Feel My Mind

Feel My Mind
Studio album by Koda Kumi
Released February 18, 2004
Recorded 2003-2004
Genre J-pop
Length 1:02:25
Label Rhythm Zone
RZCD-45115 (Japan, CD)
Producer Max Matsuura
Koda Kumi chronology
Grow into One
(2003)		 Feel My Mind
(2004)		 Secret
(2005)
Singles from Feel My Mind
  1. "Come with Me"
    Released: August 27, 2003
  2. "Gentle Words"
    Released: December 10, 2003
  3. "Crazy 4 U"
    Released: January 15, 2004
  4. "Love & Honey"
    Released: May 26, 2004

Feel My Mind (stylized as feel my mind) is the third studio album released by Japanese R&B-turned-pop singer Koda Kumi, released in February 2004. The album charted in the Top 10 on Oricon at #7 and stayed on the charts for thirty-five weeks, selling over 147,000 copies.[1][2] Its corresponding DVD was girls ~Selfish~ and was her last album to be released as a CD only without a CD+DVD option.[3]

The limited editions of the album contained the tracks Yume with You [R. Yamaki's Groove Mix], which was originally released on her single Crazy 4 U, and Cutie Honey, which was later released on the single LOVE & HONEY.[4]

The song magic (track #11) was composed by female R&B singer LISA, who Koda Kumi had collaborated with for one and would go on to collaborate with for the song SWITCH, which would also feature the Heartsdales.

Background Narration

"The artist that Koda Kumi should represent finally became clear. When I look back at the years until 2003, I was filled with enthusiasm, but had no clear goal . . . The fog in front of my eyes cleared and the path I should walk became visible." - Koda Kumi[5]

Upon the released of feel my mind, Koda Kumi speaks in KODA REKI how singing became more enjoyable due to her finding her own style - both in music and fashion. She explains that the reason her first few years were difficult was because she did not know who she wanted to be on stage, but because she began to find herself, more people started to support her and attend her events. Though she had attracted attention with her cover of Cutie Honey, she was overwhelmed with criticism from the clothes she donned at Music Station.[6]

"There were a lot of things that upset me . . . I wanted to believe in my own style that had taken so long to find. No matter what other people said, I didn't want to give up . . . I usually got scared easily, but I pushed through my own ideas for the first time." - Koda Kumi[7]

Track listing[8]

No. TitleLyricsMusicarrangement Length
1. "Break It Down"  Kumi Koda • Daisuke ImaiDaisuke ImaiDaisuke Imai 4:29
2. "Crazy 4 U"  Miki WatanabeMiki WatanabeMiki Watanabe 4:06
3. "Rock Your Body"  Kumi Koda • Daisuke ImaiDaisuke ImaiDaisuke Imai 4:12
4. "Rain"  Kumi KodaHiroo YamaguchiMiki Watanabe 5:08
5. "Without Your Love"  Kumi Koda • Daisuke ImaiDaisuke ImaiDaisuke Imai 4:44
6. "Talk to You"  Kumi KodaKazuhiro HaraMiki Watanabe 4:26
7. "華 (Hana / Flower)"  Kumi Koda • TookoKaidoReo Nishikawa 5:03
8. "Get out the Way"  Kumi KodaAkiraAkira 3:40
9. "Sweet Love..."  Kumi Koda • TookoKaidoReo Nishikawa 5:12
10. "Gentle Words"  Kumi KodaD.A.I.h-wonder 3:37
11. "Magic"  Ken MatsubaraElizabeth NaritaElizabeth Narita • Ryuichiro Yamaki 4:57
12. "COME WITH ME"  Kumi Koda • Yumi Kawamurah-wonderh-wonder 4:46

Bonus Tracks

No. TitleLyricsMusicremix Length
13. "夢 with You [R. Yamaki's Groove Mix] (Yume with You; Dream with You)"  Toshinobu KubotaToshinobu KubotaRyuichiro Yamaki 4:52
14. "キューティーハニー (KYUTII HAANI / Cutie Honey)"  Claude QTakeo Watanabeh-wonder 3:05

Charts and sales

Oricon Ranking
(Weekly)		 Sales
7 153,746

References

  1. ↑ "Oricon Weekly". Oricon. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ "feel my mind / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ "secret CD+DVD". Amazon. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Release "feel my mind" by Koda Kumi". MusicBrainz. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "KODA REKI (English)". Verduistering. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Koda Kumi - Cutie Honey @MusicStation". Youku. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "KODA REKI (English)". Verduistering. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ "feel my mind". Discogs. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
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