Love Again (Ayumi Hamasaki album)

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Love Again
Studio album by
Ayumi Hamasaki
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2013 (2013-02-08)
Recorded2012
Genre
LabelAvex Trax
ProducerMax 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Love Again (stylized as 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.[2]

Love again debuted atop the Oricon charts with first week sales of 56,348 copies, eventually reaching total sales of 88,825 copies by the end of its chart run. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of over 100,000 copies, becoming Hamasaki's last album to do so.[3]

15th anniversary[edit]

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 fifteenth 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[edit]

All lyrics are written by Ayumi Hamasaki

CD
No.TitleMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Wake Me Up"Philippe-Marc Anquetil, Hiten Bharadia, Bardur HabergTasuku4:02
2."Song 4 U"Hinata Spring, Yuta NakanoYuta Nakano3:50
3."Missing"Kazuhiro HaraYuta Nakano4:57
4."Sakura"Kunio TagoYuta Nakano4:33
5."Melody"Yasuhiko HoshinoYuta Nakano5:25
6."Task'n'Bass" (instrumental)TasukuTasuku1:57
7."Bye-Bye Darling"Yasuhiko HoshinoTasuku4:02
8."Snowy Kiss"Tetsuya KomuroTasuku6:07
9."Sweet Scar"D.A.I.Yuta Nakano4:12
10."Petal"Kunio TagoYuta Nakano4:10
11."Glasses" (instrumental)Yuta NakanoYuta Nakano1:45
12."Untitled For Her ... Story 2"Yuta NakanoYuta Nakano5:22
13."Gloria"Yasuhiko HoshinoYuta Nakano4:38
14."Ivy"Tetsuya KomuroYuta Nakano4:39
15."You & Me"Tetsuya KomuroTasuku5:37
DVD/Blu-ray
No.TitleLength
1."Song 4 U" (Video Clip) 
2."Missing" (Video Clip) 
3."Wake Me Up" (Video Clip) 
4."You & Me" (Video Clip) 
5."Snowy Kiss" (Video Clip) 
6."Sweet Scar" (Video Clip) 
7."Melody" (Video Clip) 
8."Song 4 U" (Making Clip) 
9."Missing" (Making Clip) 
10."You & Me" (Making Clip) 
11."Wake Me Up/Snowy Kiss" (Making Clip #1) 
12."Wake Me Up/Snowy Kiss" (Making Clip #2) 
13."Sweet Scar" (Making Clip) 
14."Melody" (Making Clip) 

Charts and certifications[edit]

Chart Peak position Debut sales Total sales
Oricon Daily Chart 1 28,016 110,000 (14 weeks)
Oricon Weekly Chart 1 56,348

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2013) Position
Oricon year-end albums[4] 70

Certifications[edit]

Country Provider Certification
Japan RIAJ Gold[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yeung, Neil Z. "Love Again – Ayumi Hamasaki". AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "DISCOGRAPHY - ayumi hamasaki（浜崎あゆみ） official website". 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.
  3. ^ a b ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2013年2月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (February 2013)] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. March 10, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "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.
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