15."Kimi ga Ita Natsu ni..." (君がいた夏に・・・; In Summer When You Were...) 
16."Itsumademo Itsumademo" (いつまでもいつまでも; Forever Forever) 
Regular edition bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Because of Ai" (Because of 愛; Because of Love) (Kento Nakajima) 
2."Keep On" (Marius Yo) 
3."Cocoa" (Fuma Kikuchi) 
4."Fūkeiga" (風景画; Landscape Painting) (Shori Sato) 
Limited edition type A DVD
No.TitleLength
1."La Sexy Woman" (music clip) 
2."Making of "La Sexy Woman" Music Clip & Jacket Shooting" 
Limited edition type B DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Sexy Zone Lake Fuji Trip~Engraving a New Page in Sexy Cycling!~" (Sexy Zone富士湖畔旅~Sexyサイクリングで新たな1PAGEを刻め!~) 

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2] 1
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[6] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (2019) Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 24

References

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  1. ^ "Sexy Zoneは王道ジャニーズとして成長を続ける 「La Sexy Woman」は"表情"に注目". Real Sound. February 22, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-03-25" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "【ビルボード】Sexy Zone『PAGES』が総合アルバム首位 sumika『Chime』は2位で自己記録更新". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). March 20, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  4. ^ "Sexy Zone、アルバム売り上げが前作超えも……デビュー8年目で「冠番組ナシ」にファン焦り". Cyzo Woman (in Japanese). March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  5. ^ written by Iri
  6. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2019/03/25 付け". Billboard Japan. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  7. ^ "年間 アルバムランキング 2019年度". Oricon. Retrieved February 17, 2021.