Might as well open a new thread for the upcoming release.

mitsurugii wrote:

愛は力 (Ai wa Chikara; Love is the Power)
alan×福井敬

価格 630円(税込)
発売日 2011/01/01
商品番号 AVCD-31987

内容
ａｌａｎと日本を代表するテノール歌手福井敬とのコラボ楽曲が遂に発売！！テレビ东京が毎年力を入れている新春ワイド时代剧「戦国疾风伝 二人の军师 秀吉に天下を获らせた男たち」の主题歌！！

Collaboration work of alan and a tenor Kei Fukui.

Preorder:
Amazon
CDJapan
Yesasia

Thanks for opening the new thread!

and...

mitsurugii wrote:

Addional info on the new single 'Ai wa Chikara'

Quote :

alanと日本を代表するテノール歌手の福井敬とのコラボレーション楽曲が遂に発売!!
テレビ東京が毎年力を入れている新春ワイド時代劇「戦国疾風伝　二人の軍師　秀吉に天下を獲らせた男たち」の主題歌に決定!!
このドラマは1/2オンエアの7時間ドラマの超大作。年始では定番の新春ドラマ。
これまでも数々の時代劇の主題歌を歌い続けてきたalanと福井敬の異色の豪華コラボレーションで、
さらに作詞・なかにし礼/作曲・浜圭介という2大巨匠のペンによるクラシカルな響きを持つ、独自な音楽を届けます。

【収録曲】
●愛は力　全1曲収録予定

Translation
A collaboration track of Alan and Fukui Kei, a tenor singer who represents Japan, will finally be released!!
It is to be the theme song for "Legend of the Sengoku Hurrican: Two strategists; The men who helped Hideyoshi conquer Japan", a new year's historical drama which TV-Tokyo puts a lot of effort in every year.

This drama is a very epic project to be aired on 2011/1/2 for 7 hours. A standard new year drama.

The song is a splendid/gorgeous and unique collaboration of Alan who's been singing theme songs for many historical movies and Fukui Kei, and it'll deliver a peculiar music with a classical sound penned by the 2 great masters; Nakanishi Rei(lyrics) and Hama Keisuke(composing).

[Tracklist]
●Ai wa Chikara will be a one-track single

^Thanks for adding that in. I didn't see it.

1 track only? No instrumental?

I hope they include the instrumental....they should though or else they might as well release this as a digital single!

I hope they can make some changes
at least i want the instrumental too

And only one CD Only edition ? So the song might not have its PV ?

^That's a good point. There's been only the announcement for the CD-only version so far. Maybe there's no PV? But how would they promote the single then?

Hopefully they'll put the PV on 3rd album's DVD or sth instead then...

Yeah most probably it'll be on the 3rd album DVD.

aahh a new single of alan :love

Haha I just love how alan never makes us wait too long for a new single XD

New single already :o
I'm really looking foreward to hearing this!

Since it's available in Amazon and CDJapan, it should be a physical CD Release, but 1 track only :speechless
At least they put an instrumental I think :sweats

Anyway, I'm so excited after read this!

Quote :

it'll deliver a peculiar music with a classical sound penned by the 2 great masters; Nakanishi Rei(lyrics) and Hama Keisuke(composing).

^ I hope they put an instrumental version.

I hate when singles lack of an instrumental version xD Especially with a classical song.

Peculiar music with classical sound ? That's not very mainstream xD

I want a preview now XD

only 1 song...... :why :speechless

Well, i'd rather wait for a preview, I don't want it to be like Kanashimi, preview 4 months before and as much time to get tired of it. Such a waste !

^ My exact thoughts, I hate getting a preview months before we're going to get the full song.

I don't know how I'm feeling about this though, a collaboration is an interesting thing but I don't really like male opera singers...

Oh yeah that's right...It was torture waiting for Kanashimi wa Yuki ni Nemuru...X_X

Avex needs to build up the hype more next time haha

Intresting, a collab with an Opera singer. Maybe she can do a little Tibetian wailing along too.

Looking forward to this song.

i am waiting for this song.....i hope that a male opera will be a successe but i'don't like so much the opera... :dead

Haha, now we have to play the waiting game all over again.

This isn't really alan's first collaboration though, right? Doesn't Sennen no Niji with Rin' count?

Well, I think Rin' disbanded, right ?

I think it means it's her 1st A-Side collaboration... Or a collaboration in which she's not only featured, but is one of the main singers.

Yeah, they disbanded, but that doesn't mean the song never happened x3
But I think you're right. This is alan's first single where she's collaborating with another artist, rather than just being featured on an other bands album.

Well this is actually her first Japanese collaboration single because she did Jiayou! You have ME! with Wei Chen :D

Pinguu wrote:

^ I hope they put an instrumental version.

I hate when singles lack of an instrumental version xD Especially with a classical song.

Peculiar music with classical sound ? That's not very mainstream xD

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