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[[Image:Loveppears.jpg|thumb|400px|Album Cover]]
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| Name = LOVEppears
 
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| Type = Album
 
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| Artist = [[Hamasaki Ayumi]]
 
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| Cover = Loveppears.jpg
 
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| Background = lightsteelblue
 
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| Released = 10 November 2000
 
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| Genre = [[J-Pop]]
 
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| Length = 1:49:15 (over 2 discs)
 
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| Label = [[avex trax]]
 
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| Last Release = ''[[A Song for XX]]'' <br /> (1999)
 
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| This Release = '''LOVEppears''' <br /> (1999)
 
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| Next Release = ''[[Duty]]'' (2000)
 
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| Category = 1999 Albums
 
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'''''LOVEppears''''' is [[Ayumi Hamasaki|Ayumi Hamasaki's]] second full-length album, released in November 1999.
 
  
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The title is a word coined by Hamasaki, a combination of "Love" and "Appears." The album was released the same day as the single for "appears," one of its title tracks. The covers of "appears" and "LOVEppears" show "black ayu" and "white ayu" respectively.
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; Artist
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:[[Hamasaki Ayumi]]
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; Album
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: LOVEppears
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; Released
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: 1999.11.10
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: 2019.11.10 <small>(LOVEppears / appears -20th Anniversary Edition-)</small>
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; Catalog Number
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: AVCD-11740
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: AVCD-96371A <small>(20th Anniversary Edition - 4CD+DVD)</small>
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: AVCD-96375A <small>(20th Anniversary Edition - 3CD)</small>
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; Price
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: ¥7,480 <small>(20th Anniversary Edition - 4CD+DVD)</small>
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: ¥4,730 <small>(20th Anniversary Edition - 3CD)</small>
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: ¥3,059
  
