Love (Arashi album)

Love
Regular Edition Cover
Limited Edition Cover
Studio album by Arashi
Released October 23, 2013 (2013-10-23)
(see release history)
Genre Pop, R&B
Language Japanese, English
Label J Storm
Arashi chronology
Popcorn
(2012)
Love
(2013)
THE DIGITALIAN
(2014)
Singles from Love
  1. "Calling/Breathless"
    Released: March 18, 2013
  2. "Endless Game"
    Released: May 29, 2013

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 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. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Ai wo Utaou" (愛を歌おう)SQUAREF, mfmsiQ, John World, Sho SakuraiBenny 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, Macoto56Joe 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 SakuraiJames 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"  HYDRANTTakuya Harada, Christofer Erixon, Joakim Björnberg 5:00
8. "20825-Nichi-me no Kyoku" (20825日目の曲, Kazunari Ninomiya solo)Ninomiya KazunariNinomiya Kazunari 4:19
9. "Rock Tonight"  100+100+ 4:17
10. "Endless Game"  100+Chris Janey, Dyce Taylor 4:00
11. "Calling"  s-Tnk, eltvoAndreas 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)HYDRANTTakuya Harada, SkyLine, Christofer Erixon 3:49
14. "Starlight kiss"  AKIRA, s-Tnk, Sho SakuraiFredrik “Figge” Bostrom, 川口進 4:00
15. "FUNKY"  mfmsiQ, s-TnkBJ Khan, Takuya Harada, Joakim Björnberg, Christofer Erixon 4:03
16. "Tears"  小川貴史, SQUAREF加藤裕介 4:35

References

  1. "アルバムTOP100". Oricon. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  2. "ARASHI Live Tour 2013 "LOVE"". Retrieved 20 February 2014.

External links

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