Love Bebop

Love Bebop
Studio album by Misia
Released	6 January 2016
Recorded	2014–15
Genre	Pop soul dance-pop R&B
Length	57:42
Label	Ariola
Producer	DJ Gomi Takayuki Hattori Her0ism Hiroshi Matsui Shiro Sagisu Sakoshin Tohru Shigemi
Misia chronology
New Morning (2014) Love Bebop (2016) Misia Hoshizora no Live Songbook: History of Hoshizora Live (2016)
Singles from Love Bebop
"Shiroi Kisetsu" Released: 18 February 2015 "Sakura Hitohira" Released: 18 February 2015 "Nagareboshi" Released: 8 July 2015 "Anata ni Smile :)" Released: 8 July 2015 "Orphans no Namida" Released: 25 November 2015

Love Bebop (stylized as LOVE BEBOP) is the twelfth studio album by Japanese singer Misia. It was released on 6 January 2016, through Ariola Japan. Following the release of her eleventh studio album New Morning (2014) and the end of the Hoshizora no Live VII: 15th Celebration tour, Misia immediately began loosely working on her next material. Misia scheduled studio sessions for a new album with Shiro Sagisu, a producer whom she had not collaborated with since Soul Quest (2011).^[1] The writing and recording process concluded in October 2015 with sessions with producer Sakoshin, whom she had last worked together on "Catch the Rainbow" (2008).^[1] Misia collaborated again with producers DJ Gomi, Takayuki Hattori, Hiroshi Matsui and Tohru Shigemi along with new collaborations with songwriters Her0ism, Ki-Yo, Andreas Öberg, Rica and Shirose.

The title Love Bebop was inspired by the evolving LGBT movement in Japan, which led Misia to draw a parallel between the growing societal recognition for all forms of love and the various messages of love depicted on the album.^[1]

Touring

In support of the album, Misia will be embarking on the nationwide tour titled The Tour of Misia Love Bebop 2016-2017. No dates have been officially announced, but the tour is slated to start in 2016 and run through 2017.

Commercial performance

Love Bebop entered at number 5 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart and at number 7 on the Billboard Hot Albums chart. The digital release of the album debuted at the top of the Mora Weekly Albums chart and at number 6 on the Recochoku Weekly Albums chart.

Track listing

Standard edition[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Anata ni Smile :)"	Misia Ki-Yo	Hiroshi Matsui	4:17
2.	"Butterfly Butterfly"	Misia Sakoshin	Sakoshin	4:01
3.	"Love Bebop"	Misia Sakoshin	Sakoshin	3:14
4.	"Orphans no Namida" (Long Version)	Misia Shiro Sagisu	Sagisu	5:42
5.	"Mayonaka no Hide-and-Seek" (真夜中のHIDE-AND-SEEK, "Midnight Hide-and-Seek")	Misia Sagisu	Sagisu	4:42
6.	"Shiroi Kisetsu"	Misia Her0ism Yuuki Idei	Her0ism	5:20
7.	"Hana" (花, "Flower")	Rica	Tohru Shigemi	4:26
8.	"Ashita wa Motto Suki ni Naru" (明日はもっと好きになる, "Love You More Tomorrow")	Misia Her0ism	Her0ism	3:45
9.	"Oh Lovely Day"	Misia Toshiaki Matsumoto	Matsui	4:57
10.	"Freedom"	Misia Jun Sasaki	Gomi	3:33
11.	"Sakura Hitohira"	Misia Her0ism Shirose	Her0ism	3:49
12.	"Candle of Life"	Misia Alex Niceforo Andreas Öberg Erika Fatale	Her0ism	4:13
13.	"Nagareboshi"	Rica	Takayuki Hattori	5:38
Total length:				57:42

Limited edition bonus track[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Love Bebop" (Love Is All Remix)	Misia Sakoshin	Sakoshin	3:30
Total length:				61:15

Note

• Credits adapted from iTunes metadata and the booklet of the limited edition.^[2]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love Bebop.^[4]

Locations

• Recorded at Orange Peel Recordings, Atlanta; Luminous Sound Studio, Dallas; Abbey Road Studios, London; Eastcote Studios, London; MSR Studios, New York; Germano Studios, New York; Gomi's Lair Recording Studio, New York; Bass Hit Studio, New York; Beethoven Studio, Paris; Rhythmedia Studio, Tokyo; Sony Music Studios Tokyo, Tokyo; Sound Inn, Tokyo
• Mixed at Rhythmedia Studio, Tokyo; Mirrorball Entertainment Studios, Los Angeles; Bass Hit Studio, New York;
• Mastered at Powers Mastering Studio, New York

