Touch (NEWS album)

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2005 studio album by NEWS

Touch

Studio album by

NEWS

Released| April 27, 2005
Genre| Japanese Pop
Length| 56:13 (limited) 61:24 (regular)
Label| Johnny & Associates
NEWS chronology
|  | Touch
(2005)  | Pacific
(2008)

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Singles from  touch

1. "NEWS NIPPON"
Released: November 7, 2003
2. "Kibou ~Yell~"
Released: May 12, 2004
3. "Akaku Moyuru Taiyou"
Released: August 11, 2004
4. "Cherish"
Released: March 16, 2005

Touch is the first studio album by Japanese musical group NEWS, released on April 27, 2005.[1] The album reached the number one position on the Oricon Daily Album Chart and Oricon Weekly Album Chart. Four singles have been released from this album.[citation needed]

## Tie-ups and theme songs

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"Kibou ~Yell~" was used as the theme song for the 2004 Men's World Olympic Volleyball qualification tournaments for Japanese television broadcasting. "Kirameki no Kanata e" was used as the image song for the 36th Spring High School Volleyball tournament, as well as the Nivea "8x4 Powder Spray" commercial song. "Akaku Moyuru Taiyou" was used as the image song for the 2004 Japanese Fuji Television broadcast of the FIVB World Grand Prix. "Cherish" was used as the TBC "Good News" Campaign Song.[2] "NEWS Nippon" was used as the 2003 Volleyball World Cup Japanese broadcast song.[citation needed]

## Track listing

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Limited editionNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Kibou ~Yell~"| Ide Kouji| Ide Kouji| 4:35
2.| "Kirameki no Kanata e"| Sakai Mikio| Sakai Mikio| 5:01
3.| "Akaku Moyuru Taiyou"| Satomi| Shusui, Stefan Engblom, Axel Belinder| 4:31
4.| "I・ZA・NA・I・ZU・KI"| Kondo Natsuko| Joey Carbone, David Kater, Jay Condiotti| 4:00
5.| "Love Song"| Yamashita Tomohisa| Yamashita Tomohisa| 5:20
6.| "Zutto"| Kondo Natsuko| Ueno Kouji| 4:10
7.| "High TEN!"| Kizuki Mihiro| Maejima Yasuaki| 4:15
8.| "Koiyake"| Kizuki Mihiro| Shusui, Henric Uhrbom, Julius Bengtsson| 2:59
9.| "Shissho! Friday Night"| Matsuki Taijirou| Matsuki Taijirou| 2:25
10.| "Say Hello"| ARCHIBOLD, Atoji Makoto, 春和文| ARCHIBOLD| 4:11
11.| "Cherish"| Fukushi Kentarou| Fukushi Kentarou| 4:23
12.| "Yawarakana Mama de"| KNM PROJECT| Makaino Kouji| 4:55
13.| "NEWS NIPPON"| KNM PROJECT| Makaino Yasuji| 4:39
14.| "Yume no kazu dake ai ga umareru (A cappella version)"| zopp| Larry Forsberg, Sven-inge Sjoberg, Lennart Wastesson| 1:35

Regular editionNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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15.| "Stand Up (rock version)"| Kurosu Chihiro| Richard Fairbrass, Christopher Fairbrass, Clyde Ward| 3:49

Notes

* All of Takahiro Moriuchi's lines in "NEWS NIPPON" were re-recorded by other members of the group for the version on this album.

## DVD

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A DVD came with the limited edition version of the album. It contained a "PRIVATE MOVIE" section of the members pretending to go on dates with viewers, "CONCERT" section with a performance of "Yume no Kazu dake Ai ga Umareru" from the NEWSnowConcert, and a "MESSAGE" section with a brief message about the album from each member.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Japanese music album ranking information for the second week of May 2005" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
2. ^ "touch/ NEWS". Oricon. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

## External links

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* (in Japanese) Review of the album from CDJournal

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NEWS

* Keiichiro Koyama
* Takahisa Masuda
* Shigeaki Kato

* Yuya Tegoshi
* Ryo Nishikido
* Tomohisa Yamashita
* Hironori Kusano
* Hiroki Uchi
* Takahiro Moriuchi

Studio albums|

* Touch
* Pacific
* Color
* Live
* News
* Worldista

Compilation albums|

* NEWS Best

Singles|

* "Happy Birthday"
* "Chankapāna"
* "World Quest/Pokopon Pekōrya"
* "Kaguya"

* Discography

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* MusicBrainz release group
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