Hello World (Scandal album)

Hello World
Hello World
Studio album by Scandal
Released	December 3, 2014 (2014-12-03)
Genre	Alternative rock; pop rock;
Length	53:28
Language	Japanese
Label	Epic Records Japan; JPU (UK, EU)
Producer	Scandal
Scandal chronology
Singles from Hello World
	"Runners High"; Released: February 12, 2014; "Departure"; Released: April 23, 2014; "Yoake no Ryuuseigun"; Released: July 16, 2014; "Image"; Released: November 19, 2014;

2014 studio album by Scandal

Hello World is the sixth studio album by Japanese pop rock band, Scandal. The album was released on December 3, 2014, in Japan by Epic^[1] and being distributed in Europe through JPU Records.^[2]^[3] Hello World debuted at #3 on the Oricon chart, selling over 35,000 copies in its first week.^[4] It also reached the top spot of the Canadian iTunes Store's World Music Chart.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Image"	Mami	Mami	Keita Kawaguchi	4:26
2.	"Your Song"	SCANDAL	SCANDAL	Kawaguchi	3:43
3.	"Love in Action"	Mami	Mami	Kawaguchi	3:22
4.	"Departure"	Mami	Mami	Seiji Kameda	4:40
5.	"Graduation" (Haruna solo)	Haruna	Haruna	Atsushi	4:23
6.	"Yoake no Ryuuseigun" (夜明けの流星群; A Meteor Shower at Dawn)	Tomomi, Hidenori Tanaka	Tanaka	Kameda	4:41
7.	"Onegai Navigation" (お願いナビゲーション; Navigation Please)	Rina	Mami	Mami	3:00
8.	"Runners High"	Haruna	Yuichi Tajika	Yu Odakura	3:55
9.	"Hon wo Yomu" (本を読む; Read a Book, Mami solo)	Mami	Mami	Mami	3:34
10.	"Kan Beer" (缶ビール; Canned Beer, Tomomi solo)	Tomomi	Tomomi	Kawaguchi	4:01
11.	"Winter Story"	Rina	Mami, Rina	Satori Shiraishi	3:41
12.	"Oyasumi" (おやすみ; Goodnight, Rina solo)	Rina	Rina	Kawaguchi	4:38
13.	"Place of Life" (feat. Tetsuya Komuro)	Tetsuya Komuro, SCANDAL	Komuro	Kawaguchi	5:14

European CD Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
14.	"Rainy"	Rina	SCANDAL	3:51
15.	"Nai Nai Night 2014" (ないないNight 2014; No No Night 2014)	Tomomi	Tomomi	2:45
Total length:				59:44

DVD Edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Scandal Talking about "Hello World""	51:25

Charts

Album
Country	Chart	Peak position
Japan	Oricon Daily Album Chart^[6]	2
	Oricon Weekly Album Chart	3
	Oricon Monthly Album Chart^[7]	10
	Oricon Yearly Album Chart	153
	SoundScan Album Chart (CD+DVD)^[8]	4
	SoundScan Album Chart (CD+T-shirt)^[8]	11
	Billboard Japan Top Albums^[9]	4
South-Korea	Gaon International Album Chart^[10]	32
Canada	iTunes Store Top Albums (World Music)^[11]	1
Singles
Song	Chart	Peak position
Runners High
	Oricon	5
	Billboard Japan Hot 100^[12]	76
Departure
	Oricon	5
	Billboard Japan Hot 100^[13]	3
Yoake no Ryuuseigun
	Oricon^[14]	5
	Billboard Japan Hot 100	3
	RTHK J-pop Chart (Hong Kong)^[15]	1
Image
	Oricon	14
	Billboard Japan Hot 100	14
	RTHK J-pop Chart (Hong Kong)^[16]	1

Personnel

Scandal

Haruna Ono — vocal, guitar (1–11, 13–15), güiró (15), lyrics (5, 8), music (5)
Mami Sasazaki — vocal, guitar (1–11, 13), synth, recorder (15), lyrics (1, 3, 4, 9), music (1, 3, 4, 9, 11), arrangements (7, 9)
Tomomi Ogawa — vocal, bass (1–15), lyrics (6, 10, 15), tambourine (15), music (10, 15)
Rina Suzuki — vocal, drums (1–15), guitar (12), cajón (15), lyrics (7, 11, 12, 14), music (11, 12)

Contributing musicians

Tetsuya Komuro — synth (13)
Eisuke Taga — slide whistle (15)

Post-production

Executive producer: Shunsuke Muramatsu, Satoshi Aoki (Epic Records Japan), Yūichi Orimoto (Kitty Entertainment Ltd.)
Mastered by: Yūji Chinone (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
Arrangements: Keita Kawaguchi (1, 2, 10, 12, 13), Seiji Kameda (4, 6), Atsushi (5), Yū Odakura (8), Satori Shiraishi (11)
Additional arrangements: Keita Kawaguchi (3, 7, 9)
Mix engineer: Keita Yoko (1–3, 5, 7, 9–12), Eiji "Q" Makino (4, 6), Uni Inoue (8), Jan Fairchild (13)
Instrumental technician: Bunta Mochizuki, Kōta Oda (Sound Crew)

