Chapter 3: Album “A CLASSICAL” out on 8 Jan!

★Chapter 3 of the 5 month release project is revealed!
Classic album “A CLASSICAL” will be released on 8 Jan (Tue)!!

A classical album produced by Mr Yamashita Kousuke!
The 7 most popular songs chosen by fans in a fanclub poll, plus 2012 new songs “You&Me”, “Song 4 u” and “Missing”, arranged in classical style and performed by a full orchestra!
Famed composer Mr Yamashita Kousuke leads a group of young arrangers to fully rearrange all tracks! These various “all-time best” tracks have been delicately rearranged to retain the goodness of the original track and add on more layers! Furthermore, all recordings were done live so one can feel every sound, something which is precious to hear in this era.
Featured on the jacket cover, is an illustration done by Mr Uki, an upcoming illustrator who has been featured on Mr Murakami Takashi’s Kaikaikiki and Japan’s largest SNS “pixiv”‘s galleries, and has taken part in Google+’s illustration project! First-press copies come with a gift of the jacket illustration in poster form!
A combination of mainstream pop music and art, this is the birth of a timeless and beloved release!!

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2013.1.8 in stores
NEW ALBUM『A CLASSICAL』

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【CD】
AVCD-38689
￥3,255
・First-press gift: Jacket Illustration Poster
・Limited gift: Serial Number Access Card [special gift for customers who purchase all 5 release titles] (Open period: 8~31 March 2013)

＜CD＞
01.M
02.Love song
03.SEASONS
04.You & Me
05.BLUE BIRD
06.Days
07.Voyage
08.Song 4 u
09.Missing
10.Dearest

Eien pressure – AKB48

永遠プレッシャー (Eien puresshaa) – Forever pressure

from Eien pressure single.

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Don’t expect much from me
Your ideal girlfriend
I surely can’t be that
Pressure

Along the avenue of zelkovas in midwinter
You suddenly confessed to me
Why did you decide
To choose me?

A group of friends
On the way home from the movies
You stood next to me
“I like you” (in a whisper) you said (hearthrob)
I didn’t even see it coming

The pressure of being watched (pressure)
Because I’m not used to love (WOW WOW WOW WOW)
Don’t expect much from me (pressure)
I can’t stay like this
I want to become beautiful
Pressure

Once the signal turns green
I want us to walk together, but
Am I the person
You think I am?

Spring is finally here
And when the flowers bloom
I don’t want you to call me a flower
Feelings of love (image) misunderstood (damage)
There’s just something wrong somewhere

The pressure of being watched (pressure)
Because love is too heavy (WOW WOW WOW WOW)
I can’t be anyone but myself (pressure)
So until I become confident about the future
Please wait
Pressure

Everyone of us
Has a different colour
So don’t compare
Me with someone else
My colour may change, but
I’m still me
Even if my way of living
Is not great

The pressure of being watched (pressure)
Because I’m not used to love (WOW WOW WOW WOW)
Don’t expect much from me (pressure)
I can’t stay like this
I want to become beautiful
Pressure

Because I really love you
Love is forever pressure

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DESTINY – Matsutoya Yumi

from Kanashii hodo otenki (The Gallery in My Heart) album.

Covered by Hi-Fi Set in GOLDEN☆BEST Hi-Fi Set album.

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Writing on a dusty car with my finger
True love, my true love
We had really loved
But you paid no heed as you started to run
True love, my true love
Because someone was waiting

Left freezing, someday
I planned to look back
From then on, nobody
Will enter this heart

Today, I understood that the day we’ll meet again
Is due to purposeful sad Destiny

Stopping your green Coupé, reflecting the clouds
Sure love, my true love
Just like fun in the old days
You roll down the polished window and whistle
Sure love, my true love
Don’t notice these scars

Left freezing, someday
I planned to look back
From then on, anywhere
No matter where I went

Why? Just today
I put on these cheap sandals
(Today, I understood) what is in vain
Is unbindable sad Destiny

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Chuo Freeway – Matsutoya Yumi

中央フリーウェイ (Chuuou Furiiwei) – Chuo Freeway

from 14banme no tsuki album + sweet,bitter sweet ～YUMING BALLAD BEST album.

Covered by Hi-Fi Set in Love Collection album + Hi-Fi Set SUPER BEST album.

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Chuo freeway
Passing through the Choufu base, heading towards the hills
The twilight dyes and spreads across the front glass
Chuo freeway
Holding onto the handle with one hand, your shoulder with the other
Saying “I love you” but you don’t hear
The wind is too strong

The city lights finally light up
To us, they look like shooting stars
Chuo freeway
The racetrack on the right, beer factory on the left
This road is like a runway
Connecting to the nightsky

Chuo freeway
When we first met, I drove a car everyday, but
Now, it’s a little cold
If I don’t send you off

The city lights finally light up
To us, they look like shooting stars
Chuo freeway
The racetrack on the right, beer factory on the left
This road is like a runway
Connecting to the nightsky

Connecting to the nightsky, connecting to the nightsky

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Misa’s note:
Chuo Freeway refers to the Chuo Expressway which links towards Hachiouji. Specific landmarks mentioned in the song include the Choufu Army Base utilized by the USFJ, Suntory’s beer factory at Musashino, the Tokyo racetrack, and scenery near Fuchuu City in Tokyo.

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