Musique a la Carte

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Musique a la Carte
Kokia Musique.jpg
Studio album by Kokia
Released September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15)
Recorded 2002-2010
Genre J-pop, folk
Length 59:38
Label Victor Entertainment
Producer Kokia
Kokia chronology
Real World
(2010)Real World2010		 Musique a la Carte
(2010)

Musique a la Carte (French for Music from the Menu) is an album released by Kokia, on September 15, 2010.[1] It is an album composed entirely of covers of songs by Western artists.

Background

Of the 13 songs on the album, 8 were already released before the album in Kokia's discography. The earliest, "Moonlight Shadow," was released in 2002 on Kokia's single "Ningen tte Sonna Mono ne."[1] Four are from Kokia's 2008 10th anniversary projects Fairy Dance: Kokia Meets Ireland and Christmas Gift, and three are B-sides from the 'life trilogy' of digital singles released prior to her 2010 studio album Real World.[1]

Of the five new recordings, three were recorded in Ireland with Sean Whelan ("Love Me Tender," "Over the Rainbow" and "Scarborough Fair").[1]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "What a Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong, from "Kimi o Sagashite" (君をさがして?, "Searching for You"), 2009) Bob Thiele, George David Weiss 4:37
2. "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen, from "Christmas Gift", 2008) Leonard Cohen 4:42
3. "Amazing Grace" (from "Christmas Gift", 2008) John Newton 4:49
4. "Love Me Tender" (Elvis Presley, New Recording) Ken Darby, Vera Matson, George R. Poulton, Elvis Presley 4:36
5. "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (Queen, from "Christmas Gift", 2008) Brian May 4:34
6. "Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland, New Recording) Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg 4:12
7. "Black Is the Colour" (from "Fairy Dance: Kokia Meets Ireland", 2008) Traditional 3:47
8. "Moonlight Shadow" (Mike Oldfield, from "Ningen tte Sonna Mono ne" (人間ってそんなものね?, "People Are Just Like That")", 2002) Mike Oldfield 4:07
9. "Scarborough Fair" (New Recording) Traditional 4:30
10. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Standard, New Recording) Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson 2:36
11. "The Long and Winding Road" (The Beatles, from "Kodoku na Ikimono" (孤独な生きもの?, "Lonely Things"), 2010) Lennon–McCartney 3:38
12. "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Simon & Garfunkel, New Recording) Paul Simon 5:44
13. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, from "Single Mother", 2009) John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons, Charlie Chaplin 4:08
14. "Desperado" (Eagles, from "Original Sound Track: Hotel Venus", 2004) Glenn Frey, Don Henley 3:38

Chart rankings

Charts (2010) Peak
position
Oricon daily albums[2] 15
Oricon weekly albums[3] 45

Reported sales

Chart Amount
Oricon physical sales[3] 3,200

References

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