With (album)

With
Studio album by Tohoshinki
Released	December 17, 2014 (2014-12-17)
Recorded	2013–14
Genre	J-pop dance-pop
Length	55:15
Language	Japanese
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Max Matsuura (exec.) Lee Soo-man (exec.) Nam So-young (gen.) Ryuhei Chiba (gen.) BNA Productions Lubo Slavicek TAKAROT Yoo Young-jin Peter Gordeno Chris Wahle Andreas Öhrn James Winchester Matthew Tishler Andrew Underberg Fredrik Jernberg UTA Nicklas Eklund Caesar & Loui Olof Lindskog
Tohoshinki chronology
Live World Tour: Catch Me in Seoul (2014) With (2014) Rise as God (2015)
Singles from With
"Sweat / Answer" Released: June 11, 2014 "Time Works Wonders" Released: November 5, 2014 "Chandelier" Released: December 17, 2024 "Spinning" Released: December 17, 2024

With (stylized in all caps) is the eighth Japanese studio album (fifteenth overall) by South Korean pop duo Tohoshinki, released by Avex Trax on December 17, 2014. The record was released in four physical versions – Version A, a CD+DVD version with music videos and live performances; Version B, another CD+DVD version with off-shot movies; Version C, a CD only version with two bonus tracks; and Version D, a fan club limited edition with a CD-Extra.^[1] Recording and writing for the album roughly began in the summer of 2013. With is described to be an album composed of nostalgic dance-pop songs that are influenced by disco and jazz, accompanied by marching drumbeats. Its lyrical content explores the general concept of love and friendship.

With was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the Billboard Japan Top Albums Chart and the Oricon Albums Chart, selling 233,000 copies on the first week of release. In doing so, Tohoshinki became the first foreign artists in Japan to top the Oricon Albums Chart four times in a row. Tohoshinki are also the first foreign artists in Japan to have four consecutive albums sell 200,000 or more copies in a week. With the addition of With, Tohoshinki became the third international music act, after Simon & Garfunkel and Bon Jovi, to have released five number one albums in Japan.^[2] By the end of the year, With earned a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of over 250,000 copies.^[3]

The album has two commercially successful singles – "Sweat / Answer" and "Time Works Wonders" – both which debuted at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart and achieved Gold certifications by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). To promote the album, Tohoshinki will embark on their second nationwide five-Dome tour, the With: Live Tour 2015, from February to March 2015.