Shout to the Walls! is the fifth studio album by the Japanese rock band

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, released on April 24, 2013. It includes the hit songs "

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", " Yume 1 Gou" and " Mr.Echo". The album is available in regular (CD-only version) and limited edition (CD+DVD). The Limited edition includes a DVD titled "''NICO Touches the Walls Acoustic Sessions Vol 2.''". On April 24, a special concert was held, at Liquidroom Ebisu, Tokyo, to celebrate the album release, being broadcast on web.

Singles / Tie-ins

" was released on May 16, 2012. Presented for the first time during the "Ground of HUMANIA" tour, the song was featured in the 2012 commercial of

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. " Yume 1 Gou" was released as the second single from the album, on December 19, 2012. The song was used as the December theme song for the TV program

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. "Runner" was released on December 27, on iTunes, as a digital single only and limited release. The song was featured in the TBS program "''Ekiden''". " Mr. Echo" was the final single from the album, released on March 27, 2013. It was also released through digital version, on March 20, along with the song b-side "Chain Reaction", used as the

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collaboration song.

Track listing

Limited edition

Chart position

The album hit number 5 on the Oricon chart, making it the second top 10 album on career, with 10,486 sales in its first week.

Promotion

To promote the album, the band embarked on tour, sponsored by

, under the title "'' new balance presents NICO Touches the Walls Tour 2013 Shout to the Walls!''", scheduled from May 16 to July, 2013.

References

External links

Nico Touches the Walls official website
{{Authority control Nico Touches the Walls albums 2013 albums Japanese-language albums Sony Music albums