Love (Arashi album)
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| Studio album by Arashi | ||||
| Released |
October 23, 2013 (see release history) | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B | |||
| Language | Japanese, English | |||
| Label | J Storm | |||
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Love (stylized as LOVE) is the twelfth studio album of the Japanese boy band Arashi. The album was released on October 23, 2013 under their record label J Storm in two editions: a limited edition and a regular edition. The regular edition comes with a 32-page photo lyrics booklet, while the limited edition comes with a 60-page photo lyrics booklet and a bonus DVD with a music video for "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The album sold over 670,000 copies in its first week and became the best-selling album of 2013 in Japan.[1]
Album information
Both the regular edition and the limited edition contain 16 songs. The regular edition comes with a 32-page photo lyrics booklet, while the limited edition comes with a 60-page photo lyrics booklet and a bonus DVD with a music video for "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The album jacket cover for both versions are different.
Songs
"Love" includes two of the group's previously released singles: "Calling/Breathless" and "Endless Game". This album also includes eight new songs plus five of each member's solo songs.
The limited edition comes with a bonus music video for one of the new songs on the album, "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The members of Arashi travelled to New York City to learn the choreography for this song, which was choreographed by JaQuel Knight. Arashi has not released a music video for an album song since 2011, when they released a video for "Mada Minu Sekai e" from the album Beautiful World.
Promotion
To support their new album, Arashi performed a live tour “Arashi LIVE TOUR Love” hitting all the major dome stadiums in Japan. They had 16 performances beginning on Nagoya Dome on November 8, followed by Sapporo Dome on November 15, Osaka Dome on November 22, Tokyo Dome on December 12, and Fukuoka Dome on December 20, 2013.[2]
A video explaining the steps for the dance to their new song, "FUNKY", was uploaded onto their agency's official website. Arashi encouraged fans to learn the steps so that they could all dance together during the concert.
Track list
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Ai wo Utaou" (愛を歌おう) | SQUAREF, mfmsiQ, John World, Sho Sakurai | Benny Jansson | 4:08 |
| 2. | "Sayonara no Ato de" (サヨナラのあとで) | R.P.P. | MiNE, Atsushi Shimada, Fredrik Samssono | 4:04 |
| 3. | "CONFUSION" | Shigeo, Macoto56 | Joe Killington, Katerina Bramley, Tim Worthington, Michael Conn | 3:21 |
| 4. | "Hit the floor" (Satoshi Ohno solo) | alleztune | 川口 進, BERT, ROLF | 4:54 |
| 5. | "P･A･R･A･D･O･X" | AKIRA, HJ & Co., SQUAREF, s-Tnk, Sho Sakurai | James Bird, Olly Goodman, Michael Duke, Emma Rohan | 3:21 |
| 6. | "sugar and salt" (Sho Sakurai solo) | 100+, Sho Sakurai | 韻シスト | 4:32 |
| 7. | "Breathless" | HYDRANT | Takuya Harada, Christofer Erixon, Joakim Björnberg | 5:00 |
| 8. | "20825-Nichi-me no Kyoku" (20825日目の曲, Kazunari Ninomiya solo) | Ninomiya Kazunari | Ninomiya Kazunari | 4:19 |
| 9. | "Rock Tonight" | 100+ | 100+ | 4:17 |
| 10. | "Endless Game" | 100+ | Chris Janey, Dyce Taylor | 4:00 |
| 11. | "Calling" | s-Tnk, eltvo | Andreas Johansson・youwhich | 4:01 |
| 12. | "Yozora e no Tegami" (夜空への手紙, Masaki Aiba solo) | 阿部祐也 | ニホンジン | 4:48 |
| 13. | "Dance in the dark" (Jun Matsumoto solo) | HYDRANT | Takuya Harada, SkyLine, Christofer Erixon | 3:49 |
| 14. | "Starlight kiss" | AKIRA, s-Tnk, Sho Sakurai | Fredrik “Figge” Bostrom, 川口進 | 4:00 |
| 15. | "FUNKY" | mfmsiQ, s-Tnk | BJ Khan, Takuya Harada, Joakim Björnberg, Christofer Erixon | 4:03 |
| 16. | "Tears" | 小川貴史, SQUAREF | 加藤裕介 | 4:35 |
References
- ↑ "アルバムTOP100". Oricon. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ "ARASHI Live Tour 2013 "LOVE"". Retrieved 20 February 2014.