Scandal - Hello World (2014)

Scandal - Hello World (2014)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Image"   4:26

2. "Your Song"   3:43

3. "Love in Action"   3:22

4. "Departure"   4:40

5. "Graduation" (Haruna solo)   4:23

6. "Yoake no Ryuuseigun" (夜明けの流星群; A Meteor Shower at Dawn)   4:41

7. "Onegai Navigation" (お願いナビゲーション; Navigation Please)   3:00

8. "Runners High"   3:55

9. "Hon wo Yomu" (本を読む; Read a Book, Mami solo)   3:34

10. "Kan Beer" (缶ビール; Canned Beer, Tomomi solo)   4:01

11. "Winter Story"   3:41

12. "Oyasumi" (おやすみ; Goodnight, Rina solo)   4:38

13. "Place of Life" (feat. Tetsuya Komuro)   5:14

European CD Edition bonus tracks

14. "Rainy"   3:51

15. "Nai Nai Night 2014" (ないないNight 2014; No No Night 2014)   2:45

Total length:   59:44

DVD Edition

1. "Scandal Talking about "Hello World""   51:25

Scandal Band Members / Musicians

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)

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

Hello World is the 6th studio album by Japanese pop rock band, Scandal. The album was released on December 3, 2014 in Japan by Epic and being distributed in Europe through JPU Records. Hello World debuted at #3 on the Oricon chart, selling over 35,000 copies in its first week. It also reached the top spot of the Canadian iTunes Store's World Music Chart.