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Sound-wise, the album is a clear change from the unassuming rock-pop singer-songwriter style of "A Song for XX." Production has come to the forefront on this album, and the result is a collection of very slick, driving dance-pop songs.
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; Tracklist
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* CD 1
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# [[Introduction]]
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# [[Fly High (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Fly high]]
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# [[Trauma (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Trauma]]
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# [[And Then]]
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# [[Immature|immature "Album Version"]]
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# [[Boys & Girls]]
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# [[To Be|TO BE]]
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# [[End Roll (Hamasaki Ayumi)|End roll]]
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# [[P.S II]]
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# [[Whatever (Hamasaki Ayumi)|WHATEVER "Dub's 1999 Remix"]]
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# [[Too Late (Hamasaki Ayumi)|too late]]
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# [[Appears|appears "Album Version"]]
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# [[Monochrome (Hamasaki Ayumi)|monochrome]]
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# [[Interlude (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Interlude]]
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# [[Love ~Refrain~|LOVE ~refrain~]]
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# [[Who...]]
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# [[Kanariya (Hamasaki Ayumi)|kanariya]] <small>(Bonus track)</small>
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* CD 2
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# ayu's EURO MEGA-MIX "Y&Co Mix"
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# ayu's HOUSE MEGA-MIX "N.S House Mix"
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# [[A Song for XX (song)|A Song for ×× "MILLENNIUM MIX"]]
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# [[Powder Snow (Hamasaki Ayumi)|POWDER SNOW "Acoustic Orchestra Version"]] from [[Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro-mix|ayu-ro-mix]]
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# [[Friend II (Hamasaki Ayumi)|FRIEND II "MAKE MY MAD MIX"]] from [[Ayu-mi-x|ayu-mi-x]]
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* CD 3 <small>(20th Anniversary Edition)</small>
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# [[Appears|appears "99 Greeting Mix"]]
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# [[Appears|appears "Scud Filter Mix"]]
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# [[Appears|appears "Dub's Eurotech Remix"]]
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# [[Whatever (Hamasaki Ayumi)|WHATEVER "Ferry 'System F' Corsten dub mix"]]
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# [[Appears|appears "JP's SoundFactory Mix"]]
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# [[Appears|appears "HAL's MIX"]]
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# [[Immature|immature "D-Z DUAL LUCIFER MIX"]]
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# [[Whatever (Hamasaki Ayumi)|WHATEVER "Ferry 'System F' Corsten vocal extended mix"]]
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# [[Appears|appears "Keith Litman's Mix of Truth"]]
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# [[Immature|immature "JT Original CM Version"]]
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# [[Appears|appears "99 Greeting Mix" (Instrumental)]]
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# [[Immature|immature "JT Original CM Version" (Instrumental)]]
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* CD 4 <small>(20th Anniversary Edition - 4CD+DVD)</small>
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# [[Appears|appears (HΛL‘s Progress)]]
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# [[Appears|appears (Acoustic version)]]
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# [[Appears|appears (Armin van Buuren’s remix)]]
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# [[Appears|appears (Junior‘s Appears On The Air)]]
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# [[Appears|appears (HW Club Mix)]]
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# [[Appears|appears (DJ-TURBO remix)]]
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# [[Appears|appears (Junior’s Club Mix)]]
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# [[Appears|appears (HW Tokyo Hard House Mix)]]
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# [[Appears|appears (Armin van Buuren‘s Sunset Dub)]]
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# [[Appears|appears (Aggressive Extended Mix)]]
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# [[Appears|appears (Melodic Extended Mix)]]
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# [[Appears|appears (Shinichi Osawa remix)]]
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# [[Appears|appears (Inst melo version)]]
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* DVD <small>(20th Anniversary Edition - 4CD+DVD)</small>
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# [[Fly High (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Fly high]]
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# [[Boys & Girls]]
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# [[To Be|TO BE]]
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# [[Whatever (Hamasaki Ayumi)|WHATEVER]]
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# [[Appears|appears]]
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# [[Kanariya (Hamasaki Ayumi)|kanariya]]
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# [[Love ~Destiny~|LOVE ~Destiny~]]
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# [[Who...|Who... (Live Lyric Video)]]
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# [[Trauma (Hamasaki Ayumi)|Trauma (Choreography Video)]] (振り付け映像)
  
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This album has a high concentration of single songs. No less than 12 of the 17 songs had been previously released on singles, and two more were released as singles after the album came out. As a result, many songs have been reversioned in some way.
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; Information
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<div align="justify">
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''LOVEppears'' is the sophomore studio album recorded by [[Hamasaki Ayumi]]. It was released in double disc format, containing the record and a bonus CD. When working on this album is where Hamasaki first worked with the ideas of "Black Ayumi" who was featured on the cover, and "White Ayumi" who is featured on the back; A concept that was revisited on her ''[[A Best 2 -White-|A BEST 2]]'' [[A Best 2 -Black-|albums]]. With this new record Hamasaki has shifted her sound from pop-rock on ''[[A Song for XX|A Song for ××]]'' to more dance orientated electronic pop, and she would start to gain popularity with dance clubs for her series of ''Ayu-mix'' remix albums and singles.
  
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"kanariya" is a hidden track on the album, after "Who..."
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This album features a high concentration of singles. With 12 of songs were A-side releases, and a total of 17 songs had been previously released, and two more were released as singles after the album came out. The track "[[Appears|appears]]" was released as a single alongside ''LOVEppears''. In December 2014, over 15 years after it's initial release, "[[Who...]]" was certified Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] for over 250,000 digital downloads. The album brought Hamasaki several nominations and accolades, including a win at the [[Japan Gold Disc Awards]] for Best Pop Album of the Year, marking her second win after ''[[A Song for XX|A Song for ××]]''.
  
