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Pain Killer
CD+Blu-ray and Digital cover
Studio album by
Moumoon
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2013
Recorded2012
GenrePop, dance-pop
Length50:08
LanguageJapanese
LabelAvex Trax
Moumoon chronology
No Night Land
(2012) 		Pain Killer
(2013)
Singles from Pain Killer
  1. "Love is Everywhere"
    Released: March 14, 2012
  2. "Hanabi"
    Released: August 29, 2012
  3. "Dreamer Dreamer" / "Doko e mo Ikanai yo"
    Released: December 12, 2012

Pain Killer is the fourth studio album by Japanese pop duo moumoon. It was released on January 30, 2013 in 4 different editions.[1][2]

Editions[edit]

The album was released in four editions:

  • CD+Blu-ray: The CD+Blu-ray edition include the album with standard track list, a Blu-ray disc including the live specials "Moumoon Studio Live 2013", "Moumoon Live History", the music videos of "Midori no Michi" and "Utsukushii Hito", and a special making from the album. The first press edition comes with a different apple jacket cover.[3]
  • CD+2DVD: The CD+2DVD edition include the album with standard track list, two DVDs including the live specials "Moumoon Studio Live 2013", "Moumoon Live History" on the disc 1 and the music videos of "Midori no Michi" and "Utsukushii Hito", and a special making from the album on the disc 2. The first press edition comes with a different apple jacket cover.[4]
  • CD only: The CD only edition will the album only with an acoustic version of the song "Flowers" as bonus track.[5]
  • Fanclub edition: The Fanclub edition include the album with standard track list, two DVDs including the live specials "Moumoon Studio Live 2013", "Moumoon Live History" on the disc 1 and the music videos of "Midori no Michi" and "Utsukushii Hito", and a special making from the album on the disc 2. It also includes a special booklet and a different jacket cover.[1]

Singles[edit]

Four songs of the album were released as singles:

The first single, "Love is Everywhere", was released on March 14, 2012[6] and peaked number 33 in Oricon's weekly singles chart.[7] The song was used as theme song for the Canon's IXY TV advertisement.

The second single, "Hanabi", was released on August 29, 2012[8] and peaked number 29 in Oricon's weekly singles chart.[9] The song was used as image song for the event Natsu Matsuri Hanabi Taikai.

The third and last single, "Dreamer Dreamer" / "Doko e mo Ikanai yo" is a double A-side single released on December 12, 2012[10] and peaked number 30 in Oricon's weekly singles chart.[11] The song "Doko e mo Ikanai yo" was used as ending theme song for the TV drama Yuusha Yoshihiko to Akuryo no Kagi and the song "Midori no Michi", used as b-side of the single, was used as theme song for the short movie Heather Love ♡ Short Movies. All songs from the single were included on the album.

Promotions[edit]

Beside the singles, two songs included on the album were used in movies and TV shows. The song "Vanitas" was used as theme song for Fuji TV's drama Dolce. The song was later released digitally on October 10, 2012.[12] The song "Utsukushii Hito" was used as theme song for the movie Little Maesutora.

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics are written by Yuka; all music is composed by Kousuke Masaki