Packaging

Art direction: Yūji Takao (Kannana Graphic)
Coordinarion: Kōichi Yamatani (Kannana Graphic)
Design: Sayuri Kamata (Kannana Graphic)
Photography: Hirohisa Nakano
Styling: Kyōhei Ogawa
Hair & make-up: Hirokazu Niwa, Kazuhiro Sugimoto (maroonbrand)
Set design: Chihiro Matsumoto (Art Breakers)

Epic Records Japan Staff

A&R director: Akito Ogawa
A&R promotion: Yuriko Konya
A&R producer: Sen Okada, Ikuko Yamaguchi
A&R assistant: Shingo Shinkawa
Media promotion: Mayuko Isebō, Akihito Muraki, Rie Ikeda, Masaki Inoue, Akiko Itō, Akira Morikawa
Area promotion: Akiko Satō, Nozomi Takahama, Yūichirō Hisaizumi, Takako Yamamoto, Shōta Aoyama, Junichirō Kumahara
Planning Supervisor: Ikuo Hayashi
Label Administration: Kumiko Sugita, Miki Takashima, Satomi Mizusawa, Haruna Takizawa

Kitty Entertainment Ltd. Staff

Sound director: Taichi Ōhira
Manager: Taga Eisuke, Arisa Yamamoto
Concert creative: Fumihiko Tsuchiya, Mikako Ogura
Artist promotion: Ayano Takahashi, Kyōko Shioji
Merchandise: Hiroshi Aihara, Erina Fujii, Hibari Sakai
Special adviser: Hidenori Taga, Yoshihisa Nagata

Sony Music Group Staff

Sales promotion: Hiromi Kanehira, Dai Sugamata, Chie Arai, Minami Kodama (Sony Music Marketing)
Web promotion: Takuya Ishikawa, Sayaka Tsuji (Sony Music Marketing)
International promotion: Ken Isayama, Akira Shiota (Sony Music Entertainment)
Music publishing: Ei Ōsaka, Niina Yasui (Sony Music Publishing)
Business affairs: Hitomi Takano, Momoko Hakata (Sony Music Entertainment)
Products co-ordination: Chiho Sugiyama (Sony Music Communications)

JPU Records Staff

Sales and Physical Distribution: Ben Farrar, Tim Chilton
Marketing and promotion: Tom Smith
Coordination: Tom Smith

References

^ "SonyMusicShop". SonyMusicShop.jp. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "In Conversation With Scandal by Colin McQuistan". May 2015.
^ HELLO WORLD Listing at JPU Records (in English)
^ 週間　CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月15日付（2014年12月01日～2014年12月07日） oricon.co.jp, retrieved August 23, 2015. (in Japanese)
^ "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo: 18. 2014-12-24.
^ "デイリー CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月02日付". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
^ "月間 CDアルバムランキング2014年12月度". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
^ a b "週間 CDソフト TOP20". Phileweb (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-08-17.
^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". Archived from the original on 12 December 2014.
^ "2014년 50주차 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-08-17.
^ "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo: 18. 2014-12-24.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". www.billboard-japan.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". www.billboard-japan.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Cdシングル週間ランキング-音楽ランキング". www.oricon.co.jp. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Archived copy". programme.rthk.hk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". programme.rthk.hk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Hello World Listing at JPU Records (in English)

[Hello_World-1] "SonyMusicShop". SonyMusicShop.jp. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

[In-Conversation-With-Scandal-2] "In Conversation With Scandal by Colin McQuistan". May 2015.

[HELLO_WORLD_Listing-3] HELLO WORLD Listing at JPU Records (in English)

[4] 週間　CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月15日付（2014年12月01日～2014年12月07日） oricon.co.jp, retrieved August 23, 2015. (in Japanese)

[5] "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo: 18. 2014-12-24.

[6] "デイリー CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月02日付". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2015-08-17.

[7] "月間 CDアルバムランキング2014年12月度". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2015-08-17.

[SoundScan-8] "週間 CDソフト TOP20". Phileweb (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-08-17.

[9] "Billboard Japan Top Albums│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". Archived from the original on 12 December 2014.

[10] "2014년 50주차 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-08-17.

[11] "SCANDAL Say HELLO WORLD". Neo: 18. 2014-12-24.

[12] "Billboard Japan Hot 100│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". www.billboard-japan.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[13] "Billboard Japan Hot 100│Charts│Billboard JAPAN". www.billboard-japan.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[14] "Cdシングル週間ランキング-音楽ランキング". www.oricon.co.jp. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[15] "Archived copy". programme.rthk.hk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[16] "Archived copy". programme.rthk.hk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)