Traveler (Hitomi album)

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Traveler
Studio album by
Hitomi
ReleasedMay 12, 2004
GenreJ-pop, pop rock
LabelLove Life
Hitomi chronology
HTM: Tiartrop Fles
(2003) 		Traveler
(2004) 		Love Concent
(2006)
Singles from Traveler
  1. "Hikari"
    Released: February 11, 2004
  2. "Kokoro no Tabibito/Speed Star"
    Released: April 28, 2004

Traveler is the seventh studio album of Japanese singer Hitomi. The album was formally released on May 12, 2004 by the Avex Trax label. This is the first album of Hitomi to be released in the CD+DVD format, which Avex first introduced to their artists in 2003.

Background[edit]

All lyrics on the album were written by Hitomi, and it features production of Zentaro Watanabe, Takamune Negishi and CMJK. In the album Hitomi tries many different music genres, from bossa nova to electronica.[1]

The album had two promotional singles. "Hikari", which was used as theme song of the TBS TV show Koisuru Honey Coming and from the double A-side single "Kokoro no Tabibito/Speed Star", the first one was used as theme song of the Fuji TV drama Rikon Bengoshi, and the last in TV commercials of Toshiba cellphones A5504T.

Track listing[edit]

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Comodón Johnson" José Luis PardoZentarō Watanabe2:34
2."Speed Star"Hitomi, TriplaneHitomi, TriplaneTakamune Negishi4:43
3."Shiawasette, Nan desu ka? (シアワセッテ、ナンデスカ?)"HitomiHikariCMJK4:22
4."Anti (ア・ン・チ)"HitomiKunio TagoNegishi4:30
5."Hikari (ヒカリ)"HitomiHideyuki ObataNegishi4:33
6."Steady"HitomiNaruya IhashiWatanabe4:57
7."Kaze no Message (風の伝言[2])"Masayoshi YamazakiMasayoshi YamazakiWatanabe3:41
8."Like A Free Bird"HitomiHaruo TakimotoNegishi4:56
9."Status (ステータス)"HitomiMasato KitanoNegishi4:27
10."Kokoro no Tabibito (心の旅人)"HitomiMasato KitanoWatanabe4:14
11."Moment"HitomiYuta NakanoNegishi5:25
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Kokoro no Tabibito (心の旅人)" 
2."Speed Star" 

Charts and sales[edit]

Oricon sales charts (Japan)
Release Chart Peak Position Sales Total Chart Run
May 12, 2004 Oricon Daily Albums Chart
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 2 83,000 8 weeks[3]
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Traveler" in CDJournal.com
  2. ^ hitomi 風の伝言(メッセージ) 歌詞 - J-Lyric.net
  3. ^ "Traveler" in Oricon Style
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