o1 (Hiroyuki Sawano album)

o1
o1
Studio album by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]
Released	9 September 2015
Studio	Studio Sound Valley; Avaco Creative Studio; Studio GreenBird; LAB Recorders;
Genre	Pop; rock;
Length	61:04
Label	SME
Producer	Hiroyuki Sawano
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] chronology
Singles from o1
	"A/Z"; Released: 10 September 2014; "aLIEz"; Released: 10 September 2014; "&Z"; Released: 4 February 2015; "X.U"; Released: 20 May 2015; "scaPEGoat"; Released: 20 May 2015;

o1 is the first studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on September 9, 2015 on SME Records. o1 was preceded by the singles "A/Z", "aLIEz", "&Z", "X.U." and "scaPEGoat".^[1]^[2]

The album charted #7 daily rank for first week. It charted so far 11 weeks in the Oricon charts.^[3]

Background[]

"A/Z" was used in the anime television series "Aldnoah.Zero" as the first ending theme, while "aLIEz" was used as the second ending theme. "&Z" was used in Aldnoah Zero's second season as the opening theme.^[4]

"X.U." was used as the opening theme for the anime television series "Seraph of the End", while "scaPEGoat" was used as the ending theme.^[4]

Track listing[]

All music is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"[nZk]o1"		5:31
2.	"Pretenders" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mica&Gemie)	cAnON.	3:42
3.	"X.U." (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie)	Benjamin mpi	4:44
4.	"A/Z" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki)	Hiroyuki Sawano	5:18
5.	"scaPEGoat" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh)	Hiroyuki Sawano Benjamin mpi	5:08
6.	"oI" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki)	Hiroyuki Sawano	4:55
7.	"Song of ..<AM>" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer)	cAnON. Benjamin mpi	4:20
8.	"Saving Us" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie)	Benjamin mpi	4:43
9.	"aLIEz" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki)	Hiroyuki Sawano	4:28
10.	"Rise Above" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh)	Yosh	3:32
11.	"Summer Tears" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mica)	Benjamin mpi	3:17
12.	"&Z" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki)	Hiroyuki Sawano mpi	4:41
13.	"s-AVE" (by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Aimer)	Hiroyuki Sawano	4:35
14.	"out01nzk"		2:10
Total length:			61:04

DVD
No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"A/Z" (Music Video)	TAKCOM	5:16
2.	"&Z" (Music Video)	Ryohei Shingu	4:44
3.	"X.U." (short ver. music video)	maxilla	2:33
4.	"scaPEGoat" (Music Video)	maxilla	5:11
5.	"s-AVE" (Music Video)	Tatsunori Sato	4:40
6.	"βios ～ Before my body is dry" (from STUDIO LIVE [nZk] 002.5)		5:51
7.	"BRE@TH//LESS" (from STUDIO LIVE [nZk] 002.5)		4:06
8.	"&Z" (from STUDIO LIVE [nZk] 002.5)		4:39
9.	"Keep on keeping on" (from STUDIO LIVE [nZk] 002.5)		3:56

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Credits[]

Adapted from Booklet.^[2]

Production

Hiroyuki Sawano – arranger, producer, programming
Yasushi Horiguchi – director, executive producer
Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer
Mitsunori Aizawa – recording, mixing engineer & Pro Tools operator
Sho Suzuki – assistant engineer
Seiya Kawagoe – assistant engineer
Eriko Ijima – assistant engineer
Sora Tamiya – assistant engineer
Yuji Chinone – mastering
Giottographica – art direction & design
Michito Goto – photographer
Aya Murakami – hair & make-up
Tatsuhiko Marumoto – styling
Yuko Mori – products coordination
Toru Takeuchi – a&r
Takeshi Tomaru – a&r
Harumi Okuma – a&r assistant
SME Records Promotion Room – media promotion
Yu Tsuzuki – sales promotion
Mitsuki Hirabayashi – digital promotion
Keiichi Tonomura – supervise

Management Staff

Hiroyuki Sawano:

Akiko Shimodoi
Hajime Sakai

Aimer:

Yasuhisa Ichikawa
Mami Fujino

Yosh (Survive Said the Prophet):

Hayato Taguchi

mizuki:

Yoshiki Konno

Vocals

v[nZk]v – vocals (track 1)
Mica Caldito – vocals (tracks 2, 11)
Gemie – vocals (tracks 2,3, 8)
mizuki – vocals (tracks 4, 6, 9, 12)
Yosh Morita – vocals (tracks 5, 10)
Aimer – vocals (tracks 7, 13)

Instruments

Hiroyuki Sawano – piano (#1-5, 7-14), keyboards (#1-6, 8-13), all other instruments (all tracks)
Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi – drums (tracks 1-5, 7-13)
Hiroshi Iimuro – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12)
Masayoshi Furukawa – guitar (tracks 3, 5)
Tetsuro Toyama – guitar (track 4)
Toshino Tanabe – bass (tracks 1-13)
Daisensei Muroya Strings – strings (tracks 7, 8)
Koichiro Muroya – violin (track 1)
Harutoshi Ito – cello (tracks 1, 7, 14), guitar (tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13)

References[]

^ "SECL-1762 | o1 / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "SECL-1760~1 | o1 / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] [Limited Edition] - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
^ "o1 | SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved April 21, 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] | Sony Music | ソニーミュージックオフィシャルサイト". www.sh-nzk.net. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
^ "Release group "o1" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] - MusicBrainz". beta.musicbrainz.org. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

[1] "SECL-1762 | o1 / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

[:1-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "SECL-1760~1 | o1 / SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] [Limited Edition] - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

[3] "o1 | SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved April 21, 2018.

[:0-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] | Sony Music | ソニーミュージックオフィシャルサイト". www.sh-nzk.net. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

[5] "Release group "o1" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] - MusicBrainz". beta.musicbrainz.org. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

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