Love Again (Ayumi Hamasaki album)

Love Again
Studio album by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released	February 8, 2013
Recorded	2012
Genre	J-pop, dance-pop, pop rock
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
A Classical (2013) Love Again (2013) Colours (2014) Singles from Love Again "Love EP" Released: November 8, 2012 "Again EP" Released: December 8, 2012

Love Again is the fourteenth full-length studio album released by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. Stylistically, the album is a return to the aesthetic of Hamasaki's twelfth album, Love Songs. It was released in Japan on February 8, 2013 in six physical versions: CD Only, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray, Playbutton, CD+DVD+Goods, and CD+Blu-ray+Goods.^[1]

15th anniversary

Love Again is the fourth of five releases released to celebrate the fifteenth year of Hamasaki's signing to her record label, Avex. Instead of singles, Hamasaki released two mini-albums Love and Again (the first and second installments of her five anniversary releases). All original tracks from Love and Again are included on the album, as well as "You & Me", a new track from A Summer Best. The album sold 56,348 copies by the end of the first week in Japan.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ayumi Hamasaki. 

CD
No.	Title	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Wake Me Up"	Philippe-Marc Anquetil, Hiten Bharadia, Bardur Haberg	Tasuku	4:02
2.	"Song 4 U"	Hinata Spring, Yuta Nakano	Yuta Nakano	3:50
3.	"Missing"	Kazuhiro Hara	Yuta Nakano	4:57
4.	"Sakura"	Kunio Tago	Yuta Nakano	4:33
5.	"Melody"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Yuta Nakano	5:25
6.	"Task'n'Bass" (instrumental)	Tasuku	Tasuku	1:57
7.	"Bye-Bye Darling"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Tasuku	4:02
8.	"Snowy Kiss"	Tetsuya Komuro	Tasuku	6:07
9.	"Sweet Scar"	D.A.I.	Yuta Nakano	4:12
10.	"Petal"	Kunio Tago	Yuta Nakano	4:10
11.	"Glasses" (instrumental)	Yuta Nakano	Yuta Nakano	1:45
12.	"Untitled For Her ... Story 2"	Yuta Nakano	Yuta Nakano	5:22
13.	"Gloria"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Yuta Nakano	4:38
14.	"Ivy"	Tetsuya Komuro	Yuta Nakano	4:39
15.	"You & Me"	Tetsuya Komuro	Tasuku	5:37

DVD/Blu-ray
No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Song 4 U" (Video Clip)
2.	"Missing" (Video Clip)
3.	"Wake Me Up" (Video Clip)
4.	"You & Me" (Video Clip)
5.	"Snowy Kiss" (Video Clip)
6.	"Sweet Scar" (Video Clip)
7.	"Melody" (Video Clip)
8.	"Song 4 U" (Making Clip)
9.	"Missing" (Making Clip)
10.	"You & Me" (Making Clip)
11.	"Wake Me Up/Snowy Kiss" (Making Clip #1)
12.	"Wake Me Up/Snowy Kiss" (Making Clip #2)
13.	"Sweet Scar" (Making Clip)
14.	"Melody" (Making Clip)

Charts

Chart	Peak position	Debut sales	Total sales
Oricon Daily Chart	1	28,016	88,825 (14 weeks)
Oricon Weekly Chart	1	56,348

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
Oricon year-end albums[2]	70

References

1. "DISCOGRAPHY - ayumi hamasaki（浜崎あゆみ） official website". avex network｜エイベックス・グループのポータルサイト (in Japanese). 2012-12-27. Retrieved 2012-12-29. External link in |work= (help)
2. "2013年のCDアルバム年間ランキング" [2013 CD Albums Yearly Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2013. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.