T (TVXQ album)

Infobox Album
Name = T
Type = studio
Artist = TVXQ


Caption = 2CD+2DVD Special Cover
Released = flagicon|Japan January 22, 2008
flagicon|South Korea January 30, 2008
flagicon|Hong Kong January 30, 2008
Recorded =
Genre = J-Pop
Length =
Label = Avex Trax/Rhythm Zone
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = Five in the Black
(2007)
This album = T
(2008)
Next album = MIROTIC
(2008)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Covers
Type = studio


Lower caption = CD+DVD Cover Extra album cover 2
Type = studio


Lower caption = CD Only Cover

"T" is Tohoshinki's third Japanese studio album, released in January 2008 and debuting at #2. The album's biggest competition in sales was with Zard's "Zard Request Best ~Beautiful Memory~", the last album after its lead vocalist Izumi Sakai's death in 2007. "T" entered the Top 20 of the United World Chart, compiled by Media Traffic and shows the top-selling albums according to the global sales data and national album charts. TVXQ was ranked #19 on the chart above Mary J. Blige and Celine Dion [ [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week06-2008.htm Global Album Chart ] ] .

According to the members, the "T" stands for several things, such as "Tohoshinki", "Title", "Third" album, "Top" and "Try". [Mashup! 音王 MUSIO Interview 1/15/08] It could also stand for "Trick/Trust" and the group's "Teamwork".A week before the album's release, the single " Purple Line" had debuted and reached #1 in Oricon weekly sales.

The management played a different strategy to promote the album by splitting the members into teams which travelled separately to different cities in Japan for a week and appeared on radio shows and TV programs.

The song Kissしたまま、さよなら was specially composed and written by members Micky Yoochun and Hero Jaejoong, included only in 2CD+2DVD version. The song TRICK is a song that is a mix of 5 songs (released after the album), each dedicated to a separate member. The first letter in the following five singles spell out the name 'TRICK'.

Music videos

Several songs in the album were singles previously released which had associated music videos, however not all are included in the DVD of the album.List of songs with PVs, in order of release:
* Lovin' You
* Summer Dream
* SHINE
*LAST ANGEL
* Forever Love
* Together
*Purple Line

Track listing

CD 1

#TRICK
#No?
#Purple Line
#Forever Love
#Summer Dream
#Ride on
#DARKNESS EYES
#Lovin' you
#Rainbow
#SHINE
#LAST ANGEL (Tohoshinki Version)
#CLAP!
#Love in the Ice
#Forever Love (Acappella Version)(*)
#Lovin' you -Haru's"deep water"mix-(*)

#Together

CD 2 (***)

#Song for you
#Day Moon ～ハルダル～
#Beautiful Life (Japanese Version)
#You’re my miracle (Japanese Version)
#Kissしたまま、さよなら

DVD 1 (**/***)

#Lovin' You PV
#Summer Dream PV
#SHINE PV
#Forever Love PV
#Together PV
#Off Shot Movie ※初回盤のみ (**)

DVD 2 (***)

#Soul Power Tokyo Summit 2007 -TOHOSHINKI-
#2nd LIVE TOUR ～Five in the Black～ Special Edition
#PREMIUM MINI LIVE @YOKOHAMA BLITZ 2007.9.23

*(*) CD Version Only
*(**) CD+DVD Version Only
*(***) 2CD+2DVD Version Only

Charts and sales

Oricon sales charts (Japan) [ [http://community.livejournal.com/oricon_style/tag/%27daily Oricon Style ] ]

Korea Foreign Albums & Singles Chart

References

External links

* http://toho-jp.net/index.html