Love Cook

Infobox Album |
Name = "Love Cook"
Type = Album
Artist = Ai Otsuka

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Background = orange
Released = December 14, 2005
Recorded = 2005
Genre = J-pop
Length = 51:13
Label = Avex Trax
AVCD-17839 (Japan, CD+DVD)
AVCD-17840 (Japan, CD+DVD + Photobook)
AVCD-17541 (Japan, CD)
AVCD-17542 (Japan, CD + Photobook)
Producer = Ai Otsuka
Reviews =
Last album = "Love Jam"
(2004)
This album = "Love Cook"
(2005)
Next album = "Ai am Best" (2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Studio album


Lower caption = CD+Picture Book Extra album cover 2
Upper caption =
Type = Studio album


Lower caption = CD+Photo Book Singles
Name = Love Cook
Type = studio
single 1 = Smily / Biidama
single 1 date = May 11 2005
single 2 = Neko ni Fūsen
single 2 date = July 13 2005
single 3 = Planetarium
single 3 date = September 21 2005

"Love Cook" is Ai Otsuka's third album. It was released in four formats: CD only, CD + DVD, CD + Photobook and CD + Picture Book. The latter two are limited to 150,000 copies each, and feature different sleeve case covers. The picture book illustrations are hand-drawn by Ai herself.

Three singles were released before the album: double A-Sided "Smily/Biidama", "Neko Ni Fuusen" and "Planetarium". "Smily/Biidama" and "Planetarium" were the first two Ai Otsuka singles to reach the number 1 spot in Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, and, having sold more than 300,000 copies each, are among her best-selling singles. All three singles are in the Oricon Top 100 Singles for 2005. On the other hand, 'Cherish' had already been released as the final track in the various artists album "LOVE for NANA ~Only 1 Tribute~", a homage to the manga.

Many songs from "Love Cook" were used for commercial purposes as part of the artist's endorsements. 'Smily' and 'Biidama' were background songs in two TV commercials of Lion, a personal hygiene products company. 'Neko Ni Fuusen' was featured in the Toshiba W31T commercial. 'U-Boat' was image song for the 2006 TV advertisement of Meiko Gijuku, a private school. 'Cherish' and 'Planetarium' were used in music.jp TV spots. 'Planetarium' was also an image song of the 2005 TBS live-action dorama Hana Yori Dango.

"Love Cook" is Ai Otsuka's best-selling album to date and her first album to pass the 800,000 mark, which was accomplished once the promotional "Love [99] Cook Tour" started. On March 9, “Love Cook” won an award at the Japan Gold Disc Awards for being one of the best albums of 2005. Total sales now stands at 835,333 units and the album has stayed on the Oricon TOP 300 weekly chart for more than 52 weeks.

Track listing

CD Track Lists:
#5:09a.m.
#nihongo|Haneari Tamago|羽ありたまご| [Winged Egg]
#nihongo|Biidama|ビー玉| [Marble]
#Smily
#nihongo|U-Booto|U-ボート| [U-Boat]
#nihongo|Neko Ni Fuusen|ネコに風船| [Cat in a Balloon]
#Cherish
#nihongo|Ramen 3 Pun Kukkingu|ラーメン3分クッキング| [Cooking 3 Minute Ramen]
#nihongo|Toukyou Middonaito|東京ミッドナイト| [Tokyo Midnight]
#nihongo|Puranetariamu|プラネタリウム| [Planetarium]
#Birthday Song
#Love Music

DVD Track Lists:
#nihongo|Biidama|ビー玉| PV
#Cherish PV

References

*avex trax (2006), [http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ai Ai Otsuka Official Web Site]
*Oricon Style (2006), [http://www.oricon.co.jp/ Oricon Web Site]