Fuse of Love

Fuse of Love
Studio album by Mai Kuraki
Released August 24, 2005 (2005-08-24)
Recorded 2004-2005
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 48:26
Label Giza Studio
Producer Mai Kuraki
Mai Kuraki chronology
Wish You the Best
(2004)		 Fuse of Love
(2005)		 Diamond Wave
(2006)
Singles from Fuse of Love
  1. "Ashita e Kakeru Hashi"
    Released: May 19, 2004
  2. "Love, Needing"
    Released: January 26, 2005
  3. "Dancing"
    Released: March 23, 2005
  4. "P.S My Sunshine"
    Released: June 1, 2005

Fuse of Love is the fifth studio album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on August 24, 2005, over two years after If I Believe.

Background

This album is the first to be produced by Kuraki herself.[1]

Nearly five years after its release, the song "Chance for You" was chosen to be the theme song for the movie Soft Boy and a re-arranged "Cinema Version" was digitally released on June 16, 2010.[2]

Chart performance

Fuse of Love debuted at #3 with 108,269 copies sold making it Kuraki's first album to not open/peak at number-one on the Oricon albums chart.[3] The album stayed in the top 10 for two weeks and charted for a total of 13 weeks.[4] Fuse of Love was the 81st best selling album of 2005.[5]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mai Kuraki. 

No. TitleMusicArranger(s) Length
1. "Honey, Feeling for Me"  Aika OhnoShingo Kamata 4:08
2. "P.S My Sunshine"  Hitoshi Okamoto (from Garnet Crow)Okamoto 3:50
3. "You look at me~one"  Yoshinobu Ohga (from OOM)Ohga 3:59
4. "Kakenukeru Inazuma" (駆け抜ける稲妻 "Lightning Passing By")OhgaOhga 5:01
5. "Don't Leave Me Alone"  OhgaOhga 4:55
6. "Love, Needing"  OhnoHiroshi Asai (from the tambourines) 3:18
7. "Dancing"  Akihito Tokunaga (from doa)Tokunaga 3:48
8. "Tell Me What"  OhnoOkamoto 3:51
9. "Love Sick"  OhnoOhga 4:07
10. "Ashita e Kakeru Hashi"  TokunagaDaisuke Ikeda, Tokunaga 4:00
11. "I Sing a Song for You"  OhnoPiano arrangement: Ohno 3:53
12. "Chance for You"  OhnoAsai 3:31
Total length:
 48:26

Charts, sales and certifications

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart[6] 1
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[3] 3
Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart[7] 3
Japan Oricon Yearly Albums Chart[5] 81
Country Provider Sales Certification
(sales thresholds)
Japan RIAJ 185,350[3] Gold[8]

References

  1. ↑ "倉木麻衣 interview～ニュー・アルバム『FUSE OF LOVE』" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  2. ↑ "倉木麻衣 : 倉木麻衣、映画『ソフトボーイ』主題歌配信決定 / BARKS ニュース". Barks (in Japanese). 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  3. 1 2 3 "ビーイング＠売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所＠JBBS掲示板" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  4. ↑ 【オリコン】売上枚数Ｑ＆Ａ【2005/09/04付】 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  5. 1 2 "2005年 年間CDシングル/アルバム/トータルセールス/VIDEO/DVD/カラオケ/作詞家・作曲家・編曲家 ランキング" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  6. ↑ "倉木麻衣、6作連続首位獲得なるか!? ニュース-ORICON STYLE-". Oricon (in Japanese). 2005-08-24. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  7. ↑ "2005 9月売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  8. ↑ ゴールド等認定作品認定　2005年8月. RIAJ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-25.

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