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2001 studio album by Ken Hirai From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaining Through Losing is the fourth studio album released by Japanese singer Ken Hirai. It was released on July 4, 2001 on DefStar Records (Sony Music Entertainment).
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| Gaining Through Losing | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 4, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | Japan | |||
| Genre | J-Pop | |||
| Length | 65:06 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Records | |||
| Producer | Ken Hirai | |||
| Ken Hirai chronology | ||||
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Four singles are featured on the CD along with two Double A-Sides from the singles ("Tug of War" from Miracles and "Taboo" from Love or Lust). The album was ranked #21 for 2001 by Oricon for best selling albums. The style of the album continue on his two following albums, Sentimentalovers and Life Is....
A concert DVD was later released. The concert was filmed at Budokan and was titled Ken Hirai Films Vol.4 Live Tour 2001 gaining through losing at the Budokan.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "She Is!" (Arranged by Masahito Nakano.) | |
| 2. | "Kiss of Life" (Arranged by Masahito Nakano. Was used as the theme song for the drama Love Revolution.) | |
| 3. | "L'Amant" (Arranged by Ken Matsubara.) | |
| 4. | "Miracles" (Arranged by Maestro-T. Was the commercial song for Suntory.) | |
| 5. | "Tug of War" (Arranged by Masahito Nakano. Was the featured on "Miracles".) | |
| 6. | "Merry Go-round Highway" (Arranged by Masahito Nakano.) | |
| 7. | "Taboo" (Arranged by Maestro-T. Was featured on "Love or Lust".) | |
| 8. | "Sweet Pillow" (Arranged by Masahito Nakano) | |
| 9. | "Love or Lust" (Arranged by Masahito Nakano) | |
| 10. | "World's End" (Arranged by Makoto Kuriya) | |
| 11. | "Even If" (Arranged by Ken Matsubara) | |
| 12. | "Gaining Through Losing" (Arranged by Shirō Sagisu. In 2005, Hirai performed this song live as the grand finale in a celebration of his 10th year anniversary in music. The Taiwanese band F4 sang a Chinese version of this song, known as Meteor Rain.) |
All lyrics are written by Ken Hirai, except Merry Go-round Highway and World's End (Taku Tada); all music is composed by Ken Hirai, except Kiss of Life, Tug of War (Hirai and Masahito Nakano), Merry Go-round Highway, Sweet Pillow (Nakano), Taboo (Maestro-T), Love or Lust (Hirai and Ken Matsubara), World's End (Makoto Kuriya)
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