Love (Arashi album)

"Calling/Breathless"
Love
	Regular edition cover
Studio album by Arashi
Released	October 23, 2013
Studio	Victor Studio, Japan[1]; Bunkamura Studio, Japan[1];
Genre	Pop, R&B
Language	Japanese, English
Label	J Storm
Arashi chronology
Singles from Love
	"Calling/Breathless"; Released: March 18, 2013; "Endless Game"; Released: May 29, 2013;

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.[2] It was released digitally on February 7, 2020.[3][4]

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.[5]

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

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Ai o Utaō"	Squaref MfmsiQ John World Sho Sakurai	Benny Jansson	Hirofumi Sasaki	4:07
2.	"Sayonara no Ato de"	R.P.P.	MiNE Atsushi Shimada Fredrik Samsson	Taku Yoshioka	4:03
3.	"Confusion"	Shigeo Macoto56	Joe Killington Katerina Bramley Tim Worthington Michael Conn	Tomoki Ishizuka	3:20
4.	"Hit the Floor" (Satoshi Ohno solo)	Alleztune	Susumu Kawaguchi Bert Rolf	Ishizuka	4:54
5.	"P･A･R･A･D･O･X"	Akira H&Co. Squaref S-Tnk Sakurai	James Bird Olly Goodman Michael Duke Emma Rohan	A.K.Janeway Yoshioka Bird Goodman Duke Rohan	3:20
6.	"Sugar and Salt" (Sho Sakurai solo)	100+ Sakurai	Insist	Insist	4:31
7.	"Breathless"	Hydrant	Takuya Harada Christofer Erixon Joakim Björnberg	Sasaki	4:59
8.	"20825-Nichi-me no Kyoku" (Kazunari Ninomiya solo)	Kazunari Ninomiya	Ninomiya	Ha-j Ninomiya	4:19
9.	"Rock Tonight"	100+	100+	BJ Khan
10.	"Endless Game"	100+	Chris Janey Dyce Taylor	2H Janey	3:58
11.	"Calling"	S-Tnk Eltvo	Andreas Johansson Youwhich	Ishizuka	4:01
12.	"Yozora e no Tegami" (Masaki Aiba solo)	Yuya Abe	Nihonjin	Bigshooter Boys	4:48
13.	"Dance in the Dark" (Jun Matsumoto solo)	Hydrant	Harada SkyLine Erixon	Pieni Tonttu	3:49
14.	"Starlight Kiss"	Akira S-Tnk Sakurai	Figge Boström Kawaguchi	Kawaguchi	3:59
15.	"Funky"	MfmsiQ S-Tnk	BJ Khan Björnberg Erixon	BJ Khan	4:02
16.	"Tears"	Takashi Ogawa Squaref	Yūsuke Katō	BJ Khan	4:34
Total length:					67:01

DVD
No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"P･A･R･A･D･O･X" (Music video)	Shūichi Banba

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[1]

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 (tracks 1, 6), chorus (track 1)
ko-saku – chorus arrangement (tracks 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
Shotaro – chorus arrangement (tracks 4, 11)
Akira – chorus arrangement (track 5)
ha-j – chorus arrangement (track 8)
Taeko Saito – chorus (track 1)
Saeko Suzuki – chorus (track 1)
Naoki Takao – chorus (track 1)
Yoshito Fuchigami – chorus (track 1)
Yutaka Odawara – drums (track 3)
TARROW-ONE – drums (track 6)
Toru Kawamura – drums (track 8)
Chiharu Mikuzuki – bass guitar (track 3)
SHIYOU a.k.a. Pit Bulldog – bass guitar (track 6)
Takeshi Taneda – bass guitar (tracks 8, 9, 15, 16)
Yuzo Shibata – bass guitar (track 11)
Hiroomi Shitara – electric guitar (tracks 1, 7, 8), acoustic guitar (track 8), electric mandolin (track 8), mandolin (track 8)
Sho Horisaki – electric guitar (track 3)
TAKU a.k.a. K-CITY PRINCE – electric guitar (track 6), programming (track 6)
Horikazu Ogura – electric guitar (track 10), acoustic guitar (track 10)
Genta Fukue – electric guitar (track 11)
Akitoshi Kuroda – electric guitar (track 13), acoustic guitar (track 13), mandolin (track 13), ukelele (track 13)
Gen ittetsu Strings – strings (tracks 1, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16)
the Gaya-xy – gaya (tracks 5, 9)
MITCH – trumpet (track 6)
KenT – tenor saxophone (track 6)
DJ O.H.B.A – turntable (track 6)

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 (DVD)

Charts and certifications

Release history

Country	Release date	Label	Format	Catalog
Japan	October 21, 2013	J Storm	CD+DVD	JACA-5373-5374
Japan	October 21, 2013	J Storm	CD	JACA-5482-5483[6]
Taiwan	November 8, 2013	Avex Asia	CD+DVD	JAJCD26018/A[7]
Taiwan	November 8, 2013	Avex Asia	CD	JAJCD26018[8]
South Korea	November 11, 2013	S.M. Entertainment	CD+DVD	SMKJT0302/B[9]
South Korea	November 11, 2013	S.M. Entertainment	CD	SMKJT0303[9]

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References

LOVE (booklet). Arashi. J Storm. 2013. pp. 57–58. JACA-5373-5374.CS1 maint: others (link)
"アルバムTOP100". Oricon. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
"旧譜オリジナル・アルバム（全16タイトル）デジタルリリース決定". Johnny's net (in Japanese). February 5, 2020. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
"嵐のオリジナルアルバム16作品256曲、明後日デジタル配信スタート". natalie.mu (in Japanese). February 5, 2020. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
"ARASHI Live Tour 2013 "LOVE"". Retrieved 20 February 2014.
"LOVE" (in Japanese). J Storm. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
"LOVE (初回版)" (in Chinese). Avex Taiwan. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
"LOVE (普通版)" (in Chinese). Avex Taiwan. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
"SMTOWN" (in Korean). S.M. Entertainment. Retrieved 2017-10-21.

External links

Love product information

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[liner-1] LOVE (booklet). Arashi. J Storm. 2013. pp. 57–58. JACA-5373-5374.CS1 maint: others (link)

[2] "アルバムTOP100". Oricon. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

[3] "旧譜オリジナル・アルバム（全16タイトル）デジタルリリース決定". Johnny's net (in Japanese). February 5, 2020. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2020.

[4] "嵐のオリジナルアルバム16作品256曲、明後日デジタル配信スタート". natalie.mu (in Japanese). February 5, 2020. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2020.

[5] "ARASHI Live Tour 2013 "LOVE"". Retrieved 20 February 2014.

[jstorm-6] "LOVE" (in Japanese). J Storm. Retrieved 2017-10-21.

[7] "LOVE (初回版)" (in Chinese). Avex Taiwan. Retrieved 2017-10-21.

[8] "LOVE (普通版)" (in Chinese). Avex Taiwan. Retrieved 2017-10-21.

[sm-9] "SMTOWN" (in Korean). S.M. Entertainment. Retrieved 2017-10-21.