Light Ahead is the first Japanese-language extended play by Japanese born-South Korean singer Iconiq, released on September 15, 2010, through Rhythm Zone.
Background
The extended play is Iconiq's third physical release in Japan, after her debut album
Change Myself in March 2010, and her first physical single "
Tokyo Lady" a month prior.
Change Myself saw moderate commercial success, debuting at #3 and eventually selling over 60,000 copies.
[ (subscription only)] "Tokyo Lady" also saw some success, debuting in the top 20.
Promotion
Much of the promotion of the EP centred on "Tokyo Lady," which was her fourth song used as the
Shiseido Maquillage range commercial song, and the third commercial to feature Iconiq personally. The song was also used in a range of commercials for
Recochoku, Weider and Jelly products and
A-Nation 2010.
Iconiq performed at A-Nation concerts in early August, including being one of the featured musicians on the
Tetsuya Komuro-written theme song for the event, "Thx a Lot".
Three music videos were produced for the songs on the EP, including the video for "Tokyo Lady." The videos were all directed by veteran American music video director Diane Martel.
Track listing
Charts and sales
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Oricon daily albums | 10 |
Oricon weekly albums | 18 |
Reported sales
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Oricon physical sales | 12,000 |
Personnel
Personnel details were sourced from
Light Ahead's liner notes booklet.
Managerial
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Akira Akutsu – advisory producer
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Hidemi Arasaki – advisory producer
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Ryuhei Chiba – general producer
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Shinya Egawa – A&R assistant
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Hideki Endo – advisory producer
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Tomomi Fujisawa – A&R
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Shinji Hayashi – general producer
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Yasuto Hoyamatsu – artist management supervisor
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Hiroshi Inagaki – executive supervisor
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Hitoshi Itagaki – artist management chief
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Nae Kodama – A&R desk
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Takuji Koga – sound director
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Takuya Konishi – artist management
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Harumasa Maeda – advisory producer
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Max Matsuura – executive supervisor
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Hiroaki Nishiyama – A&R supervisor
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Nobutoshi Ono – Chief A&R
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Yoshihiro Seki – executive supervisor
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Hiroshi Shibuya – production co-ordinator (#4)
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Shigekazu Takeuchi – general producer
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Masatoshi Uchida – A&R supervisor
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Akihiko Yamamoto – Chief A&R
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Kyoko Yoshioka – artist management desk
Performance credits
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Hiro – instruments (#3)
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Iconiq – Singing, Backing vocalist
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T. Kura – instruments (#1, #7)
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Tomokazu "T.O.M" Matsuzawa – instruments (#5)
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U-key Zone – instruments (#4)
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UTA – instruments (#2)
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Verbal – rap (#4)
Visuals and imagery
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Masaki Hanahara – designer
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Tadashi Harada – hair
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Satoshi Hirota – stylist
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Shiho Kikuchi – graphic designer
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Yasuyuki Nagashima – producer
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Ai Nieda – make-up
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Yuki Otani – designer
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Sonomi Sato – art director
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Satoshi Saikusa – photographer
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Nobuko Yamada – make-up
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Koji Yamamoto – creative director
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Yoshihiro Yoshida – graphic designer
Technical and production
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Tom Coyne – mastering
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D.O.I. – mixing (at Daimonion Recordings)
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Taiki Fudanotsuji – assistant engineer
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Hiro – production (#3), programming (#3)
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Kami Kaoru – vocal production (#6)
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Kgro – vocal recording (#3)
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T. Kura – production (#1, #7), vocal recording (#1)
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Tomokazu "T.O.M" Matsuzawa – production (#6)
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Michico – vocal production (#1, #7)
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Momo "Mocha" N. – vocal production (#4)
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NaNa Music – vocal production (#2)
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Kohei Nakatake – assistant engineer
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Hisashi Nawata – additional arrangement (#5)
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Tomoe Nishikawa – vocal recording (#2)
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Osamu Shirota – vocal recording (#5)
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Yohei Takita – vocal recording (#4)
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U-key Zone – production (#4), vocal production (#4)
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UTA – production (#2), programming (#2), vocal production (#2)
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Lucas Valentine – recording (#5)
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Verbal – production (#5)
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Yutaro Wada – assistant engineer
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Tatsuhiro Yoshida – vocal recording (#6—7)
Release history
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