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. It was released under

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on January 30, 2013. It debuted at number four on

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chart, and reached number three on ''Billboard'' Japan Top Albums Sales. ''Blau'' takes its title from

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word meaning "blue", denoting her image color and thought that "I want you to feel a variety of Eir Aoi". Three singles were released from the album: "Memoria", "Aurora", and "Innocence", all of them were used for

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theme songs. "Memoria" was chosen as '' Fate/Zero'' 's first ending theme, "Aurora" as ''

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'' 's fourth opening theme, and "Innocence" as ''

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'' 's second opening theme. "Memoria" and "Innocence" were most successful songs of the album, have been certified

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Track listing

Charts

Album

Singles

References

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