Love Again (Ayumi Hamasaki album)

Love Again
Studio album by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released February 8, 2013
Recorded 2012
Genre J-pop, dance-pop, pop rock
Label Avex Trax
Producer Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki chronology

A Classical
(2013)		 Love Again
(2013)		 Colours
(2014)
Singles from Love Again
  1. "Love EP"
    Released: November 8, 2012
  2. "Again EP"
    Released: December 8, 2012

Love Again is the fourteenth full-length studio album released by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. Stylistically, the album is a return to the aesthetic of Hamasaki's twelfth album, Love Songs. It was released in Japan on February 8, 2013 in six physical versions: CD Only, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray, Playbutton, CD+DVD+Goods, and CD+Blu-ray+Goods.[1]

15th anniversary

Love Again is the fourth of five releases released to celebrate the fifteenth year of Hamasaki's signing to her record label, Avex. Instead of singles, Hamasaki released two mini-albums Love and Again (the first and second installments of her five anniversary releases). All original tracks from Love and Again are included on the album, as well as "You & Me", a new track from A Summer Best. The album sold 56,348 copies by the end of the first week in Japan.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ayumi Hamasaki. 

CD tracklist
No. TitleMusicArranger(s) Length
1. "Wake Me Up"  Philippe-Marc Anquetil, Hiten Bharadia, Bardur HabergTasuku 4:02
2. "Song 4 U"  Hinata Spring, Yuta NakanoYuta Nakano 3:50
3. "Missing"  Kazuhiro HaraYuta Nakano 4:57
4. "Sakura"  Kunio TagoYuta Nakano 4:33
5. "Melody"  Yasuhiko HoshinoYuta Nakano 5:25
6. "Task'n'Bass" (instrumental)TasukuTasuku 1:57
7. "Bye-Bye Darling"  Yasuhiko HoshinoTasuku 4:02
8. "Snowy Kiss"  Tetsuya KomuroTasuku 6:07
9. "Sweet Scar"  D.A.I.Yuta Nakano 4:12
10. "Petal"  Kunio TagoYuta Nakano 4:10
11. "Glasses" (instrumental)Yuta NakanoYuta Nakano 1:45
12. "Untitled For Her ... Story 2"  Yuta NakanoYuta Nakano 5:22
13. "Gloria"  Yasuhiko HoshinoYuta Nakano 4:38
14. "Ivy"  Tetsuya KomuroYuta Nakano 4:39
15. "You & Me"  Tetsuya KomuroTasuku 5:37

Charts

Chart Peak position Debut sales Total sales
Oricon Daily Chart 1 28,016 88,825 (14 weeks)
Oricon Weekly Chart 1 56,348

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
Oricon year-end albums[2] 70

References

  1. ↑ "DISCOGRAPHY - ayumi hamasaki（浜崎あゆみ） official website". avex network｜エイベックス・グループのポータルサイト (in Japanese). 2012-12-27. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  2. ↑ "2013年のCDアルバム年間ランキング" [2013 CD Albums Yearly Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2013. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.