Walk of My Life

This article is about the 2015 album. For the tour, see Live Tour 2015: Walk of My Life.
Walk of My Life
Studio album by Kumi Koda
Released March 18, 2015
Recorded 2014-2015
Genre
Label Rhythm Zone
Kumi Koda chronology
Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 6
(2014)		 Walk of My Life
(2015)		 Summer of Love
(2015)
Singles from Walk of My Life
  1. "Hotel"
    Released: August 6, 2014
  2. "Dance in the Rain"
    Released: November 5, 2014

Walk of My Life (stylized as WALK OF MY LIFE) is the twelfth studio album by singer-songwriter Kumi Koda. It was released on March 18, 2015, merely a year after her album Bon Voyage.[1] The album debuted at #1 on Oricon, continuing Kumi's streak of chart-topping albums, which began with her 2005 album Best ~first things~.[2] Walk of My Life stayed on the charts for fourteen consecutive weeks.[3][4]

Information

Walk of My Life is Koda Kumi's twelfth studio album and continued her streak of #1 albums on the Oricon charts. It was released in CD, CD+DVD, CD+Music Card [Ver. A], CD+Music Card [Ver. B] and CD+FC DVD. The fan club DVD contained her second "First Class Limited Live," the first of which was secret ~First Class Limited Live.[5]

Walk of My Life became Koda Kumi's first album to have only two preluding singles: Hotel and Dance In The Rain. Fever: Legend Live was not considered a single and the three a-sides from the EP were omitted from the album.

On an interview for MTV Japan, Koda Kumi described the theme of the album as "not how a person thought, but how they live."[6] The music video for Walk of My Life introduced a new technique called 4D view. Forty-eight different shots were combined with 3D animation for the dance in the sky, which was to show the story of how her strength had grown.[7]

Packaging

The album was made available in six editions:

Track listing

CD

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Introduction ~WALK OF MY LIFE~"  Koda KumiFredrik "Fredro" Odesjo • Anesha Birchett • Antea Shelton • Piox Pirovano1:16
2."Dance In The Rain"  Koda Kumihir0ism • Ziggy • Melanie Fontana3:17
3."Lippy"  Koda KumiKoda Kumi • Phil Anquetil • Bhavik Pattani • Christina Parie3:16
4."Mercedes"  Koda KumiKoda Kumi • Maegan Cottone • Rick Parkhouse • George Tizzard • Jon Maguire2:54
5."Like It"  Koda Kumi　Koda Kumi • Jared Cotte • Nejin Djafari • Fredrik "Fredro" Odesjo • Piox Pirovano2:46
6."House Party"  Koda KumiKoda Kumi • Will Simms • Michelle Escoferry • Phil Anquetil3:00
7."Interlude ~Dance~"  Koda KumiLO • Linda Stark1:00
8."HOTEL"  Koda KumiKoda Kumi • H.U.B • Didrik Thott • Sebastian Thott • Ylva Dimburg3:22
9."Gimme U"  Koda KumiKoda Kumi • Matthew Tishler • Andrew Underberg • Philip Bentley3:18
10."You can keep up with me"  Koda KumiSabrina Louise Bernstein • Paolo Prudencio pka Sharazi • Fredrik "Fredro" Odesjo • Piox Pirovano2:40
11."MONEY IN MY BAG"  Koda KumiKoda Kumi • Bardu Haberg • Hayden Bell • Sarah Lundback Bell • Ylva Dimberg2:35
12."PIECE IN THE PUZZLE"  Koda KumiKoda Kumi • Maegan Cottone • Bhavik Pattani • William Henry • Rick Wilde3:05
13."Fake Tongue"  Koda KumiKoda Kumi • Emma Stakes • Steve Ware • Carl Addy3:20
14."Sometimes Dreams Come True"  Toby GadToby Gad • Jessie J • Koda Kumi3:05
15."LIFE so GOOD!!"  Koda KumiHi-yunk3:57
16."WALK OF MY LIFE"  Koda KumiNick Carbone • Anthony Natoli • John Secolo • Peter Zizzo • Yukiko Tanaka3:47

DVD/Blu-ray

  1. HOTEL (Music Video)
  2. MONEY IN MY BAG (Music Video)
  3. Dance In The Rain (Music Video)
  4. WALK OF MY LIFE (Music Video)
  5. Like It (Music Video)
  6. WALK OF MY LIFE / Like It (Making Video)

Fan Club DVD

15th Anniversary First Class 2nd LIMITED LIVE at STUDIO COAST

CD+Music Card

  1. Dance In The Rain
  2. Lippy
  3. Like It
  4. House Party
  5. HOTEL
  6. MONEY IN MY BAG
  7. LIFE so GOOD!!
  8. WALK OF MY LIFE

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak position Debut sales Sales total Chart run
March 18, 2015 Oricon Daily Charts 1 30,912 50,013 14+ week
Weekly Chart 1 39,346
Monthly Chart 10 46,118
Yearly Chart (2015) 95 50,013

References

  1. ↑ "Koda Kumi Official Site - WALK OF MY LIFE". Rhythm Zone Japan. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  2. ↑ "Best ~first things~ / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ "WALK OF MY LIFE (with DVD) / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ "WALK OF MY LIFE / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ "WALK OF MY LIFE (CD+DVD Fanclub Limited Edition)". J-Music Italia. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Koda Kumi described the songs from her new album "WALK OF MY LIFE"". MTV Japan. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Koda Kumi, album's title song draws the 4D view for the PV". natalie. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Shop WALK OF MY LIFE". Rhythm Zone Japan. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  9. ↑ "Koda Kumi music card walk of my life mu-ca". Merceri. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
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