Message (Aya Ueto album)

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MESSAGE
MESSAGE cover
Studio album by Aya Ueto
Released March 3, 2004
Genre J-pop
Length 59:48
Label Pony Canyon
Producer(s) Goro Kumagai
Aya Ueto chronology
AYAUETO
(2003)
MESSAGE
(2003)
Re.
(2004)


MESSAGE is Aya Ueto's second solo Japanese studio album. It sold 43,154 copies in its first week and peaked at #6. The album charted for 11 weeks and sold a total of 74,934 copies overall, becoming her best selling album to date. The album was first planned to include a 14th track "Shiawase ni Naru Youni" (Wish you happiness) but was scrapped from the track list and has yet to be released. The 7th track "Taiyou to Tsuki" was initially called "Tonari ni Ite Hoshii (I want you by my side). The 2nd track "Okuru Kotoba" is a cover of Kaientai's 1979 hit of the same name.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. 愛のために。 Ai no Tameni. (For the sake of love)
  2. 贈る言葉 Okuru Kotoba (The words I send')
  3. MESSAGE ~album version~
  4. 青空 Aozora (Blue sky)
  5. 感傷 Kansho (Sentimentality)
  6. MERMAID
  7. 太陽と月 Taiyou to Tsuki (Sun and moon)
  8. PERSONAL
  9. 微熱 Binetsu (Slight fever)
  10. キセキ Kiseki (Miracle)
  11. Silence~COCONUTS GROOVE version~
  12. Steppin' Out ~complete version~
  13. 愛のために。 ~Lover's Splash Mix~

[edit] Charts and sales

[edit] Oricon sales charts (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position Sales Total Chart Run
3 March 2004 Oricon Daily Albums Chart #4
3 March 2004 Oricon Weekly Albums Chart #6 11 weeks
3 March 2004 Oricon Yearly Albums Chart

[edit] References