Alive is the fourth Japanese studio album (sixth overall) bySouth Koreanboy bandBig Bang. It was released on March 28, 2012[1] including 10 songs: 4 Japanese versions, 2 new songs and 4 songs already released in Korean from theEP of same name.[2] The album is the first release of the group under the label YGEX, a partnership between the Korean agencyYG Entertainment with the Japanese labelAvex Trax. The album was re-released on June 20 under the name "Alive -Monster Edition-". It included 9 songs of theAlive original album, 1 Japanese version and 2 songs released in Korean.[3]
The album was released in five different editions: 2 CD+2DVD+Photobook (Type E comes with Goods and an exclusive video on DVD Disc 2. This version is only available atHMV.[4]), 2 CD+DVD (Type B comes with the DVD Disc 2 and Type C with the DVD Disc 3) and a Regular edition.[5]
All songs from the album were written and produced byG-Dragon. On the Korean songs, additional rap lyrics were written byT.O.P. The song "Wings" was written and sung byDaesung.
The album includes 2 original Japanese songs, such as "Ego" and "Feeling"; Japanese versions of the songs "Blue", "Fantastic Baby", "Bad Boy" and "Haru Haru", previously released in Korean and 4 originally Korean songs, "Intro (Alive)", "Love Dust", "Ain't No Fun" and "Wings",Daesung's solo song. The Japanese version of the song "Haru Haru" was previously released on thegreatest hits albumThe Best of Big Bang.
Since the album does not have singles, all music videos from the album ("Fantastic Baby", "Blue" and "Bad Boy") were released through music TV channels, such asMTV Japan, Space Shower TV and M-ON! (Music On! TV).
The group performed the Japanese version of the song "Fantastic Baby" onNTV's showHappy Music on March 30, onNHK's showMusic Japan and on NTV's showMusic Lovers on April 1.
^"BIGBANG Alive" [2012 Certified Works List] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived fromthe original on May 14, 2012. RetrievedMay 18, 2018.