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}} ''Documentaly'' (stylized as ''DocumentaLy'') is the fifth studio album by Japanese band Sakanaction, released on September 28, 2015. The album is themed around the idea of a documentary, written by the band's vocalist Ichiro Yamaguchi by taking inspiration from world events in 2011 such as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, as well as personal events such as the death of electronic musician Rei Harakami. As a technique to show the band's growth and to tide over fan expectations for new music, the group preceded the album with three singles: "Identity" in July 2010, "Rookie" in March 2011 and "Bach no Senritsu o Yoru ni Kiita Sei Desu" in July. Of these singles, "Bach no Senritsu o Yoru ni Kiita Sei Desu" was commercially successful, later becoming certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for paid downloads, and was recognised for its distinctive mannequin dance music video, which won the Best Video of the Year award at the 2012 Space Shower Music Video Awards. The album is centered around the song "Endless", a composition that took Yamaguchi eight months to write. The song was used as the main promotional track for the album, promoted on radio across Japan, and through its music video, directed by Takumi Shiga and the band's creative consultant Hisashi "Momo" Kitazawa. Praised by critics for its ambitiousness and progression, the song reached number eight on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 during album promotions. Commercially, the album was a success, reaching number two on Oricon's albums chart, and being certified gold for 100,000 physical copies shipped to stored by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. The album was well received by critics in Japan, who praised the album's blend of dance, rock and electronic genres, and felt that the documentary theme expressed the preciousness of music. The album was awarded by critics as one of the 13 prize-winning entries for the 2012 CD Shop Awards, and was awarded the best album of the year award by iTunes Japan's iTunes Rewind 2011 awards. == Background and development == After the release of the band's fourth album ''Kikuuiki'' in 2010, led by the single "Aruku Around", Sakanaction performed a thirteen-date national tour of Japan in April and May of the same year, Sakanaquarium 2010 Kikuuiki. Though ''Kikuuiki'' was the band's most commercially successful album to date, Yamaguchi felt disappointed by the sales, expecting the album to sell over 100,000 copies. Yamaguchi felt that the band's sound on ''Kikuuiki'' was inaccessible to some pop listeners, leading to the album not selling as much as it did, but also felt the pressure from their new-found audience to release more music. In order for the band to sell more and become more well known, Yamaguchi felt that Sakanaction should utilise new techniques to promote themselves, such as appearing more in media and on television. One of these techniques was to release three singles before the album; something that he believed would show a story-like development of Sakanaction's album creation process, as well as alleviate the increased pressure he felt to release more Sakanaction music.〔〔 At the Sakanaquarium 2010 Kikuuiki tour final on May 28 at Zepp Tokyo, the band performed a song entitled "Identity" for the first time during the concert's encore, a song that had first been written early in the ''Kikuuiki'' recording sessions in 2009,〔 and recorded just after the band finished recording music for the album. On the same day, the song was announced as the band's next single, released in August.〔 On October 8, 2010, the band performed their first concert at the Nippon Budokan, Sakanaquarium 21.1 (B). "Rookie" was written by Ichiro Yamaguchi after the band's concert at the Nippon Budokan. Though the concert was an important milestone for the band, the actual concert felt like more of a ritual than a genuine milestone to Yamaguchi. This left Yamaguchi wondering what direction the band should take next, what Sakanaction's place in the music scene was, and how the band was seen by others.〔 Yamaguchi wanted to create a song that expressed the reasons that Sakanaction make music. The pre-production process for recording "Rookie" began in January 2011. Originally the band planned to release "Endless" as the second single from ''Documentaly'', however Yamaguchi was not fully satisfied with the song and continued to work on it until August 2011; releasing "Rookie" in its place. The documentary theme for the album was fully conceptualised in January, during the "Rookie" and early "Endless" recording sessions,〔 developed from Yamaguchi's feelings of wanting to express himself more.〔 On February 22, 2011, Sakanaction released a set of DVDs entitled ''Sakanaquarium 2010''. Coming in three different packages, ''Sakanaquarium 2010 (B)'' covered the band's Nippon Budokan concert, while ''Sakanaquarium 2010 (C)'' was a recording of the final concert of the band's Sakanaquarium 2010 Kikuuiki tour, recorded at Shinkiba Studio Coast on May 15. The third package compiled both concerts and added a third DVD, ''Sakanaquarium 2010 (D)'', featuring tour documentary and interview footage. The response to ''Sakanaquarium 2010 (D)'' was so positive that it strengthened the documentary album concept idea for the album even further. In addition to it being just a theme for the album, the band decided to add an actual documentary to the album, visually showing the album's creation.〔 Just prior to "Rookie"'s physical single release on March 16, 2011, Japan experienced the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Sakanaction cancelled or rescheduled many of their scheduled radio appearances, and during their appearances preferred to focus on messages of hope for the victims of the earthquake, rather than directly promoting the single. In April, Yamaguchi visited Kesennuma and Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture to help with the emergency relief, without a media presence.〔 Yamaguchi made the decision to go to Miyagi after watching television segments on celebrities visiting the disaster zone, and feeling that the segments were too focused on celebrity camera opportunities, and did not show the genuine realities of those affected by the earthquake.〔 The earthquake made Yamaguchi rethink his reasons why Sakanaction makes music.〔 The meaning of a documentary-themed album changed after the earthquake, as the band flt as if they did not have a heavy album that reflected these events, then it could not truly be a documentary.〔 Yamaguchi wrote the songs "Bach no Senritsu o Yoru ni Kiita Sei Desu" and "Years" directly after the earthquake, as therapy for himself. Realizing that rock bands were no longer a staple of Japanese charts in the early 2010s, Yamaguchi wanted to create a Sakanaction-style pop song that would resonate with a general pop audience, who listened to idol groups such as Girls' Generation, TVXQ and AKB48. As rock music was no longer so prominent, Yamaguchi felt that the reasons for people listening to music had changed over time, and wanted to mix rock music with entertainment-focused music in order to give these people music that they look for. In June, the band performed a six date tour of Japan's Zepp music halls, Sakanaquarium 2011: Zepp Alive. Following this, the band released "Bach no Senritsu o Yoru ni Kiita Sei Desu" as a single in July. The song was commercially successful, certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for digital downloads, and reaching number four on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 chart. The song's music video, featuring a distinctive dance where Yamaguchi was laterally attached to four mannequins was well received in Japan, later winning the Best Video of the Year award at the 2012 Space Shower Music Video Awards. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Documentaly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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