Live Ai
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| Released | March 7, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
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| Length | 57:23 | |||
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Live Ai (stylized LIVE A.I.) is the first live album by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Ai, released on March 7, 2007, by Island Records and Universal Sigma. The album primarily consists of songs and performances from Ai's final performance at Nippon Budokan, but also other various tour dates within Japan from Ai's What's Goin' On Ai tour.[1] The album was reissued on December 5, 2012 by USM Japan.
Background and release
[edit]To promote her fifth studio album, Ai embarked on the What's Goin' On Ai tour in Japan. The tour initially featured 11 dates across the country in November and December 2006.[2] An extra date was added on December 13, where Ai performed at the Nippon Budokan stadium in Tokyo to 12,000 people.[3]
A DVD was released on March 28, 2007 titled Nippon Budokan Ai shortly after the release of the live album.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks written by Ai Uemura unless noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Wanna Know" | 4:16 | |
| 2. | "Believe" | 5:05 | |
| 3. | "Last Words" (Solo version) | 4:22 | |
| 4. | "E.O." | 2:31 | |
| 5. | "No Way" | 3:36 | |
| 6. | "My Friend" | 7:57 | |
| 7. | "Thank U" | 2:44 | |
| 8. | "Intro" | 0:23 | |
| 9. | "Music" | 4:34 | |
| 10. | "Story" | 5:29 | |
| 11. | "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" | Ryuichi Sakamoto | 4:18 |
| 12. | "Beautiful" (featuring Trey Songz) | ||
| 13. | "Life" | ||
| Total length: | 57:23 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Wanna Know" | ||
| 2. | "Beautiful" (Remix) |
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| 3. | "Too Much" (Remix) | ||
| 4. | "We Gonna" | ||
| 5. | "Famous" | ||
| 6. | "Love Is..." | ||
| 7. | "Go Find Your Way" | ||
| 8. | "Believe" | ||
| 9. | "Last Words" (Solo version) | ||
| 10. | "E.O." | ||
| 11. | "Future" | ||
| 12. | "No Way" | ||
| 13. | "My Friend" | ||
| 14. | "Ooh" | ||
| 15. | "Thank U" | ||
| 16. | "Intro" | ||
| 17. | "Music" |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Story" | ||
| 2. | "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" | Sakamoto | |
| 3. | "Beautiful" (featuring Trey Songz) |
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| 4. | "Life" | ||
| 5. | "Tour Documentary" |
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from Tidal.[4]
- Ai Uemura – lead vocals (all tracks), lyricist (1–10, 12–13)
- Tremaine Neverson – featured artist, lyricist (12)
- DJ Watari – composer (1)
- DJ Yutaka – composer (2, 5)
- Desert Storm – composer (3)
- Lofey – composer (3)
- Skane – composer (3)
- 2 Soul – composer, (4, 10)
- Kazunori Fujimoto – composer (6)
- Carsten Lindberg – composer (7)
- Emanuel Officer – composer (7)
- Joachim A. Svare – composer (7)
- T-Kura – composer (8, 9)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto – composer, lyricist (11)
- Stephanie Stokes Fountain – composer (13)
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] | 14 |
| Japanese DVD (Oricon)[6] | 11 |
Release history
[edit]| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | March 7, 2007 | [7] | ||
| March 28, 2007 | DVD | [8] | ||
| Various | December 5, 2012 |
| USM Japan | [5] |
References
[edit]- ^ "[AI] 迫力のライブ着うたを先行配信". Natalie Inc. (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "AI ニュー・シングルのリリースが決定！" [Ai will release a new single!]. Vibe-Net (in Japanese). July 25, 2006. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ^ "AI、初の武道館で10メートルの舞台から舞い降りた！" [Ai, swooping down 10 meters at first Budokan performance]. Oricon (in Japanese). December 14, 2006. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ^ "Live Ai Credits - Tidal (US)". listen.tidal.com. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ a b "LIVE A.I. | AI". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
- ^ "AIのDVD作品". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "AI/LIVE A.I." tower.jp. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "日本武道館 A.I.【初回限定盤】 | AI". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
