''Melody Circus'' (stylized as ''MELODY CIRCUS'') is

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's third studio album, released on May 20, 2005. It contains covers of 1980s English songs.

Background information

''Melody Circus'' is a

covers album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records coll ...

that was released a year after her last album, ''

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,'' in May 2005. The album debuted low on the Oricon Albums Charts at #71 and remained on the charts for five weeks, shifting 6,700 units. The album is a collection of acoustic covers by

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artists who LISA has said she has enjoyed. The album was released in both CD and CD+DVD editions, with the

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housing every

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she had released up until the album's release, along with two of the songs she performed acoustically during her 2004 performance at Sumida Triphony Hall. Her cover version of

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' song "

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" was used as the promotional song for Japan's release of the film '' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.'' It was also placed on the Japanese edition of the film's official

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Track listing

References

External links

LISA official discography

Oricon Music Special

HMV album release
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