5th Album - 『STANDARD』

MamiXHaruna · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:18 pm

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wolonggong wrote:For those that know more about Japanese music sales than I do, is 50-60k sales thought of as good? Or is that low?

Well, I'm not that familiar with Japanese music either, but 1. all-female (pop)-rock bands are far from popular (compared to idol music or early/mid 2000s Japan, at least) 2. I'm quite sure they are the best-selling among Japanese all-female bands these days (for comparsion chatmonchy's latest album sold around 33,500, Aldious' - 11,000, NEGOTO's - 11,000, Silent Siren's - 8,800, Stereopony's - 4,700, Akai Koen's - 4,000+, SHOW-YA's - below 3,000, FLiP's - 2,600, Gacharic Spin's - 1,800, ecosystem's - 1,500, exist trace's - 1,200, Oreskaband's - 1,100, LoVendor's - 1,000, Drop's' - 850, HAPPY BIRTHDAY's - 690, Zwei's - 650, Natsu Iro's - 385...)

BTW I hope STANDARD will chart in Taiwan too (QAT and SCANDAL SHOW charted there...)

That is why they have the bragging rights to call themselves the "Japan Girl Bands Representative". .cool.

Myo-Hwa · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:58 pm

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sillentdx wrote:Wow, STANDARD also charted on the South-Korean Gaon Combined and International Album chart at number 92 and 15, respectively! (good job SK SCANDAL fans!.toj. )

and "Brand new wave" charted on Billboard Japan Hot 100 at #48

wow! this is good news! they're also getting famous in SK .clap.

Hmm, come to think of it, I am helping Scandal in the Korean charts, too. For what it is worth.

I ordered Standard yesterday, I hope Scandal will not disappoint me. Happy

Ceat · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:22 pm

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yeeeeeees the cd and the tshirt finally arrived today!!!! so happy LOVE

I really like the tshirt but unfortunately it's too big for me. But it's perfect to use it for sleeping .smile.

Space_Ranger017 · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:29 pm

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I really liked Metronom, Standard and OJ haha really good album! And I got my physical copy last week, got a Haruna sticker! Also just noticed my CD didn't bring a poster this happened to anyone else? D:

thoseguiltyeyes · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:51 pm

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Space_Ranger017 wrote:Also just noticed my CD didn't bring a poster this happened to anyone else? D:

In order to have received a poster from CDJ, you needed to have ordered the album when the "External Bonus" button was still up.

You ordered it after the album came out, right? Although they still had the "First Press Available" button up (meaning a randomly included sticker will be in your album, and it was) when you ordered it, the "External Bonus" button had already been removed/the posters were already 'sold out' a few weeks before the album was released.

wolonggong · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:00 pm

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Ceat wrote:yeeeeeees the cd and the tshirt finally arrived today!!!! so happy
I really like the tshirt but unfortunately it's too big for me. But it's perfect to use it for sleeping .smile.

Congrats on the album arrival!

And hey, at least you can wear the shirt to bed...I had to give mine to my niece...im 6' 4 and didn't stand a chance getting it on .silence.

Space_Ranger017 · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:18 am

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Space_Ranger017 wrote:Also just noticed my CD didn't bring a poster this happened to anyone else? D:

In order to have received a poster from CDJ, you needed to have ordered the album when the "External Bonus" button was still up.

You ordered it after the album came out, right? Although they still had the "First Press Available" button up (meaning a randomly included sticker will be in your album, and it was) when you ordered it, the "External Bonus" button had already been removed/the posters were already 'sold out' a few weeks before the album was released.

Ah, yeah I did order it the day of the release well I guess I was to late haha.

Haruka-Harukaze75 · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:09 am

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this album is amazing.happy.

HaRuRiNaMaMiToMo · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:18 pm

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http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Standard

Over 53.000 now.

skywing-SM · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Sat Nov 02, 2013 8:21 am

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After waiting for a few excruciating weeks (I didn't hear the leaks/previews of the new songs for the sake of surprising myself Tongue

) my album finally arrived Rock on

Needless to say, it's definitely worth the time and patience :')
I think this is the first time that every song in an album actually clicks in with me right after the first listen LOL

Rank57 · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:47 am

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HaRuRiNaMaMiToMo wrote:wow, these are the (best) bands in the same style/category as SCANDAL? If yes then SCANDAL is far ahead and that is an awesome news because it means that there is nothing to fear for the future. Compared to them SCANDAL sells a lot more so this must mean their company must be happy

As an Aldious and SHOW-YA fan, these are actually depressing news... ROFL

But anyway, regardless of being a male or female band, I think in terms of j-rock alone, SCANDAL is one of the best selling artists nowadays, so no need to worry about they stopping because of money problems.

