Cover Album (album)

2009 studio album by misono

Cover Album

Studio album by

misono

Released| September 23, 2009
Recorded| 2009
Genre| J-Pop
Label| Avex Trax
Misono chronology
| Tales with Misono: Best
(2009)  | Cover Album
(2009)  | Cover Album 2
(2010)

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Cover Album (カバALBUM, Kaba Arubamu) is the first cover album and second mini-album released by Japanese soloist misono. The album's title is a play on "kaba" (カバ), the Japanese word for hippopotamus. It charted on Oricon at No. 28 and remained on the charts for four weeks. The album was released on the same day as her fourteenth single, Urusei Yatsura no Theme: Lum no Love Song/Me.

The album was released solely as a CD, although a music video for the first song, "misono to Utaou! Animedley I", was placed on the aforementioned single.

For the album, misono covered a variety of songs from other artists, including Avril Lavigne's "Complicated", Mayo Okamoto's "Tomorrow" and Personz's "Dear Friends".

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Cover Album is the first cover album released by Japanese singer-songwriter misono on September 23, 2009. The album peaked at No. 28 on the Oricon Albums Charts, remaining on the charts for four consecutive weeks.[1] The album was released the same day as her single Urusei Yatsura no Theme ~Lum no Love Song~／「Mii」, of which the a-side was also a cover song.[2]

While the album was only released on a standard CD, the first track, "misono to Utaou! Animedley I" (misonoと歌おう!アニメドレーI / Sing with misono! Animedley I), was given a music video on the CD+DVD version of Urusei Yatsura no Theme: Lum no Love Song/Me.[3]

misono had her own version of Mayo Okamoto's "Tomorrow" on her single Lovely♡Cat's Eye, which was released three years earlier in November 2006.[4][5] Her rendition of "Complicated" had been used on the Avril Lavigne tribute album Tribute to Avril Lavigne -Master's Collection- (2006), in which various Japanese artists covered several songs by the Canadian artist.[6]

misono's sister, Koda Kumi, would later cover some of the same songs, including Ouyang Fei Fei's "Love Is Over" (ラヴ・イズ・オーヴァー) on her Eternity ~Love & Songs~ album (2010),[7] and Linda Yamamoto's "Dou ni mo tomaranai" on her Color the Cover album (2013).[8]

## Track listing

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CDNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Original| Length

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1.| "misono to Utaou! Animedley I 〜Urusei Yatsura no Theme ~Lum no Love Song~ / CAT'S EYE / Wai Wai World / Candy Candy / Attack No.1 Theme / Hajimete no Chuu〜" (misonoと歌おう!アニメドレーI)|  |  |  | 6:05
2.| "Playback Part 2" (プレイバック)| Yoko Aki| Ryudo Uzaki| Momoe Yamaguchi| 3:19
3.| "Dou ni mo Tomaranai" (どうにもとまらない / I Won't Stop)| Yū Aku| Shunichi Tokura| Linda Yamamoto| 2:48
4.| "Love Is Over" (ラヴ・イズ・オーヴァー)| Kaoru Ito| Kaoru Ito| Ouyang Fei Fei • Coldfeet| 4:44
5.| "misono to Utaou! Animedley II 〜Anpanman no Maachi / Delicate ni Suki Shite / Unbalance na Kiss o Shite / Tonichankan-Chin Ikkyū-san / Touch / Omoide ga Ippai〜" (misonoと歌おう!アニメドレーII)|  |  |  | 6:41
6.| "TOMORROW"| Mayo Okamoto| Mayo Okamoto| Mayo Okamoto| 4:15
7.| "Complicated"| Avril Lavigne| Avril Lavigne • Lauren Christy • Scott Spock • Graham Edwards| Avril Lavigne| 4:28
8.| "DEAR FRIENDS"| JILL| Mitsugu Watanabe| Personz| 6:42
9.| "gradually"| misono| Mitsuru Igarashi • Kotaro Kubota| day after tomorrow| 5:29

## Charts (Japan)

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Release  | Chart  | Peak position  | Total sales

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September 23, 2009  | Oricon Weekly Charts | 28  | 7,016

## References

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1. ^ "misonoカバALBUM / misono / ORICON NEWS". Oricon. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
2. ^ "misono、シングル&アルバム9/23同時発売 (misono, releases single and album simultaneously)". Oricon (in Japanese). March 4, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
3. ^ "Urusei Yatsura no Theme Lum no Love Song/Mii (SINGLE+DVD)(Japan Version)". YesAsia. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
4. ^ "Mayo Okamoto – Tomorrow / Blue Star (CD)". Discogs. May 10, 1995. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
5. ^ "「TOMORROW」misonoのタイアップ情報 グリコ 「カフェオーレ」 CMソング". RecoChoku (in Japanese). Retrieved June 18, 2017.
6. ^ "Various Artistsの「Tribute to Avril Lavigne -Master's Collection-」". iTunes. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
7. ^ "ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~ / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
8. ^ avex (February 2, 2013). "Cover Album "Color The Cover"". Koda Kumi. Rhythm Zone. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.

## External links

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* Misono's Official Website

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Misono

Studio albums|

* Never+Land
* Say
* Me
* Uchi

Cover albums|

* Cover Album
* Cover Album 2

Extended plays|

* Tales with Misono: Best
* Symphony with Misono Best

Singles|

* "VS"
* "Kojin Jugyō"
* "Speedrive"
* "Lovely Cat's Eye"
* "Hot Time/A. (Answer)"
* "Pochi"
* "Zasetsu Chiten"
* "Juunin Toiro"
* "Mugen Kigen"
* "Ninin Sankyaku"
* "Kazoku no Hi/Aburazemi Mesu"
* "Kyūkon (Yaruki, Genki, Sono Ki no Nekko)/?cm"
* "End=Start/Shūten (Kimi no Ude no Naka)"
* "Urusei Yatsura no Theme: Lum no Love Song/Me"
* "Watashi Iro/Bokura Style"
* "...Suki ×××/0-ji Mae no Tsunderella"
* "Hontouso/Sukirai"
* "Maialino!"
* "Itsumademo... Teddy Bear"

Other singles|

* "It's All Love!"

Related|

* Discography
* Avex Trax
* Day After Tomorrow
* Koda Kumi
* Quiz! Hexagon II

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