Tone (TVXQ album)

Tone
Studio album by Tohoshinki
Released	September 28, 2011
Recorded	2009–2011
Genre	J-pop electropop dance-pop
Length	49:10
Language	Japanese
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Nam So-young (gen.) Ryuhei Chiba (gen.) Katsutoshi Yasuhara Shinjiroh Inoue Yoo Young-jin Dsign Music John Paul Lam Michele Vice-Maslin C.J. Vanston The White N3rd Hitchhiker Deekay Katsuhiko Yamamoto Coach
Tohoshinki chronology
Before U Go (2011) Tone (2011) Catch Me (2012)
Singles from Tone
"Why? (Keep Your Head Down)" Released: January 26, 2011 "Superstar" Released: July 20, 2011 "B.U.T (Be-Au-Ty) / Back to Tomorrow" Released: September 21, 2011

Tone (stylized in all caps) is the fifth Japanese studio album (tenth overall) by South Korean pop group Tohoshinki, released on September 28, 2011, by Avex Trax. It is Tohoshinki's first Japanese album since becoming a Duo, with members Yunho and Changmin. Tone was released in three physical versions – Version A, a CD+DVD version with music videos; Version B, another CD+DVD version with off-shot movies; and Version C, a CD only version with a bonus track. Composing sessions for the album began in 2009, bull full production began in early 2011.

Musically, Tone is a pop music album largely consisting of uptempos, midtempos, and ballads with R&B, electropop and rock influences. Tone received positive reviews upon its release, with some critics praising it as one of Tohoshinki's most cohesive Japanese albums to-date. The album was a major commercial success: it was Tohoshinki's second album, but first original release, to top the Oricon Albums Chart, selling 205,000 copies on its first week of release. Earning a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) two weeks later, Tone eventually became Tohoshinki's best-selling original Japanese studio album, with over 330,000 copies sold.^[1]