Loveppears

Infobox Album |
Name = Loveppears
Type = Album
Artist = Ayumi Hamasaki


Released = November 10, 1999
Recorded = 1999
Genre = J-pop, House
Length = 70:47 (Disc 1) 34:06 (Disc 2)
Label = Avex Trax
Producer = Max Matsuura
Reviews =
*"HMV" Rating|5|5 [http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/991717 link]
Last album = "A Song for XX"
(1999)
This album = "Loveppears"
(1999)
Next album = "Duty"
(2000)Singles
Name = LOVEppears
Type = studio
single 1 = Fly High
single 1 date = February 9, 2000
single 2 = A ("Trauma", "End Roll", "Too Late" and "monochrome")
single 2 date = August 11, 1999
single 3 = Boys & Girls
single 3 date = July 14, 1999
single 4 = To Be
single 4 date = May 12 2000
single 5 = Appears
single 5 date = November 10, 1999
single 6 = Kanariya
single 6 date = December 8, 1999

"Loveppears" (sometimes labeled "Love appears") is Ayumi Hamasaki's second studio album. Following the trend of the time, remixes of the songs from "Loveppears" were released on a second disc.

"Loveppears" sold 1,201,870 copies in its debut week. Like Hamasaki's debut album, "Loveppears" also topped the Oricon and stayed on the charts for 64 weeks. "Loveppears" is the 39th best selling album in Japan of all time [ [http://www.musictvprogram.com/corner-ranking-album.html —ð‘ãƒAƒ‹ƒoƒ€ƒ‰ƒ“ƒLƒ“ƒO ] ] .

Information

"Loveppears" was released less than a year after her debut album, "A Song for XX". Between February and August 1999, she released 5 singles of which two were million-sellers. Then 3 others singles (which were limited) were released due to the high demand of the public. The song "P.S II" is a follow-up to "POWDER SNOW" from Hamasaki's previous album, "A song for XX". The song features a new arrangement and new lyrics. The remix of "Whatever" is an extended version of "M" version of the song, which originally appeared on the Whatever CD single. This album marked the beginning of the collaboration between Hamasaki, DAI and Hλl.

Songs

Although not billed as such, some of the singles on "Loveppears" were somehow edited for the album. "Love ~Refrain~" takes its melody from Hamasaki's single "Love ~Destiny~," but has different lyrics, whereas the song "Whatever" is an extended version of the "M" version of "Whatever" from the eponymous single. A hidden track, "Kanariya," is found at the end of the first disc. It is the first recut single (single released after its appearance on an album) to reach the number-one position on the Oricon charts. Listen
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Commercial tie-ups and theme songs

"To Be", "Immature" [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR6TTbLMZAo YouTube - Broadcast Yourself ] ] , "Trauma" and "Monochrome" were used in four commercials featuring Ayu herself for the JT Peach Water drinks.

"Boys & Girls", "And then..." and "appears" were images songs in three commercials for AUBE cosmetics.

"Too Late" was the musical theme for a commercial for HONDA Giorno CREA scooters. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_oBkJOqtqI YouTube - Broadcast Yourself ] ]

"Fly High" was used in TV ad for Lycos Japan. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPQIg2hovNY YouTube - Broadcast Yourself ] ]

Track listing

Cd one

#"Introduction" - 1:09
#"Fly High" – 4:07
#"Trauma" – 4:17
#"And Then" – 4:14
#"Immature [Album Version] " – 4:44
#"Boys & Girls" – 3:54
#"To Be" – 5:18
#"End roll" – 4:49
#"P.S II" – 4:48
#"Whatever" "Dub's 1999 Remix" – 7:20
#"Too Late" – 4:25
#"Appears [Album Version] " – 5:38
#"Monochrome" – 4:21
#"Interlude" – 0:55
#"Love ~Refrain~" (reincarnation of the song Love ~Destiny~) – 5:21
#"Who..." – 5:35
#"Kanariya" (secret track) - 3:52

