Summerdelics

Summerdelics
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 12, 2017
GenrePop rock
Length62:41 (regular edition)
LabelPony Canyon
ProducerGlay and Seiji Kameda
Glay chronology
Music Life
(2014)
Summerdelics
(2017)
No Democracy
(2019)

Summerdelics is the fourteenth studio album by Japanese pop rock band Glay, released on July 12, 2017. It was released in three versions: the regular edition with the album, a special edition with the album and two live DVDs, and another special edition with the album, four live albums and three blue rays.[1]

It sold over 53,000 copies within less than a week,[2] debuting at #1 both at the Oricon weekly charts and the Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales, staying in the former for 5 weeks and in the latter for 9.[3][4] In the end of the year, it reached #51 at the Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Year End 2017[5] and #58 at Oricon's.[6]

Several songs of the album were used way ahead of its release date in anime, TV series and sports events. "Deathtopia" was released as a single on August 3, 2016, and both the song and its b-side "Chou Onsoku Desutini" (which is also the album's fourth track) were used as the opening themes of the anime Kuromukuro.[7] "Sora ga Aozora de Aru Tame ni" was also used as an opening theme for an anime: Ace of Diamond.[8] " The Other End of the Globe" was used as the opening theme for Netflix's Final Fantasy XIV: Daddy of Light.[9] "Scoop" was used as the ending theme of TV Asahi's Onegai! Ranking.[10]

"XYZ" was composed for the TV commercial of the Chiba leg of the 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship.[11] "Long Run" was used as the official song of the 2017 Hokkaido Marathon.[12] Also, "Supernova Express 2017" is a new version of the previously released song "Supernova Express 2016", which was used as the image song of Hokkaido Railway Company's Hokkaido Shinkansen.[13]

  1. ^ "Summerdelics". Glay's official website. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  2. ^ "【ビルボード】GLAY『SUMMERDELICS』が53,030枚を売り上げ、平井堅との接戦を制しアルバム・セールス・チャート首位". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Hanshin Contents Link. July 18, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  3. ^ "SUMMERDELICS(CD+2DVD)". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  4. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales 2017/07/24". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Hanshin Contents Link. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Year End 2017". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  6. ^ "CDアルバムランキング - 2017年度". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  7. ^ "[Deathtopia][CD+DVD]". CD Japan. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  8. ^ "GLAY announces new song for Ace of Diamond anime". J-Generation. September 3, 2014. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  9. ^ Williams, Mike (March 31, 2017). "FFXIV: Daddy of Light Picked Up By Netflix, Coming Worldwide This Fall". USgamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  10. ^ "GLAY新曲「彼女はゾンビ」が「王様のブランチ」EDテーマに". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 31, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  11. ^ "TV commercial for Red Bull Air Race Chiba 2017 is on air! GLAY's new song "XYZ" unveiled!". Red Bull Air Race Chiba 2017 official website. March 7, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  12. ^ "新曲でランナーにエールを!GLAYが「北海道マラソン」オフィシャルソング提供". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 19, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  13. ^ "GLAY、北海道新幹線に書き下ろしイメージソング「Supernova Express 2016」". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 29, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2017.