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First Jpop U.S. Album

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:46 am
by Skeithex
Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation announced on Tuesday that their Best Hit AKG album has been released to U.S. audiences, marking the band's first stateside release. The greatest-hits album shipped in Japan and became available on the U.S. iTunes Store and Amazon's MP3 download service on January 17.

The CD's 17 tracks feature selections from six of the band's albums and two EPs as well as the new single "Marching Band." Songs also include the Naruto opening theme “Far and Beyond,” Fullmetal Alchemist opening theme "Rewrite," Tekkonkinkreet theme “A Town in Blue," and the Bleach opening theme “After Dark.”

Asian Kung-Fu Generation formed in 1996 and released their first album Hōkai Amplifier in 2002. Magic Disk, the group's sixth album, rose to #2 on Oricon's album ranking chart after its release on June 23, 2010. The rock band has sold about 2.5 million copies of its albums and single CDs.

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I hope it sells well to bring more music to the states.

Re: First Jpop U.S. Album

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:32 am
by froggyboy604
Same for me, but I wish they also sold physical copies of their CD since I'm not a huge fan of paying for files vs buying an actual CD with a plastic box and booklet.

Re: First Jpop U.S. Album

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:48 am
by Skeithex
indeed, it be better if they had a hard copy release.