is the second studio album by Japanese rock duo Yorushika. It was released on August 28, 2019, by Universal J. This was their first album to be released by a major music label.
Overview Elma serves as a sequel to the story of the previous studio album titled, That's Why I Gave Up on Music, a concept album based on the story of "Elma and Amy". The story now follows Elma's perspective as she receives the letters and lyrics written by Amy and travels the same path in Sweden as he once did.
The album cover shows Elma sitting on the miniature of the Visby City Wall near the Snäckgärdsporten
Release The first press limited edition contains Elma's diary and pictures of her maps tracing the land travelled by Amy.
Prior to the release of the album, music videos for titles "A Hole Opened Up in My Heart" on 24 June 2019, "Rain with Cappuccino" on 1 August 2019, and "Nautilus" on 27 August 2019 were also released.
Track listing All lyrics／music／arrangement by n-buna.
Usage "A Hole Opened Up in My Heart" was used in Teikyō Heisei University's TV commercial in 2019. "Nautilus" was used as the theme song for the 7th Kōshien Drama Award-winning Japanese drama in 2020.
Personnel
Main n-buna – lyrics, music, arrangement, guitar, piano, other instruments, and producer suis – vocals
Supporting – guitar – bass Masack – drums – piano, keyboards
Recording engineers／Producers – recording engineer, mixing engineer – assistant engineer – recording supervisor , , – executive producers – product manager – production manager／design management
Coordinators – A&R – artwork coordinator – sales promotion – artist management
Art – illustration DMYM/No.734 – art director, design
Studios Recording studios – Matsusuta (Tokyo, Japan), Volta Studio (Tokyo, Japan), Universal Music Studios (Tokyo, Japan) Mixing studio – Matsusuta Studio (Tokyo, Japan) Recorded／Mixed by , and Mastered by at Sony Music Studios (Tokyo, Japan)
Charts
Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for ElmaChart (2019)PeakpositionJapanese Albums (Oricon)3Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)1Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)2
Year-end charts +2019 year-end chart performance for ElmaChart (2019)PositionJapanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)77 +2020 year-end chart performance for ElmaChart (2020)PositionJapanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan)82
Certifications
Notes
References