Umbrella (Shota Shimizu album)

Umbrella is the debut album by Japanese R&B singer Shota Shimizu, released on November 26, 2008 in Japan. The album ranked at #2 and sold 56,442 units in its first week.^[2] After eight weeks, it had sold 115,863 copies.

Umbrella
Studio album by Shota Shimizu
Released	November 26, 2008
Recorded	2008 October Studio, Giallo Polta, Studio Z'd, Tiny Voice Studio, Bunkamura Studio, Burnish Stone Komazawa, DGM Studio, Studio Somewhere, Sony Music Studio Tokyo, Prime Sound Studio Form, On Air Azabu
Genre	R&B, Soul, Dance-pop, Funk, Acoustic music, Hip hop, Jazz, J-Pop
Length	60:11(standard edition) 65:51(Japan edition)
Label	Mastersix Foundation, Sony Music Records, Sony
Producer	3rd Productions, Coney's Jelly, Sty, Yanagiman, Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Shota Shimizu chronology
Umbrella (2008) Journey (2010)
Singles from Umbrella
"Home" Released: February 20, 2008 "Aishiteru" Released: June 4, 2008 "Diggin' on U" Released: September 10, 2008 "My Treasure" Released: October 22, 2008

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Shota Shimizu.

1. "Diggin' on U"
2. "Home"
3. "With You"
4. "My Treasure"
5. "One Last Kiss"
6. "Love Story"
7. "Rainy Day's Morning"
8. "Unhappy"
9. "Lovin U"
10. "Aishiteru"
11. "My Love"
12. "Soulmate"
13. "Sorezore"
14. "Home" (Hip hop remix) (Japanese bonus track)

Release history

Region	Date
Japan[3]	November 26, 2008
Korea[4]	November 27, 2008
Hong Kong[5]	November 28, 2008
Taiwan[6][7]	December 5, 2008 (CD +DVD)
	January 9, 2009 (CD)

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Oricon Rankig Search" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
3. "Umbrella [w/ DVD, Limited Edition] Shota Shimizu CD Album". CDJapan. 2008-11-26. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
4. Shimizu Shota ..... Umbrella Archived 2009-05-28 at the Wayback Machine maniadb.com Retrieved on 2009-7-25.
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