Love (Ayumi Hamasaki EP)

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Love
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EP by
Ayumi Hamasaki
ReleasedNovember 8, 2012 (2012-11-08)
Recorded2012
GenrePop, dance-pop, pop rock
Length61:53
LabelAvex Trax
ProducerMax Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
A Summer Best
(2012) 		Love
(2012) 		Again
(2012)

Love (stylized as LOVE) is the third mini-album by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on 8 November 2012 in three editions: CD+DVD, CD-Only and a limited Tales of Xillia 2 Edition.[1]

The EP's track list is formatted similarly to Hamasaki's singles, including remixes and instrumentals, which was different on how she present her mini-albums in the past. Love reached #4 on the Oricon charts, selling 64,841 copies in its first week. It ended up selling 94,347 copies, receiving a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of 100,000 copies.[2]

Information[]

Love is the first from five consecutive monthly releases from Hamasaki to celebrate her 15th anniversary in the music industry. It has three new songs: "Song 4 U", "Missing" and "Melody" as well as remixes of them and remixes of "You & Me", which was released digitally few months earlier.

The first track on the album, "Song 4 U", was used as the theme song for the 2012 video game Tales of Xillia 2.

At first, Hamasaki included a music video for "Melody" for the track list in the DVD was eventually replaced by a music video for "Missing". "Melody"'s music video will then be included on her 14th studio album, Love Again.

Love is Hamasaki first mini-album not to top the oricon charts, debuting at number 4 with sales of just 64,841. It sold a total of 88,435 in 2012, ending up as the 76th best selling album of the year. Hamasaki had stated that these five releases, including Love, are meant for her fans and not about sales and ranking. Love also charted at 7 at Japan Billboard Top Albums. In Taiwan, it charted at #2 at its debut week and rise to #1 in the following week. Her last number one album in Taiwan was Rock 'n' Roll Circus in 2010.[3]

Track listing[]

All lyrics are written by Ayumi Hamasaki.

CD
No.TitleMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Song 4 U" (original mix)HINATAspring, Yuta NakanoYuta Nakano3:51
2."Missing" (original mix)Kazuhiro HaraYuta Nakano4:58
3."Melody" (original mix)Yasuhiko HoshinoYuta Nakano5:26
4."Song 4 U" (orchestra version)HINATAspring, Yuta NakanoYuta Nakano4:22
5."You & Me" (Remo-con rmx - extended)Tetsuya KomuroRemo-con7:28
6."You & Me" (Shinichi Osawa remix)Tetsuya KomuroShinichi Osawa5:01
7."Missing" (Dubscribe remix)Kazuhiro HaraDubscribe5:07
8."Melody" (Broken Haze remix)Yasuhiko HoshinoBroken Haze5:58
9."Song 4 U" (instrumental)HINATAspring, Yuta NakanoYuta Nakano3:50
10."Missing" (instrumental)Kazuhiro HaraYuta Nakano4:57
11."Melody" (instrumental)Yasuhiko HoshinoYuta Nakano5:24
12."You & Me" (instrumental)Tetsuya KomuroTasuku5:39
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Song 4 U" (video clip) 
2."Missing" (video clip) 
3."Song 4 U" (making clip) 

Charts and Certifications[]

Oricon Chart

Chart Peak position Debut sales Total sales
Oricon Daily Chart
3
21,743[4]
130,000
Oricon Weekly Chart
4[5]
64,841
Oricon Monthly Chart
11
86,095
Oricon Yearly Chart
76
88,345

G-Music Chart (Taiwan)

Release Chart Peak position Percentage sales
November 8, 2012
 Combo Chart
4
1.82%
Japanese Chart
1
16.53%

Certifications[]

Country Provider Certification
Japan RIAJ Gold[2]

References[]

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2012年11月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (November 2012)] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. December 10, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ @hisaka2u (November 7, 2012). "ORICON STYLE編集長のTwitter 2012年11月7日の発言" (Tweet). Retrieved November 13, 2012 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "2012年11月05日～2012年11月11日のCDアルバム週間ランキング（2012年11月19日付）" (in Japanese). Oricon. November 14, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
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