o1 (Hiroyuki Sawano album)

o1 is the first studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on September 9, 2015 on SME Records. o1 was preceded by the singles "A/Z", "aLIEz", "&Z", "X.U." and "scaPEGoat".[1][2]

o1
Studio album by
Released9 September 2015 (2015-09-09)
Studio
  • Studio Sound Valley
  • Avaco Creative Studio
  • Studio GreenBird
  • LAB Recorders
Genre
  • Pop
  • rock
Length61:04
LabelSME
ProducerHiroyuki Sawano
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] chronology
UnChild
(2014)
o1
(2015)
2V-ALK
(2017)
Singles from o1
  1. "A/Z"
    Released: 10 September 2014 (2014-09-10)
  2. "aLIEz"
    Released: 10 September 2014 (2014-09-10)
  3. "&Z"
    Released: 4 February 2015 (2015-02-04)
  4. "X.U"
    Released: 20 May 2015 (2015-05-20)
  5. "scaPEGoat"
    Released: 20 May 2015 (2015-05-20)

The album charted #7 daily rank for first week. It charted so far 11 weeks in the Oricon charts.[3]

Background

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"A/Z" was used in the anime television series "Aldnoah.Zero" as the first ending theme, while "aLIEz" was used as the second ending theme. "&Z" was used in Aldnoah Zero's second season as the opening theme.[4]

"X.U." was used as the opening theme for the anime television series "Seraph of the End", while "scaPEGoat" was used as the ending theme.[4]

Track listing

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All music is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano

No.TitleLyricsPerformed byLength
1."[nZk]o1" SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]5:31
2."Pretenders"cAnON.SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mica&Gemie3:42
3."X.U."
  • Benjamin
  • mpi
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie4:44
4."A/Z"Hiroyuki SawanoSawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki5:18
5."scaPEGoat"
  • Sawano
  • Benjamin
  • mpi
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh5:08
6."oI"SawanoSawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki4:55
7."Song of ..<AM>"
  • cAnON.
  • Benjamin
  • mpi
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer4:20
8."Saving Us"
  • Benjamin
  • mpi
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie4:43
9."aLIEz"SawanoSawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki4:28
10."Rise Above"YoshSawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh3:32
11."Summer Tears"
  • Benjamin
  • mpi
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mica3:17
12."&Z"
  • Sawano
  • mpi
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki4:41
13."s-AVE"Hiroyuki SawanoSawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer4:35
14."out01nzk" SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]2:10
Total length:61:04
DVD - Only in the limited edition
No.TitleDirectorLength
1."A/Z" (Music Video)TAKCOM5:16
2."&Z" (Music Video)Ryohei Shingu4:44
3."X.U." (short ver. music video)maxilla2:33
4."scaPEGoat" (Music Video)maxilla5:11
5."s-AVE" (Music Video)Tatsunori Sato4:40
6."βios ~ Before my body is dry" (from STUDIO LIVE [nZk] 002.5) 5:51
7."BRE@TH//LESS" (from STUDIO LIVE [nZk] 002.5) 4:06
8."&Z" (from STUDIO LIVE [nZk] 002.5) 4:39
9."Keep on keeping on" (from STUDIO LIVE [nZk] 002.5) 3:56
Total length:41:16

Credits

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Adapted from Booklet.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "SECL-1762 | o1 / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "SECL-1760~1 | o1 / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] [Limited Edition] - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "o1 | SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] | Sony Music | ソニーミュージック オフィシャルサイト". www.sh-nzk.net. Retrieved November 6, 2016.