Love (stylized as LOVE) is the twelfth studio album of the Japanese boy band Arashi. The album was released on October 23, 2013, under their record label J Storm in two editions: a limited edition and a regular edition. The regular edition comes with a 32-page photo lyrics booklet, while the limited edition comes with a 60-page photo lyrics booklet and a bonus DVD with a music video for "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The album sold over 670,000 copies in its first week and became the best-selling album of 2013 in Japan. It was released digitally on February 7, 2020.
Album information Both the regular edition and the limited edition contain 16 songs. The regular edition comes with a 32-page photo lyrics booklet, while the limited edition comes with a 60-page photo lyrics booklet and a bonus DVD with a music video for "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The album jacket cover for both versions are different.
Songs "Love" includes two of the group's previously released singles: "Calling/Breathless" and "Endless Game". This album also includes eight new songs plus five of each member's solo songs.
The limited edition comes with a bonus music video for one of the new songs on the album, "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The members of Arashi travelled to New York City to learn the choreography for this song, which was choreographed by JaQuel Knight. Arashi has not released a music video for an album song since 2011, when they released a video for "Mada Minu Sekai e" from the album Beautiful World.
Promotion To support their new album, Arashi performed a live tour "Arashi LIVE TOUR Love" hitting all the major dome stadiums in Japan. They had 16 performances beginning on Nagoya Dome on November 8, followed by Sapporo Dome on November 15, Osaka Dome on November 22, Tokyo Dome on December 12, and Fukuoka Dome on December 20, 2013.
A video explaining the steps for the dance to their new song, "FUNKY", was uploaded onto their agency's official website. Arashi encouraged fans to learn the steps so that they could all dance together during the concert.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes.
Musicians
Arashi Aiba Masaki – lead vocals Jun Matsumoto – lead vocals Kazunari Ninomiya – lead vocals Satoshi Ohno – lead vocals Sho Sakurai – lead vocals Kumi Sasaki – chorus arrangement , chorus ko-saku – chorus arrangement Shotaro – chorus arrangement Akira – chorus arrangement ha-j – chorus arrangement Taeko Saito – chorus Saeko Suzuki – chorus Naoki Takao – chorus Yoshito Fuchigami – chorus Yutaka Odawara – drums TARROW-ONE – drums Toru Kawamura – drums Chiharu Mikuzuki – bass guitar SHIYOU a.k.a. Pit Bulldog – bass guitar Takeshi Taneda – bass guitar Yuzo Shibata – bass guitar Hiroomi Shitara – electric guitar , acoustic guitar , electric mandolin , mandolin Sho Horisaki – electric guitar TAKU a.k.a. K-CITY PRINCE – electric guitar , programming Horikazu Ogura – electric guitar , acoustic guitar Genta Fukue – electric guitar Akitoshi Kuroda – electric guitar , acoustic guitar , mandolin , ukulele Gen ittetsu Strings – strings the Gaya-xy – gaya MITCH – trumpet KenT – tenor saxophone DJ O.H.B.A – turntable
Production
Johnny H. Kitagawa – executive producer Julie K. – producer Jin Kano – musician co-ordinator Shigeru Tanida – recording, mixing Mikiro Yamda – recording Akitomu Takakuwa – recording Yohei Takita – recording Hideyuki Matsuhashi – recording Masahito Komori – recording Shohei Kojima – 2nd engineer Hiroaki Notoya – 2nd engineer Masayuki Tsuruta – 2nd engineer Ryota Hattanda – 2nd engineer Hiroshi Kawasaki – mastering Takayuki Nakazawa – art direction & design Hiroshi Manaka – photography Takafumi Kawasaki – wardrobe stylist MAKE-UP ROOM – hair & make-up Masato Kawai – props JaQuel Knight – choreographer
Release history Country Release date Label Format Catalog Japan October 21, 2013 J Storm CD+DVD JACA-5373-5374 CD JACA-5482-5483 Taiwan November 8, 2013 Avex Asia CD+DVD JAJCD26018/A CD JAJCD26018 South Korea November 11, 2013 S.M. Entertainment CD+DVD SMKJT0302/B CD SMKJT0303
References
External links Love product information