Love (Mika Nakashima album)
Love is the second studio album by Japanese entertainer Mika Nakashima, and her third overall album release counting the mini-album Resistance. Its release date was November 6, 2003, in Japan, prior to the Christmas holiday. In contrast to her previous album, True, this album boasts a wider range of styles including ballads, soft reggae, and club jazz. It proved to be a successful move as the album outsold her debut; it topped the Oricon 200 Album Chart upon release and sold just over 437,000 copies in Japan alone the week it came out.
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| Released | November 6, 2003 | |||
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| Length | 1:12:24 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Associated Records | |||
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Love won the 2003 Best Album Award at the Japan Record Awards, and has sold 1,447,681 copies to date - making this album the best-selling album in Mika's career.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Mika Nakashima, unless otherwise noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Venus in The Dark" | Yasunari Okano | absolute3 | 6:05 | |
| 2. | "Love Addict" | Shinichi Osawa (Mondo Grosso) | Shinichi Osawa (Mondo Grosso) | 7:17 | |
| 3. | "aroma" | Yoshiko Goshima | Takahiro Watanabe | 6:18 | |
| 4. | "Yuki no Hana (雪の華)" | Satomi | Ryouki Matsumoto | Ryouki Matsumoto | 5:43 |
| 5. | "RESISTANCE" (album version) | Yasushi Akimoto, Mika Nakashima | Seikou Nagaoka | Coldfeet, Shin Kono | 4:56 |
| 6. | "FIND THE WAY" | Lori Fine (Coldfeet) | Ken Shima | 5:28 | |
| 7. | "marionette" | Nobuyuki Shimizu | Nobuyuki Shimizu | 5:14 | |
| 8. | "Seppun (接吻)" (cover song) | Takao Tajima | Takao Tajima | Shunya Mori | 6:04 |
| 9. | "You send me love" | Gota Nishidera | absolute3 | 5:00 | |
| 10. | "Be in Silence" | absolute | absolute3 | 5:39 | |
| 11. | "LOVE NO CRY" | Arata Tanimoto | Chokkaku | 5:18 | |
| 12. | "Aishiteru (愛してる)" (album version) | H (three tight b) | H (three tight b) | shinya (three tight b) | 5:35 |
| 13. | "LAST WALTZ" | Yasunari Okano | Nobuyuki Shimizu | 4:10 |
Charts and sales
Oricon sales charts (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak position | First week sales | Sales total |
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| November 6, 2003 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 1 | ||
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 1 | 437,218 | 1,447,681 | |
| Oricon Daily Monthly Chart | 1 | |||
| Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | 12 |
Singles
| Date | Title | Peak position |
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| 2003-01-29 | Ai Shiteru | 4 |
| 2003-04-09 | Love Addict | 5 |
| 2003-06-25 | Seppun | 4 |
| 2003-08-06 | Find the Way | 4 |
| 2003-10-01 | Yuki no Hana | 3 |