Just to stay on topic: back when they released the previews, Standard was my favorite (new) song, but Metronome took its place. Standard sounds like Everybody Say Yeah, not literally, but the kind of song it will be great for getting people pumped up during lives. For listening quietly with your headphones on, I think Metronome is a more "complete" rock song.

sillentdx · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:27 pm

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#6 on Oricon (Japan) Monthly Album Chart with 54,424 copies
#24 on Recochoku (Japan) Monthly Album Chart
"OVER DRIVE"- #23 on Recochoku (Japan) Monthly MV Chart
"OVER DRIVE" - #47 on Recochoku (Japan) Monthly J-Rock Songs Chart
"Kagen no Tsuki" - #32 on Recochoku (Japan) Monthly MV Chart

#92 on Gaon (South Korea) Monthly International Album Chart with 141 copies (ENCORE SHOW - #73 with 149 copies)

Teldara · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Mon Nov 11, 2013 3:20 am

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I really like the album. It's a big different from previous albums.

One of the main criticisms I have is that it feels too "heavily edited". Already have great singles in the album that I'll always listen to.

The instruments are great, Mami is kicking it up a notch. Timo singing is really a great compliment to te songs.

miguelsvx · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:11 pm

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It's been a while since my last post and update about SCANDAL here, due to school .hardwork. and .nerd. etc...

Congratulations to their 5th album. .clap.

I just noticed @thoseguiltyeyes is now a moderator hahah, congrats, keep up doing your good work also, and stay active ^_^.

This will be my last post(I think) for now also.

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For people who are interested in what the signed sticker looks like, here a picture of Tomo's

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HaRuRiNaMaMiToMo · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Mon Nov 25, 2013 12:52 pm

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Close to 56.000 copies sold.

55,908 : http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Standard

But I guess it won't go much higher than that, maybe close to 60k in a lot of weeks if it keeps selling a little bit?

kakotov · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Mon Dec 02, 2013 3:39 pm

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HaRuRiNaMaMiToMo wrote:Close to 56.000 copies sold.

55,908 : http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Standard

But I guess it won't go much higher than that, maybe close to 60k in a lot of weeks if it keeps selling a little bit?

I guess at the end of the tour definitely stalled sales

but now that Christmas is coming STANDARD think can be a good gift

.dance.

MiaLuGee · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:15 pm

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Now It's 56.541 sold :cheer:
http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Standard

Teldara · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Tue Dec 03, 2013 5:11 am

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After listening for a few weeks and letting it sink in...

STANDARD is a pretty damn good album. I love it. Probably my favorite or close to favorite.

Metronome - best song in the album. Perhaps one of my top 5.
August - A good one too
OJ - It really does sound like what OJ would sound like

Love the alubm.

HaRuRiNaMaMiToMo · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Tue Dec 03, 2013 12:51 pm

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I wonder if Christmas can really have an effect on the sales at that point. Would be really awesome if it could boost the sales again a bit to reach the 60k mark. Let's hope so! Happy

JG-ROCK316 · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:27 am

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Metronome is an amazing song, I can´t stop listening it

denniszhou1984 · PLEASE MAKE THIS WISH COME TRUE !!!11 Posted Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:06 pm

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J-musicfan128 · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Thu Dec 26, 2013 7:47 pm

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I got the album for Christmas SO HAPPY! It's to bad the DVD doesn't work stupid region code Sad

Reachie · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:25 pm

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J-musicfan128 wrote:I got the album for Christmas SO HAPPY! It's to bad the DVD doesn't work stupid region code

Get http://www.dvdfab.com/passkey-lite.htm this.
The lite version works with DVDs without limitations. It removes any sort of encryption like region codes. Alternative is any DVD but the trial is limited. You could also change your dvd drives region but you can only do that up to 5 times.

Uldred · Re: 5th Album - 『STANDARD』 Posted Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:28 pm

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J-musicfan128 wrote:I got the album for Christmas SO HAPPY! It's to bad the DVD doesn't work stupid region code

If you can't play it using VLC then you can try changing the region of your computer's DVD reader. I really suggest you try playing the DVD with VLC before you do this though.

Just be careful because the hardware limits the number of times you can do this before it gets stuck in that region. You can only do this a limited number of times.

Right click on the dvd drive in My Computer, go to properties. Next go to the hardware tab and hit properties (make sure the drive is selected). In the new window click the DVD region tab, and select Japan (or what ever region you want to change it to).
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Or you can try what reachie suggested Happy

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