''Grow Up'' is the third self-produced solo album by

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. It was released in Japan on June 22, 2011, on Thistime Records. U.S./International release followed on June 28, 2011, on Sixteenth Republic Records. In July 2011, it was announced that the album's opening track "Never Grow Up" was picked up for power rotation by Japan's FM Ishikawa 80.5 MHz with the song debuting at No. 95 on the station's HOT 100 Chart and subsequently peaking at No. 63. In the same month, it was announced that another track from the album, "Right Here, Right Now", was picked up for Hyper Power Play by Japan's FM Kento 76.5 MHz, with an exclusive feature of "Grow Up" album cover artwork on FM Kento's internet home page. In November, 2011, Russian version of "Never Grow Up" entitled "Navsegda" was added by Moscow's major radio network 94.8 MHz RU.FM and remained in steady rotation until July 2013. Following its release, the album received international critical acclaim: New York City's TheCelebrityCafe.com described the album as ''"...A sonic adventure. Swooning. Emotive."''; Tokyo's Skream! Magazine called it ''"...Superb. Sophisticated. Beautiful."''; Tokyo's Bounce Magazine described it as ''"...Wispy. Poetic."'';

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's Flake Records Magazine noted that the album is ''"...Beautiful. Exhilarating."'' and Niigata's 76.5 FM Kento gave the album ''"...High praise."''.

Track listing

Personnel

– keyboards,

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, vocals,

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, producer, programming,

arrangement In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orches ...

sound engineering An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...

, mixing, mastering, photography,

art direction Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...

, design *

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– Svoy logo design

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grow Up (Album) 2011 albums Svoy albums