Musicians

Misia – backing vocals, lead vocals Koji Akaike – contrabass Jonathan Allen – engineering Raheem Amlani – engineering Philip Bagenal – engineering Dave Bishop – baritone sax, tenor sax Lorrain Briscoe a.k.a. Loren – backing vocals Evette Briscoe – backing vocals Myron Butler – choir arrangement and direction Errol Cooney – guitar Dave Darlington – mixing Karlos Edwards – percussions Shinichi Eguchi – cello DJ Gomi – additional instrumentation, engineering, producer, programming, oversea direction David Guy – trumpet Takayuki Hattori – conductor, producer Ian Hendrickson – sax Roy Hendrickson – engineering Her0ism – additional instrumentation, producer, programming Takayuki Hijikata – acoustic guitar Masami Horisawa – cello Gary Husband – drums Nick Ingman – conductor Shigeki Ippon – contrabass Akane Irie – violin Naoko Ishibashi – violin Kyoko Ishigame – violin Aya Ito – violin Tomoki Iwanaga – cello Skaila Kanga – harp Hiroki Kato – design Masahiro Kawaguchi – engineering, mixing, vocal recorder Shizuka Kawaguchi – violin Mikiyo Kikuchi – viola Sae Konno – piano, celesta Koichi Korenaga – guitar Atsushi Kuramochi – contrabass Peter Lale – viola Chris Laurence – contrabass Paul Lee – backing vocals London Studio Orchestra – strings Martin Loveday – cello Lyn – backing vocals Tony Maserati – mixing Hiroshi Matsui – additional instrumentation, producer, programming Yuya Minorikawa – viola Perry Montague-Mason – violin Akiko Mori – English horn

Koichiro Muroya – violin Koichiro Muroya Strings – strings Jun Nakamura – cello Taichi Nakamura – acoustic guitar, guitar Yasuharu Nakanishi – acoustic piano, Rhodes, piano Alex Niceforo – additional instrumentation, programming Aya Notomi – violin Saori Oka – viola Machi Okabe – violin Shoko Oki – violin Natsumi Okimasu – violin Takayoshi Okuizumi – cello Marie Oishi – suspended cymbal Herb Powers Jr. – mastering Chris Rob – keyboards Lil John Roberts – drums Shiro Sagisu – horns arrangement, orchestra arrangement, engineering, producer, programming Gentaro Sakaguchi – viola Sakoshin – additional instrumentation, backing vocals, engineering, producer, programming Noriko Sekiya – musician coordinator Tohru Shigemi – keyboards, producer Tomoko Shimaoka – viola Mitsuo Shindō – art direction Masaki Shono – viola Steve Sidwell – flugelhorn, horn arrangement, trumpet Emlyn Singleton – violin Andrew Smith – electric guiar, guitar Hanah Spring – backing vocals Kazunali Tajima – photography Toshihiro Takai – violin Shiori Takeda – violin Yoshinobu Takeshita – contrabass Jamie Talbot – alto sax, flute, tenor sax Rina Tanaka – violin Hiroto Tanigawa – executive producer Tomomi Tokunaga – violin Shuhei Yamaguchi – guitar Risa Yamamoto – violin Yuya Yanagihara – violin Kenta Yonesaka – engineering Satoshi Yoshida – guitar Yuho Yoshioka – backing vocals Takahiro Yuki – cello Hanako Uesato – violin Emiko Ujikawa – violin United Voices – choir Mark Walker – Hammond organ, Rhodes Nathan Watts – bass

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard)[5]	7
Japan Top Albums Sales (Billboard)[6]	8
Japan Daily Albums (Oricon)	4
Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon)[7]	5
Japan Weekly Albums (Mora) (Hi-Res)	1
Japan Weekly Albums (Mora) (MP3)	8
Japan Monthly Albums (Mora) (Hi-Res)[8]	3
Japan Monthly Albums (Mora) (MP3)[8]	31
Japan Weekly Albums (Recochoku)	6
Japan Monthly Albums (Recochoku)[9]	17
Taiwan Weekly Albums (Five Music)[10]	10

References

1. "MISIA「LOVE BEBOP」インタビュー (1/3) - 音楽ナタリー Power Push". Natalie. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
2. "MISIAの「LOVE BEBOP」を iTunes で". iTunes (JP). 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
3. "MISIA･LOVE BEBOP【初回生産限定盤】". Sony Music Shop. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
4. Misia (2016). Love Bebop (Booklet). Misia. Tokyo, Japan: Ariola Japan. pp. 14–17. 4988017695609.
5. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
6. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
7. "オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2016年01月04日～2016年01月10日". Oricon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
8. "ランキング（総合）2016年1月 音楽ダウンロード・音楽配信サイト　mora". Mora. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
9. "アルバムランキング 月間 2016/1 月間【レコチョク】音楽ダウンロード". Recochoku. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
10. "Five Music-5大唱片 - 第2 週 統計時間：2016/1/8 - 2016/1/14". Five Music. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

External links

• Official website