Hajimari no Uta (Ikimonogakari)

Limited Edition Cover

Regular Edition Cover

Artist

Ikimonogakari

Album

Hajimari no Uta (ハジマリノウタ; First Song)

Released

2009.12.23

Catalog Number

ESCL-3354~5 (Limited Edition)

ESCL-3356 (Regular Edition)

Price

¥3,500 (Limited Edition)

¥3,059 (Regular Edition)

CD Tracklist

1. Hajimari no Uta ~Tooi Sora Sunde~ (ハジマリノウタ ~遠い空澄んで~; First Song ~The Faraway Sky Becomes Clear~)
2. Yume Kendai (夢見台; Dream Bookrest)
3. Joyful (じょいふる)
4. YELL
5. Nakumonka (なくもんか; No More Cry)
6. Mahiru no Tsuki (真昼の月; Midday Moon)
7. Hotaru no Hikari (ホタルノヒカリ; Glow of Fireflies)
8. Cosmos (秋桜)
9. Futari -Album version- (ふたり; Us)
10. Tenohira no Oto (てのひらの音; Sound of the Palm)
11. How to make it
12. Mirai Wakusei (未来惑星; Future Planet)
13. Ashita e Mukau Kaerimichi (明日へ向かう帰り道; Way Back Toward Tomorrow)

DVD Tracklist

1. ikimono-gakari no Minna-san, Konnitour!! 2009 ~My song Your song~
   1. Kimagure Romantic (気まぐれロマンティック)
   2. Uruwashiki Hito (うるわしきひと)
   3. Blue Bird (ブルーバード)
   4. Kokoro no Hana wo Sakaseyou (心の花を咲かせよう)
   5. Kaeritakunatta yo (帰りたくなったよ)

Information

Hajimari no Uta is the fourth album released by Ikimonogakari. It is their first album to come in both a limited CD+DVD format and a regular CD-only format. Track #8, "Cosmos", is a self-cover of the same-named track from their debut indie mini-album, Makoto ni Senetsu Nagara First Album wo Koshiraemashita.... The limited edition came housed in a deluxe box with a 24-page booklet containing pictures from 1999 to 2009, and a DVD that contains footage from the final performance of band's tour ikimono-gakari no Minna-san, Konnitour!! 2009 ~My song Your song~ at Shibuya C.C. Lemon Hall on May 25, 2009.

Oricon Chart Positions

Ikimonogakari promoting the album

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	200,286
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	161,168
1	1	1	1	1	1	1
1	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	38,737
3	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	24,324
3	17	9	8	7	4	4	9	17,851
4	12	7	7	7	6	6	7	11,622
6	16	14	12	11	11	11	14	9,531
11	21	22	23	21	15	16	19	6,532
13	49	41	32	28	19	19	32	5,499
20	49	43	31	27	20	18	32	5,191
19	-	34	31	24	17	18	31	5,684
22	36	32	32	28	28	23	32	4,876
18	48	43	38	34	25	15	31	5,697
16	28	18	19	15	14	15	20	5,954
20	35	34	28	27	21	18	27	4,060
19	31	30	27	23	22	24	29	3,417
24	-	-	-	48	37	29	47	2,984
-	-	-	24	28	25	19	33	3,180
21	19	18	25	17	15	12	18	4,057
15	33	26	30	24	16	16	21	3,064
18	38	28	23	23	18	16	22	2,778
16	-	-	41	46	37	32	43	2,556
31	-	-	37	47	44	32	47	1,920
29	-	-	-	-	43	45	64	1,704
50	-	-	-	-	41	44	65	1,513
50	-	-	-	-	-	-	93	1,566
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	73	1,567
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	83	1,630
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	78	1,544
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	83	1,624
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81	1,571
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	70	1,972
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	2,338
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	67	1,707
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	77	1,591
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	78	1,405
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	91	1,167
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	116	1,025
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	128	1,041
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	130	908
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	126	900
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	125	804
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	177	625
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	192	657
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	215	570
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	202	534
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for six weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	232	526
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	239	500

Total Reported Sales: 561,957
Total Sales in 2010: 560,931 (#8 album of the year)
Total Sales in 2011: 1,026

External Links

• Oricon Profile: Limited Edition | Regular Edition
• Sony Music Profile: Limited | Regular Edition
• Official Website Profile