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Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana

CD+DVD Cover
CD Only Cover
Gurren Lagann Edition
Artist
Nakagawa Shoko
Single
Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana (涙の種、笑顔の花)
Released
2009.04.29
Catalog Number
SRCL-7021~2 (CD+DVD)
SRCL-7023 (CD Only)
SRCL-7024 (Gurren Lagann Edition)
Price
¥1,575 (CD+DVD)
¥1,223 (CD Only)
¥1,300 (Gurren Lagann Edition)
CD Tracklist
  1. Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana (涙の種、笑顔の花; Seed of Tears, Flower of Smile)
  2. Gozen Rokuji (午前六時; 6A.M.)
  3. Milky kiss (ミルキィkiss)
  4. Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana -Instrumental-
DVD Tracklist
  1. Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana (PV)
  2. Making of "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana"
Gurren Lagann Edition Tracklist
  1. Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana (涙の種、笑顔の花)
  2. Gozen Rokuji (午前六時)
  3. Sorairo Days -Tengen Toppa EDITION Lagan-hen- (空色デイズ -天元突破EDITION 螺厳篇-)
  4. Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana -Movie Edit-


Information

"Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana" is the 8th single released by Nakagawa Shoko. The title track was used as the theme song for the Ragan chapter of the movie adaption of the anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Song Information

Nakagawa Shoko promoting the single
Lyrics
meg rock
Music
Kurosu Katsuhiro
Other Information
Arrangement: nishi-ken
Keyboards & Programming: nishi-ken
Guitar: Kato Daisuke
Bass: Kurosu Katsuhiro
Backing vocals: mao
Directed by Sugawara Taku (directiv)
Mixed & Recorded by Nishizawa Eiichi (studio Rine)
Recorded & Assisted by Kojima Shohei (birdie house)
Assisted by Ohno Junpei (STUDIO SOUND DALI); Komori Masahito, Shimada Erika (birdie house)
Recorded at ABS RECORDING, STUDIO SOUND DALI
Mixed at STUDIO SOUND DALI

Disambiguation

There are three known versions of "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana" to be found in Nakagawa Shoko's discography. These include:

Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana
Found on the "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana" single as track #1 and Cosmic Inflation album as track #11. This is the main version set to the PV.
Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana -Instrumental-
Found on the "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana" single as track #4. This is the standard version except without vocals.
Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana -Movie Edit-
Found on the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann edition of "Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana" single as track #4.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 3 4 5 7 9 8 4 23,383
12 13 13 10 14 12 11 13 7,600
12 34 34 32 25 27 25 31 3,339
26 - - 48 41 41 - 52 1,926
48 - - - - - - 89 1,300
- - - - - - - 131 635
- - - - - - - 157 417
- - - - - - - 181 332

Total Reported Sales: 38,932

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