Songbird (Kokia album)

Songbird
Studio album by
Kokia
ReleasedJuly 16, 1999 (1999-07-16)
Recorded1998–1999
GenreJ-pop
Length48:18
1:03:01 (re-release)
LabelPony Canyon
ProducerToshifumi Hinata
Kokia chronology
Songbird
(1999) 		Trip Trip
(2002)
The Voice
(2008)
Kokia Complete Collection 1998–1999
(2008)
Fairy Dance: Kokia Meets Ireland
(2008)
Kokia Complete Collection 1998–1999
Re-release cover.
Singles from Songbird
  1. "Aishiteiru Kara"
    Released: April 29, 1998
  2. "Arigatō..."
    Released: June 17, 1999

Songbird (stylised as songbird) is Kokia's debut album, released on July 16, 1999 (1999-07-16).[1] It is her only album released under Pony Canyon, the rest being released with Victor Entertainment or Wasabi Records.[2]

The album was re-released in 2008, as Kokia Complete Collection 1998–1999, featuring the album as well bonus tracks from her Pony Canyon singles, "Aishiteiru Kara," "Tears in Love" and "Arigatō..."[3]

Kokia considers the lead single from the album, "Arigatō...," to be one of her favourite songs.[4] She wrote the song in the mid 1990s, about the death of her family's pet dog.[5] She has re-recorded it three times: on her 2006 greatest album, Pearl: The Best Collection, on the 2007 Japanese release of Aigakikoeru: Listen for the Love and on the limited edition of her 2009 second greatest hits album, Coquillage: The Best Collection II.

In 2003, the songs "I Catch a Cold" and "Shiroi Yuki" were used in the soundtrack for the popular Chinese drama At the Dolphin Bay.[6]

  1. ^ "ポニーキャニオン - songbird：KOKIA" (in Japanese). Pony Canyon. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  2. ^ プロフィール (in Japanese). Kokia Web. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  3. ^ "ポニーキャニオン - KOKIA complete collection 1998-1999：KOKIA" (in Japanese). Pony Canyon. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  4. ^ "KOKIA in Concert in France". JaME World. 2006-03-17. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  5. ^ ベストを発売いたします ♪. 'Otonami' Music Translator Kokia's Blog (in Japanese). 2009-10-01. Archived from the original on 2010-05-01. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  6. ^ "At The Dolphin Bay Original Soundtrack". YesAsia. Retrieved 2010-03-08.