Last Alliance (band)


Last Alliance is a Japanese rock band formed in 2002, known for their lyrical-focused songs.

History

They have performed opening and ending theme songs for various anime series such as Ouran High School Host Club, RD Sennō Chōsashitsu, and Hajime No Ippo: New Challenger. To date, they have released six albums, a mini-album, and eight singles.

Members

Albums

Tears Library

is Last Alliance's first studio album released on July 19, 2003.
Track listing
  1. Boys Don't Cry - 3:57
  2. Run into the Freedom - 3:39
  3. Itsuwari no Orange - 3:59
  4. Last Alliance - 1:51
  5. Rebel Fire - 2:22
  6. Beautiful - 0:48
  7. Planetarium - 3:10
  8. See You Again - 2:54
  9. Sky Is Crying - 3:36
  10. Hidarimuki - 4:22
  11. Equal Reason - 4:27

    Underground Blue

is Last Alliance's second studio album released on November 8, 2004. The track "Greens Sunlight" was featured in the Nippon TV program Ongaku Senshi: Music Fighter.
Track listing
  1. South Wind Knows - 3:44
  2. Clone - 4:12
  3. Solitude - 5:06
  4. Filter - 4:06
  5. One Hot Second - 3:45
  6. Musō Jidai - 4:29
  7. Urge - 3:34
  8. Greens Sunlight - 3:46
  9. Jikū Trip - 5:38
  10. Okizari Ace - 3:41
  11. Lucky Luciano ni Utareru Mae ni - 3:31
  12. Truth in My Arms - 3:40
  13. Tadayou Yugure ni, Kiete Yuku Hibi - 6:10
  14. Letter - 3:58

    Me and Your Borderline

Me and Your Borderline is Last Alliance's third studio album released on December 6, 2006. The track "Spiral World" was used as the ending theme to the Nippon TV program Ongaku Senshi: Music Fighter and the tracks "Akai Hana" and "Jōka" were re-recorded on the limited edition release of Keep on Smashing Blue. The track "Shissou" was used as the ending theme to the anime "Ouran High-School Host Club".
Track listing
  1. Break a mirror - 4:35
  2. Konoyubitomare - 4:00
  3. Shissou - 3:54
  4. Akai Hana - 4:25
  5. Amy Syndrome - 4:22
  6. Oto no Nai Sekai - 4:18
  7. Spiral World - 3:40
  8. Zenmai - 4:26
  9. Gray End - 5:31
  10. Fantasia - 4:21
  11. Lie of Eternity, Paint It Blue - 4:32
  12. Prometheus - 3:48
  13. Sharing Sky - 3:57
  14. Jōka - 5:13

    The Sum

The Sum is Last Alliance's fourth studio album released on June 25, 2008.
Track listing
  1. Change by 1 - 3:05
  2. Proud of Scar - 2:05
  3. Mujūryoku Oneway Shuttle - 4:18
  4. Sabaku to Gensō - 3:36
  5. Katahiza no Yogore - 3:20
  6. Perfect Game - 4:30
  7. Yureta Byoshin- 4:48
  8. Lonesome World - 4:15
  9. Drag On - 4:33
  10. World Is Mine - 3:55
  11. Ameagari ni Graffiti - 4:47
  12. Gunjo Kurage - 4:26

    Keep on Smashing Blue

Keep on Smashing Blue is Last Alliance's fifth studio album released on October 27, 2010. The Limited Edition release contains a DVD of the Kawasaki Relax tour held at Club Quattro on January 28, 2010, a PV of "Wing", and two bonus tracks previously featured in Me and Your Borderline: "Akai Hana ", performed by Anzai, and "Jōka ", performed by Matsumura.
  1. Blue Lightning - 4:10
  2. Everything Is Evanescent - 3:13
  3. Nerotic World - 3:57
  4. Loser - 1:17
  5. Third Eyes Syndicate - 3:45
  6. Kotō no Basquiat - 2:13
  7. Take Over - 1:32
  8. Time Will Tell: Dear Youth - 3:03
  9. Wing - 4:33
  10. Alliance Airlines - 3:42
  11. Ayatsuri - 3:41
  12. Negaikata Monshirochō ga Sora wo Mau - 4:28
  13. Hekireki - 3:45
  14. Looking for the Rainy Sky - 3:03
  15. Time Capsule - 4:16
  16. Akai Hana - 4:41
  17. Jōka - 5:13

