Musique a la Carte

Musique a la Carte
Studio album by Kokia
Released	September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15)
Recorded	2009-2010
Genre	J-pop, folk
Length	59:38
Label	Victor Entertainment
Producer	Kokia
Kokia chronology
Real World (2010) 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 ("Love Me Tender," "Over the Rainbow" and "Scarborough Fair").^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"What a Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong)	Bob Thiele, George David Weiss	Kiyohide Ura	4:37
2.	"Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen)	Leonard Cohen	Ura	4:42
3.	"Amazing Grace"	John Newton	Kokia	4:49
4.	"Love Me Tender" (Elvis Presley)	Ken Darby, Vera Matson, George R. Poulton, Elvis Presley	Kokia	4:36
5.	"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (Queen)	Brian May	Sunny	4:34
6.	"Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland)	Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg	Kokia	4:12
7.	"Black Is the Colour"	Traditional	Sean Whelan	3:47
8.	"Moonlight Shadow" (Mike Oldfield)	Mike Oldfield	Susumu Nishikawa	4:07
9.	"Scarborough Fair"	Traditional	Kokia	4:30
10.	"Bye Bye Blackbird" (Standard)	Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson	Kokia	2:36
11.	"The Long and Winding Road" (The Beatles)	Lennon/McCartney	Yasuhia Yamamoto	3:38
12.	"Bridge over Troubled Water" (Simon & Garfunkel)	Paul Simon	Ura	5:44
13.	"Smile" (Charlie Chaplin)	John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons, Charlie Chaplin	Ura	4:08
14.	"Desperado" (Eagles)	Glenn Frey, Don Henley	Sawachika	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

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "世界待望。KOKIAが腕によりをかけて料理した、素敵な音楽のフルコース。★★★三ツ星カバーアルバム誕生！" (in Japanese). Victor Entertainment. http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Information/A012051.html. Retrieved 2010-07-19. 
2. ^ "アルバム デイリーランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング". Oricon. September 15, 2010. Archived from the original on September 19, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5ssKPn2b0. Retrieved October 1, 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2010-09-28.  (subscription only)