Official track list[13]
No.TitleLength
1."Dreamer Dreamer" (Pain Killer version)4:23
2."Vanitas" (バニタス; Banitasu)4:36
3."Help Me"2:37
4."Pain"4:34
5."Hanabi" (儚火; Fireworks)5:15
6."Midori no Michi" (緑の道; Green Road)4:43
7."Utsukushii Hito" (うつくしい人; Beautiful Person)4:41
8."Anniversary" (アニベルセル; Aniberuseru)4:57
9."Love is Everywhere" (stylized 『Love is Everywhere』)4:28
10."Never Enough" (ネバイナフ; Nebainafu)5:08
11."Doko e mo Ikanai yo" (どこへも行かないよ; Not Going Anywhere)4:51
Total length:50:08
CD only bonus track[5]
No.TitleLength
12."Flowers" (15ips acoustic version) 
DVD disc 1/Blu-ray: Moumoon Studio Live 2013
No.TitleLength
1."Never Enough" 
2."Vanitas" 
3."Dreamer Dreamer" 
4."Butterfly Effect" 
5."3Days Magic" 
6."Hanabi" 
7."Sunshine Girl" 
8."Yes/No Continue?" 
9."Love is Everywhere" 
10."Hallelujah" 
11."Doko e mo Ikanai yo" 
DVD disc 1/Blu-ray: Moumoon Live History
No.TitleLength
1."Heaven" (2009.10.3 "Fullmoon Live Special 2009 ~Chushu no Meigetsu~" in Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall) 
2."Pinky Ring" (2009.10.3 "Fullmoon Live Special 2009 ~Chushu no Meigetsu~" in Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall) 
3."Refrain" (2010.9.22 "Fullmoon Live Special 2010 ~Chushu no Meigetsu~" in Ebisu Garden Hall) 
4."Sunshine Girl" (2011.6.13 "Fullmoon Live Tour 2011 15 Doors ~Doko Made Demo Doa~ in Nakano Sun Plaza") 
5."Do You Remember?" (2011.6.13 "Fullmoon Live Tour 2011 15 Doors ~Doko Made Demo Doa~ in Nakano Sun Plaza") 
6."Myself" (2011.9.11 "Fullmoon Live Special 2011 ~Chushu no Meigetsu~" in Nakano Sun Plaza) 
7."We Go" (2012.4.1 "Fullmoon Live Tour 2012 ~Nonai Randotsua~ Final in NHK Hall") 
DVD disc 2/Blu-ray
No.TitleLength
1."Midori no Michi" (music video) 
2."Utsukushii Hito" (music video) 
3."Pain Killer" (making clip) 

Charts[edit]

The album debuted at number 8 on its first day of chart on Oricon[14] and it climbed to number 4 on its second day.[15]

Oricon chart[edit]

Released Oricon Chart Peak Debut sales Sales total
January 30, 2013 Daily Albums Chart 4 8,557 8,557
Weekly Albums Chart 12

Release history[edit]

Country Date Format Label
Japan January 30, 2012 Digital download,[13] CD Avex Trax

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "約1年ぶりのNewアルバムリリース決定！！DVDにはライブ映像など豪華2時間収録！" (in Japanese). Avex Trax. 2012-11-22. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  2. ^ "moumoon、アルバム発売に向けニコ生ライブ配信企画開始" (in Japanese). Natalie. 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  3. ^ "Amazon.co.jp： PAIN KILLER (CD+ Blu-ray): 音楽" (in Japanese). Amazon Japan. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  4. ^ "Amazon.co.jp： PAIN KILLER (CD+2DVD): 音楽" (in Japanese). Amazon Japan. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  5. ^ a b "Amazon.co.jp： PAIN KILLER (CD ONLY盤): 音楽" (in Japanese). Amazon Japan. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  6. ^ "iTunes - ミュージック - moumoon「『Love is Everywhere』 - Single」" (in Japanese). iTunes. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  7. ^ "『Ｌｏｖｅ ｉｓ Ｅｖｅｒｙｗｈｅｒｅ』 ｍｏｕｍｏｏｎのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  8. ^ "iTunes - ミュージック - moumoon「儚火 - EP」" (in Japanese). iTunes. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  9. ^ "儚火 ｍｏｕｍｏｏｎのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  10. ^ "iTunes - ミュージック - moumoon「DREAMER DREAMER/どこへも行かないよ - Single」" (in Japanese). iTunes. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  11. ^ "ＤＲＥＡＭＥＲ ＤＲＥＡＭＥＲ／どこへも行かないよ ｍｏｕｍｏｏｎのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  12. ^ "iTunes - ミュージック - moumoon「バニタス - Single」" (in Japanese). iTunes. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  13. ^ a b "iTunes - ミュージック - moumoon「PAIN KILLER」" (in Japanese). iTunes. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  14. ^ "2013年01月29日のCDアルバムデイリーランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  15. ^ "2013年01月30日のCDアルバムデイリーランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_Killer_(Moumoon_album)

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