    For Staying Real Blue

For Staying Real Blue is Last Alliance's sixth studio album released on June 15, 2011.
  1. In My Hand - 2:23
  2. Revolution Is Starting - 2:58
  3. Al Capone - 3:29
  4. Throat Wart - 3:59
  5. One - 3:52
  6. Niji vs Hikōkigumo - 2:26
  7. Kengeki no Hibiki - 3:57
  8. Deandre - 3:34
  9. Boku Shinron - 2:54
  10. Redesign - 3:54
  11. μ - 3:24
  12. Stardoubt - 3:06
  13. Empty Heart - 3:58
  14. Precious Line - 3:03
  15. Seijaku no Naka, Sono Ya wa Houbutsusen o Egaku - 4:50
  16. Ichi Nigiri no Ao - 3:18
  17. Melancholy - 3:35

    Seventh Sense

Seventh Sense is Last Alliance's seventh studio album released on March 20, 2013.
  1. BLUE BIRD SHERRY - 3:07
  2. Thanatos - 4:24
  3. Didyudidi - 3:51
  4. Light - 4:36
  5. a burning bullet - 4:14
  6. Tōriame - 4:08
  7. Harōendogubbai - 5:09
  8. DELETE - 4:52
  9. Ningen ni Tsuge - 3:47
  10. Sensation - 4:22
  11. time-lag-cloud - 3:47
  12. Tsubomi - 5:31

    Mini-albums

Kawasaki Relax

Kawasaki Relax is Last Alliance's first mini-album released on October 10, 2009. It is the first album that contains full English lyrics.
Track listing
  1. Wedge - 3:27
  2. Today - 3:27
  3. Days - 2:58
  4. 8Heartbeat∞ - 3:08
  5. Tomorrow - 3:41

    Singles

Last Alliance

Last Alliance is the first self-titled single by Last Alliance released on June 18, 2003. All three songs were later re-recorded in Tears Library. The single is currently out of print.
Track listing
  1. Boys Don't Cry - 3:57
  2. Last Alliance - 1:54
  3. Equal REason - 4:27

    YG Service

YG Service is the second single by Last Alliance released on February 18, 2004. The CD for the single contains a music video for the song "Equal Reason".
Track listing
  1. Sketch - 3:44
  2. Slow Starter - 4:20
  3. Maboroshi Memory - 4:54

    IO

IO is the third single by Last Alliance released on July 21, 2004. The songs "Solitude", "Musō Jidai", and "Truth in My Arms" were re-recorded in Underground Blue. The single is currently out of print.
Track listing
  1. Solitude - 5:09
  2. Musō Jidai - 4:28
  3. Melancholy - 3:35
  4. Truth in My Arms - 3:38

    Re:frain

Re:frain is the fourth single by Last Alliance released on October 5, 2005. The song "Konoyubitomare" was later re-recorded in Me and Your Borderline.
Track listing
  1. Color Desert - 4:53
  2. Ryusei Namida - 4:41
  3. Astrogate-0 - 4:38
  4. Konoyubitomare - 4:32

    Daze & Hope

Daze & Hope is the fifth single by Last Alliance released on May 17, 2006. The CD for the single contains a promotional video for the song "Greens Sunlight". The track "Shissō" was used as the ending theme for the anime television series Ouran High School Host Club and was later re-recorded in Me and Your Borderline.
Track listing
  1. Shissō - 3:55
  2. Fly Again, Hero - 3:28
  3. Ittō Ryodan - 0:25
  4. One Drop of Tear - 3:32

    Signal 004

Signal 004 is the sixth single by Last Alliance released on November 28, 2007. The song "Drag On" was rerecorded in the sum. A DVD of the single contains music videos of "Drag On" and "Shissō".
Track listing
  1. Drag On - 4:39
  2. Aoi Jūsō - 4:08
  3. Mafuyu no Semi - 4:29

    Always in My Heart

Always in My Heart is the seventh single by Last Alliance released on April 16, 2008. The track "Katahiza no Yogore" was used as the ending theme for the anime television series RD Sennō Chōsashitsu and was later re-recorded in the sum.
Track listing
  1. Katahiza no Yogore - 3:18
  2. I.O.J.F.K - 1:07
  3. I.O.J.F.K - 3:28

    New Dawn

New Dawn is the eighth single by Last Alliance released on March 4, 2009. The track "Hekireki" was used the opening theme for the anime television series Hajime No Ippo: New Challenger and was later re-recorded in Keep on Smashing Blue.
Track listing
  1. Hekireki - 4:09
  2. My Idea - 3:46
  3. Rashin- 4:25