Precious (Cubic U album)

Infobox Album
Name = Precious
Type = Studio album
Artist = Cubic U (Utada Hikaru)


Released = flagicon|United States flagicon|Japan January 28 1998
flagicon|Japan (Re-release) March 31, 1999
Recorded = August 5–20 1996
Genre = R&B
Length = 54:42
Label = EMI Music Japan
Producer = —
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Precious"
(1998)
Next album = "First Love"
(1999)
Misc = Singles
Name = Precious
Type = studio
single 1 = Close to You
single 1 date = January 28 1997

"Precious" is an English album by Cubic U (Hikaru Utada's stage name before her debut in Japan), which was recorded at Sony Music Studio in New York in 1996. The album was released in both the United States and Japan on January 28, 1998, and then re-released in Japan until March 31, 1999.

Track listing

American track list

All songs are written by Cubic U, except for "Close To You", which is a cover version of the Burt Bacharach-Hal David composition "(They Long to Be) Close to You" made famous by the Carpenters.

tracklist
headline =

all_writing =

title1 = My Little Lover Boy
length1 = 4:28

title2 = Lullaby
length2 = 4:38

title3 = How Ya Doin'
length3 = 3:05

title4 = I Don't Love You
length4 = 4:51

title5 = Here and There and Back Again
length5 = -:—

title6 = Promise
length6 = 5:24

title7 = Ticket 4 Two
length7 = 5:23

title8 = Take a Little While
length8 = 3:52

title9 = 100 Reasons Why
length9 = 4:31

title10 = Work Things Out
length10 = 4:31

title11 = Close to You Cover of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David song made famous by the Carpenters
length11 = 4:39

title12 = Precious Love
length12 = 5:20
title13 = How Ya Doin [rap version] (bonus track)
length13 = 3:46

Japanese track list

tracklist
headline =

all_writing =

title1 = My Little Lover Boy
length1 = 4:28

title2 = Lullaby
length2 = 4:38

title3 = How Ya Doin'
length3 = 3:05

title4 = I Don't Love You
length4 = 4:51

title5 = Promise
length5 = 5:24

title6 = Ticket 4 Two
length6 = 5:23

title7 = Take a Little While
length7 = 3:52

title8 = 100 Reasons Why
length8 = 4:31

title9 = Work Things Out
length9 = 4:31

title10 = Close to You Cover of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David song made famous by the Carpenters
length10 = 4:39

title11 = Precious Love
length11 = 5:20
title12 = How Ya Doin [rap version] (bonus track)
length12 = 3:46

"Note": the track "Here and There and Back Again" was not on the released Japanese version.

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Charts

"Precious" - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)