Sol-fa ( ソルファ , Sorufa ) is the second studio album by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation , released on October 20, 2004.
8-401: Sol-fa may refer to: Sol-fa (album) , a 2004 album by Asian Kung-Fu Generation Solfège , a music education method Tonic sol-fa , a method of teaching sight-singing Tonic Sol-fa (a cappella group) , a quartet from Minnesota Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
16-461: The 10 Japanese albums worthy of inclusion on Rolling Stone ' s 2020 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time , billing it as "an album full of tracks as well produced as they are sonically complex." All lyrics are written by Masafumi Gotoh ; all music is composed by Masafumi Gotoh, except " Siren " and " Re:Re: " by Gotoh and Takahiro Yamada In 2016, Asian Kung-fu Generation re-recorded Sol-fa and released it on November 30, 2016. "Re:Re:"
24-471: The album topped the Oricon charts for two weeks straight and produced four singles, with sales reaching over 600,000 copies by its third week. Its success can be partially traced to two tracks that the band produced, " Rewrite " and " Haruka Kanata ," were featured in the opening themes of the highly popular anime series Fullmetal Alchemist and Naruto respectively. In 2016, the 2016 version of " Re:Re: "
32-458: The balanced nature of the overall album, creating their most mature release as of late. Gotō credited this outcome as the result of sharing his songwriting duties more evenly with bandmates than ever before. The album was equally praised for its high production quality, which thoroughly nullified the language barrier that frequently impeded non– Japanese speaking audiences. In 2020, Jonathan McNamara of The Japan Times listed Sol-fa as one of
40-460: The title Sol-fa . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sol-fa&oldid=741822569 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sol-fa (album) Upon its debut,
48-633: The world petitioned for Sol-fa to be distributed outside Japan. The support for Ajikan eventually resulted in Tofu Records striking a contract to release Sol-fa in the United States on October 18, 2005. With the LP, AKG fully realized and honed the upbeat tempo but hard-edged and emotionally charged sound first expressed within Hōkai Amplifier . The urgency of the songs were complemented by
56-440: Was released as the lead single on March 16, 2016. The tracklist changed with "Loop & Loop" as the third track and made "Kaigan Dōri" the closer for the album. This was the original track order that the band wanted for the original album, but they decided not to as they thought it would be bad to have all the singles in the first half of the album. Takahiro Yamada (musician) Too Many Requests If you report this error to
64-571: Was used as the opening for the anime adaptation of Erased . With the LP, AKG also finally succeeded in outreaching to international audiences, a goal they had attempted in earlier English indie releases but were met by little response . The album peaked at number three on the World Chart while "Rewrite" went on to win Best Anime Theme Song at the 2007 American Anime Awards . Following its domestic release, fans from around
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