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Disc 2 of the album includes two 10-minute megamixes, one new remix, and two previously released remixes from the "ayu-mi-x" remix album. It also came with a CD Extra section: when disc 2 was placed in the purchaser's computer, a multimedia presentation of Hamasaki's discography, commercials, and magazine appearances was available, plus various pieces of multimedia such as sound clips and videos.
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The album reached #1 on the weekly  [[Oricon]] chart, and did so for three consecutive weeks. It sold 1,443,490 copies in 1999, becoming the #15 album of the year. It also sold 1,077,960 copies in 2000, becoming the #14 album of the year. ''LOVEppears'' continued to rank for a total of 64 weeks, selling 2,562,130 copies in all.
  
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LOVEppears charted at '''#1''' on the Oricon charts for 3 consecutive weeks.
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==Bonus Material==
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On its first week it sold 1,201,879 copies and in total it sold 2,562,130 copies.
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[[File:‎ Loveppears_Promo.jpg|thumb|350px|Hamasaki Ayumi promoting the album]]
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The album came with a lot of bonus material on the second CD aside from the remix tracks. The special footage and files can be accessed via CD-ROM. <small><ref>[http://www.eneabba.net/ayu/disco/albums/02.LOVEppears.htm Info on CD Extra Content]</ref></small>
  
 
The overseas release of the album includes a fold-out poster, notorious for its typo, calling the singer "ayumi hamamsaki."
 
The overseas release of the album includes a fold-out poster, notorious for its typo, calling the singer "ayumi hamamsaki."
  
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==Track Listing==
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* A collection of 15 [[CM|commercials]] for music releases, and ten commercials for other products.
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===DISC 1===
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* A complete single's discography (up to this point) with small audio samples.
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* Photographs from music and fashion [[Hamasaki Ayumi (Magazines)|magazines]].
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* Footage from a small gallery in New York, which is where the video clip for "[[Appears|appears]]" was shot.
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* A commercial for ''[[A Film for XX|A Film for ××]]'' video.
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* Audio files of Hamasaki's voice.  
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!align="left"|Credits
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|align="left"|1.
 
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|align="left"|Introduction
 
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|align="left"|01:09
 
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!align="left"|Music/Arrangement: HΛL
 
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|align="left"|2.
 
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|align="left"|Fly high
 
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|align="left"|04:07
 
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: HΛL
 
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|align="left"|3.
 
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|align="left"|Trauma
 
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|align="left"|04:17
 
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, D.A.I
 
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|align="left"|4.
 
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|align="left"|And then
 
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|align="left"|04:14
 
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!align="left"|Music: Yasuhiko Hoshino/Arrangement:
 
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|align="left"|5.
 
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|align="left"|immature "Album Version"
 
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|align="left"|04:44
 
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!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: HΛL
 
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|align="left"|6.
 
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|align="left"|Boys & Girls
 
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|align="left"|03:54
 
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, D.A.I
 
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|align="left"|7.
 
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|align="left"|TO BE (Album Mix)
 
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|align="left"|05:18
 
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, D.A.I
 
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|align="left"|8.
 
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|align="left"|End roll
 
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|align="left"|04:49
 
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, D.A.I
 
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|align="left"|9.
 
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|align="left"|P.S II
 
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|align="left"|04:48
 
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!align="left"|Music: Hideaki Kuwabara/Arrangement: HΛL
 
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|align="left"|10.
 
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|align="left"|WHATEVER "Dub's 1999 Club Remix"
 
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|align="left"|07:20
 
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!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: Izumi "D.M.X" Miyazaki
 
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|align="left"|11.
 
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|align="left"|too late (Album Mix)
 
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|align="left"|04:25
 
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, D.A.I
 
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|align="left"|12.
 
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|align="left"|appears "Album Version"
 
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|align="left"|05:38
 
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!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: HΛL
 
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|align="left"|13.
 
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|align="left"|monochrome (Album Mix)
 
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|align="left"|04:22
 
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!align="left"|Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, D.A.I
 
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|align="left"|14.
 
