Beautiful World is the tenth studio album of the Japanese boy band Arashi. The album was released on July 6, 2011, in Japan under their record label J Storm in two editions: a limited-edition version with a 48-page booklet and a regular CD version with a 32-page booklet. The album debuted at number-one on the Oricon weekly album chart, selling 631,000 copies, making it their third consecutive album to reach sales of more than half a million copies. As of December 2011, the album has sold more than a million copies. According to Oricon, Beautiful World is the best-selling album of 2011 in Japan. It was released digitally on February 7, 2020.
Album information Both the first press and regular versions contain eighteen tracks. On November 28, 2011, a limited edition of the album was released exclusively by the shopping site "7-net". It consists of a bonus track , composed by member Kazunari Ninomiya and lyrics penned by the group.
Songs "Beautiful World" includes five of the group's previously released singles: "To be free", "Love Rainbow", "Dear Snow", "Hatenai Sora" and "Lotus". "To be free" was used as the song for Mistuya Cider commercial with member Sho Sakurai as the endorser."Love Rainbow" was the theme song for the drama starring member Jun Matsumoto. "Dear Snow" and "Hatenai Sora" were used as theme songs for the movie "Ōoku: The Inner Chambers" and drama respectively, starring member Kazunari Ninomiya. "Lotus" was used as theme song for starring member Masaki Aiba.
"Tooku Made" was used as the theme song for a Japan Airlines commercial starring the group.
Promotion It was announced on July 24, 2011, that Japan Airlines will use two Boeing 777-200 bearing both the images of the members of Arashi and the words "ARASHI Beautiful World". The planes titled will be used for domestic flights, and the album with specially designed in-flight covers will be available, from July 25, 2011, to January 27, 2012. This marks the group's second time to have their images featured on an aircraft of the same airline.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes.
Musicians
Arashi – lead vocals , gaya Sho Sakurai – rap Ko-saku – chorus arrangement , Shotaro – chorus arrangement Kumi Sasaki – chorus Shiori Sasakii – chorus Eriko Miedai – chorus Yoko Kazumotoi – chorus Kimio Yamane – clarinet Ha-j – co-programming Youwhich – co-programming Yutaka Odawara – drums John Robinson – drums Takumi Ogasawara – drums Toru Kawamura – drums Akira Jimbo – drums Mana Ohkubo – fiddle Hideyo Takakuwa – flute The Gaya-xy – gaya Hiroomi Shitara – acoustic guitar , Nozomi Furukawa – acoustic guitar and electric guitar Hirokazu Ogura – acoustic guitar and electric guitar Hiroyuki Taneda – acoustic guitar and electric guitar Takashi Yamaguchi – acoustic guitar Nathan East – bass guitar Yuzo Oka – bass guitar Hideyuki Komatsu – bass guitar Hideki Matsubara – bass guitar Hitoki – bass guitar Kenji Okuda – electric guitar Takashi Masuzaki – electric guitar Otohiko Fujita – horn Yasushi Katsumata – horn Mana Yoshinaga – koto Satoshi Shoji – oboe Kaori Ono – percussion Hirofumi Sasaki – strings and co-programming Gen Ittetsu Strings – strings Konno Strings – strings Manabe Strings – strings Tadashi Tatabe – synthesizer Aaron Heick – soprano sax and flute Masakuni Takeno – tenor Sax Ryoji Ihara – tenor sax Ikuo Kakehashi – tabla and percussion Mari Yasui – tin whistle Koji Nishimura – trumpet Masahiko Sugasaka – trumpet Eric Miyashiro – trumpet Kosuke Nakayama – trumpet Katsumi Nomura – turntable
Production
Johnny H. Kitagawa – executive producer Julie K. – producer Shigeru Tanida – recording, mixing Teturo Takeuchi – recording, mixing Mikiro Yamada – recording Akitomo Takakuwa – recording Yohei Takita – recording Hideyuki Matsuhashi – recording Masahito Komori – 2nd engineer Hiroaki Suzuki – 2nd engineer Kohei Nakaya – 2nd engineer Naoya Tsuruta – 2nd engineer Hiroshi Kawasaki – mastering Tsutomu Satomi – musician coordinator Asuka Tozawa – musician coordinator Yasuhiro Okuya – creative direction Go Matsuda – art direction and design Ryotaro Kawashima – design Akira Kitajima – photography Masumi Sakamoto – styling Ayumi Naito – hair and make-up Kosuke Abe – hair and make-up Yuuki Yonezawa – set design
Release history + Release history and formats for Beautiful World Country Release date Label Japan July 6, 2011 J Storm South Korea July 20, 2011 S.M. Entertainment
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