Gaining Through Losing


Gaining Through Losing is the fourth studio album released by Japanese singer Ken Hirai. It was released on July 4, 2001 on DefStar Records.
Four singles are featured on the CD along with two Double A-Sides from the singles. The album was ranked #21 for 2001 by Oricon for best selling albums. The style of the album continue on his two following albums, Sentimentalovers and Life Is....
A concert DVD was later released. The concert was filmed at Budokan and was titled Ken Hirai Films Vol.4 Live Tour 2001 gaining through losing at the Budokan.

Release

"Even If" is the first single taken from Gaining Through Losing. It was released on December 6, 2000 and reached #3 on the Oricon weekly chart, with a total of 360,000 sales. The track "Even if" appears on Hirai's fourth studio album, Gaining Through Losing. It was also included in his first best-of compilation released in 2005. The song was originally called "Bourbon and Cassis Soda".
The second single, "Miracles", was released released on February 15, 2001. The track appears on Hirai's fourth studio album, Gaining Through Losing.
The third single, "Kiss of Life", was released on May 16, 2001. The single's title song was the theme song to the drama Love Revolution. The song sold a total of 650,000 copies and reached number 2 on the Oricon weekly chart, remaining in the chart for a total of 29 weeks. It remained Hirai's most successful single until August 2002, when he released his first #1 single, "Ōkina Furudokei", a cover of My Grandfather's Clock.

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