Cd two

# Ayu's Euro Mega-Mix (Y&Co. Mix) – 9:48
# Ayu's House Mega-Mix (N.S House Mix) – 9:58
# A Song for XX (Millennium Mix) – 4:46
# Powder Snow (Acoustic Orchestra Version) – 5:03
# Friend II (Make My Mad Mix) – 4:31

Credits

Cd one

#"Introduction" - 1:09
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: HAL
Arrangement: HAL
Keyboards: HAL
Guitar: Naoyo Akimoto
Programming: HAL
Mixed by Dave Way
#"Fly High" – 4:06
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: DAI
Arrangement: HAL
Keyboards: HAL
Guitar: Naoyo Akimoto
Programming: HAL
Mixed by Dave Way
#"Trauma" – 4:17
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: DAI
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & DAI
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Jun Kajiwara
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Additional Programming: Tatsuhiko Fuyuno
Mixed by Steve Churchyard
#"And Then" – 4:12
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
Arrangement: Keisuke Kikuchi
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Hidetoshi suzuki
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Additional Programming: Tatsuhiko Fuyuno
Mixed by Dave Way
#"Immature [Album Version] " – 4:44
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
Arrangement: HAL
Keyboards: HAL
Guitar: Naoya Akimoto
Programming: HAL
Mixed by Dave Way
#"Boys & Girls" – 3:54
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: DAI
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & DAI
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Hidetoshi Suzuki
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Mixed by Dave Ford
#"To Be" – 5:18
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: DAI
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & DAI
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Masayoshi Furukawa
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Mixed by Dave Ford
#"End roll" – 4:49
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: DAI
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & DAI
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Mixed by Steve Churchyard
#"P.S II" – 4:48
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: Hideaki Kuwabara
Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma
Keyboards: HAL
Programming: HAL
Mixed by Dave Way
#"Whatever" "Dub's 1999 Remix" – 7:20
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
Arrangement: Izumi "DMX" Miyazaki
Programming: Izumi "DMX" Miyazaki
Mixed by Izumi "DMX" Miyazaki
#"Too Late" – 4:24
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: DAI
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & DAI
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Hidetoshi Suzuki
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Additional Programming: Tatsuhiko Fuyuno
Mixed by Dave Way
#"Appears [Album Version] " – 5:27
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
Arrangement: HAL
Keyboards: HAL
Guitar: Naoya Akimoto
Programming: HAL
Mixed by Dave Way
#"Monochrome" – 4:21
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: DAI
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki & DAI
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Mixed by Dave Way
#"Interlude" – 0:55
Music: Naoto Suzuki
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Programming: Naoto Suzuki
Mixed by Dave Way
#"Love ~refrain~" – 5:20
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: Tsunku
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Mixed by Dave Way
#"Who..." – 5:35
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Mixed by Dave Way
#"Kanariya" - 3.52
Words: Ayumi Hamasaki
Music: Yasuhiko Hoshino

Cd two

# Ayu's Euro Mega-Mix (Y&Co. Mix) – 9:48
Remixed by Akira "BOSS" Yokota & Tetsuya "REMOCON" Tamura
# Ayu's House Mega-Mix (N.S House Mix) – 9:58
Remixed by Shoji Ueda
# A Song for XX (Millennium Mix) – 4:46
Piano: Akimitsu Honma
Keyboards: Akimitsu Honma
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
Programming: Hiroshi Kitashiro
Mixed by Dave Way
# Powder Snow (Acoustic Orchestra Version) – 5:03
Keyboards: Akimitsu Honma
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Mixed by Atsushi Hattori
# Friend II (Make My Mad Mix) – 4:31
Remixed by HAL

Charts

;Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

* Total Sales: 2,562,130 (Japan)
* Total Sales: 3,500,000 (Asia)

ingles

Total Single Sales: 4,723,940

Total Album and Single Sales: 7,286,070

References