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# [[First Love (Utada Hikaru single)|First Love]]
 
# [[First Love (Utada Hikaru single)|First Love]]
 
# [[Amai Wana ~Paint It, Black]] (甘いワナ; ''Love Trap'')
 
# [[Amai Wana ~Paint It, Black]] (甘いワナ; ''Love Trap'')
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# [[Never Let Go (Utada Hikaru)|Never Let Go]]
 
# [[Never Let Go (Utada Hikaru)|Never Let Go]]
 
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First Love is Utada Hikaru's first album (although she had an album before this under the name of [[Cubic U]]). This album reached #1 in [[Oricon]] charts and charted for 85 weeks. Oricon reports that 7,650,215 copies were sold in Japan, and the official world tally for the number of albums sold is 10,056,000. This made First Love the #1 album for 1999, as well as being the most sold album in Japanese music history.
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''First Love'' is [[Utada Hikaru]]'s first album (besides ''[[Precious (Cubic U)|Precious]]'' released under the pseudonym 'Cubic U'). The album reached #1 in weekly [[Oricon]] charts and charted for 85 weeks. It reportedly sold over 7,650,000 copies in Japan, and the official world tally for the number of albums sold is 10,056,000. This made ''First Love'' the #1 album for 1999, as well as the highest-selling album in Japanese music history.
  
The vinyl edition was released three months later after the album, and contained a bonus track, First Love (John Luongo Remix). This remix originally appeared on the [[First Love (Utada Hikaru single)|First Love]] single.
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The vinyl edition was released three months later after the album, and contained a bonus track, "[[First Love (Utada Hikaru single)|First Love (John Luongo Remix)]]". This remix originally appeared on the "[[First Love (Utada Hikaru single)|First Love]]" single.
  
All the songs on this album were written and composed by Utada herself, except for two instances: a line used in [[Wikipedia:The Rolling Stones|The Rolling Stones]]' song "[[Wikipedia:Paint It, Black|Paint It, Black]]" (''I see a red door and I wanna paint it black'') in Amai Wana ~Paint It, Black, and the music for Never Let Go, as it samples [[Wikipedia:Sting|Sting]]'s song "Shape of My Heart".
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All the songs on this album were written and composed by Utada herself, except for two instances: a line used in "[[Amai Wana ~Paint It, Black]]" taken from a [[Wikipedia:The Rolling Stones|The Rolling Stones]] song, and a sample for "[[Never Let Go]]", taken from a song by [[Wikipedia:Sting|Sting]].
  
The album booklet is printed on extremely glossy paper, differing to the standard paper quality found in album booklets. Utada herself also wrote a message in English at the back of the booklet. The message is:
 
 
 
: To everybody who's a part of the Virgin Division, especially the Miyake room;
 
: the engineers and assistant-engineers who spent late nights and mornings
 
: for me in the studio; the arrangers, programmers and musicians who laid down
 
: these great tracks;all the FM and AM stations who gave me support(and airplay!),
 
: and Global Rights;I know I don't get to say this often,so.... THANK YOU!!!!
 
: Goh-san! keep your mixes hot! and thanks for the surprise e-mails (*^^*)♪
 
: Mom,Dad,I guess I'm followin' your footsteps and carryin' on the family business
 
: after all. I know few families are lucky enough to have what we have.
 
: And to my friends(you should know who you are!),I hope I tell you often enough,
 
: how much I love you; thanks for the love and support. Keep it real.
 
 
: Everyone who's reading this, thanks for picking up my album!! Ma-i-do-a-rii~~
 
 
::::::::::::::::::: Luv,
 
:::::::::::::::::::: Hikaru+
 
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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[[Category:J-R&B (releases)]]

Revision as of 20:54, 24 January 2010

CD Cover
Artist
Utada Hikaru
Album
First Love
Released
1999.03.10
1999.06.30 (Vinyl)
Catalog Number
TOCT-24067
TOJT-24141~42 (Vinyl)
Price
¥3,059
Tracklist
  1. Automatic -Album Edit-
  2. Movin' on without you
  3. In My Room
  4. First Love
  5. Amai Wana ~Paint It, Black (甘いワナ; Love Trap)
  6. time will tell
  7. Never Let Go
  8. B&C -Album Version-
  9. Another Chance
  10. Interlude
  11. Give Me A Reason
  12. Automatic -Johnny Vicious Remix- (Bonus Track)
  13. First Love (John Luongo Remix) (Vinyl Bonus Track)


Information

First Love is Utada Hikaru's first album (besides Precious released under the pseudonym 'Cubic U'). The album reached #1 in weekly Oricon charts and charted for 85 weeks. It reportedly sold over 7,650,000 copies in Japan, and the official world tally for the number of albums sold is 10,056,000. This made First Love the #1 album for 1999, as well as the highest-selling album in Japanese music history.

The vinyl edition was released three months later after the album, and contained a bonus track, "First Love (John Luongo Remix)". This remix originally appeared on the "First Love" single.

All the songs on this album were written and composed by Utada herself, except for two instances: a line used in "Amai Wana ~Paint It, Black" taken from a The Rolling Stones song, and a sample for "Never Let Go", taken from a song by Sting.


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