Home (Mr. Children album)

Infobox Album
Name = HOME
Type = Album
Artist = Mr. Children


Released = March 14, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 72:20
Label = Toy's Factory
Producer = Takeshi Kobayashi
Reviews =
Last album = "I Love U"
(2005)
This album = "HOME"
(2007)
Next album = "B-SIDE"
(2007)

"HOME" is the thirteenth studio album by Mr. Children, released on March 14, 2007. Its first press limited edition includes a documentary DVD on the making of the album and live performances by members of the group between recording sessions. The album debuted at the number 1 position, with 693,038 copies sold in the first week.

Its first single nihongo|"Houkiboshi"|箒星 was used as the theme song for a series of Toyota commercials. The second single, nihongo|"Shirushi"|しるし, used as the theme song to the Japanese television drama, nihongo|""|14才の母, was the seventh best selling single, with over 550,000 copies sold in 2006. The last single, nihongo|"Fake"|フェイク, released on January 24, 2007, was used as the theme song to the live-action film adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's "Dororo". A promotional video was created for nihongo|"Irodori"|彩り to promote the album and the song was also used for the Olympus E-410 commercials. Four songs from the HOME sessions are not included on the album, nihongo|"Hokorobi"|ほころび and "my sweet heart" are included as B-sides on the nihongo|"Houkiboshi"|箒星, while nihongo|"Hibiki"|ひびき and nihongo|"Kurumi - for the Film - Koufuku na Shokutaku"|くるみ - for the Film - 幸福な食卓 are found on the nihongo|"Shirushi"|しるし single. The B-sides are also available on their B-SIDE compilation.

Mr. Children held 14 concerts in support of the album, known as the "HOME Tour", from May 4, 2007 to June 23, 2007. They visited 7 cities in Japan. They performed songs from the album, as well as a selection of their old songs were in their tour. Another tour, known as "HOME -in the field-", was held from August 4, 2007 - September 30, 2007. A previously unreleased song, nihongo|"Tabidachi no Uta"|旅立ちの唄 debuted in their second tour.

"HOME" is the best selling album in the 2007 Oricon Yearly Album Chart [cite web | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/070620_01_02.html | title=上半期ランキング特集『2007年 上半期アルバムランキング』-ORICON STYLE ミュージック| accessdate=2007-10-18 | language=Japanese] , marking their first yearly number 1 position on the charts 15 years after their debut. A total of 1,181,241 copies were sold in 2007.

Track listing

#– 1:06
# Wake me up! – 5:52
# – 5:25
# – 5:12
# Another Story – 5:19
# PIANO MAN – 4:45
# – 4:48
# – 4:29
# – 4:56
# – 5:51
# SUNRISE – 6:35
# – 7:12
# – 5:26
# – 5:24

References

uwc2007
before = "12" by Herbert Gronemeyer
years = March 31 2007
after = "Introducing Joss Stone" by Joss Stone