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|align="left"|Interlude
 
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|align="left"|00:56
 
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!align="left"|Music/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
 
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|align="left"|15.
 
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|align="left"|LOVE ~refrain~
 
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|align="left"|05:21
 
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!align="left"|Music: TSUNKU/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
 
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|align="left"|16.
 
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|align="left"|Who... + kanariya
 
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|align="left"|09:58
 
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!align="left"|Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
 
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===DISC 2 + CD Extra===
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==Oricon Chart Positions==
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!align="left"|Track Name
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!Mon||Tue||Wed||Thu||Fri||Sat||Sun||Week Rank||Sales
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!align="left"|Length
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!align="left"|Credits
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||1        ||1,201,870
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|1.
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||1        ||241,620
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|align="left"|ayu's EURO MEGA-MIX (Y&Co. Mix)
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|09:48
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||1        ||178,600 
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!align="left"|Remixed by Akira "BOSS" Yokota, Tetsuya "REMOCON" Tamura
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|- align="center"
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|-
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||2        ||130,110
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|align="left"|2.
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|ayu's HOUSE MEGA-MIX (N.S House Mix)
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||4        ||100,360
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|align="left"|09:58
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|- align="center"
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!align="left"|Remixed by Shoji Ueda
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||7        ||70,950
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|3.
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||9        ||70,660
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|align="left"|A Song for XX "MILLENNIUM MIX" from 1st album
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|04:45
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||rowspan="2"|7||rowspan="2"|142,640
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!align="left"|Mixed by Dave Way
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|- align="center"
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|-
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- 
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|align="left"|4.
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|POWDER SNOW "Acoustic Orchestra Version" from ayu-mi-kkusu
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||9        ||31,950
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|align="left"|05:03
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|- align="center"
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!align="left"|Arrangement: Akimitsu Honma/Mixed by Atsushi Hattori
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||11        ||21,510
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|-
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|5.
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||17      ||19,540
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|align="left"|FRIEND II "MAKE MY MAD MIX" from ayu-mi-x
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|04:26
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||19      ||17,150
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!align="left"|Remixed by HΛL
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|- align="center"
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|-
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||15        ||16,650
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|align="left"|+
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|- align="center"
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|align="left"|CD Extra
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||15        ||13,370
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|align="left"|
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|- align="center"
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!align="left"|
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||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||21        ||16,110
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|-
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|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||25        ||12,970
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||35        ||9,520
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||42        ||8,300
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||47        ||10,220
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||49        ||7,610
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||-  ||41        ||7,980
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||40        ||6,900
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||40        ||6,900
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||43        ||6,330
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||46        ||6,510
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||49        ||6,830
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||43        ||5,240
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||37      ||5,950
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||31        ||9,980
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||37        ||8,040
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||32        ||7,480
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||31        ||8,020
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||39        ||9,570
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||45        ||6,420
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||45       ||6,540
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||37        ||6,820
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||48        ||6,210
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||54        ||5,260
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||49        ||5,230
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||34        ||6,540
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||27        ||8,560
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||43        ||5,890
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||31        ||6,570
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||51        ||4,400
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||40        || 4,810
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||56        ||4,910
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||56        ||4,320
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||49        ||4,850
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||50        ||4,830
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||- ||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||53        ||4,480
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||61        ||4,090
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||65        ||3,960
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- ||73        ||3,290
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||79        ||2,930
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||97        ||2,950
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||89        ||3,090
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||rowspan="2"|55||rowspan="2"|13,570
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||- 
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||59        ||3,990
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||57        ||3,960
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||76        ||3,960
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||75        ||3,310
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||98        ||2,940
 +
|- align="center"
 +
||- ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||-  ||100        ||2,910
 
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==Interview from beatfreak magazine==
 
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'''First off, can you tell us the origin of the title of your second album, "LOVEppears"?"LOVEppears" is the words LOVE (love) and appears ("seems to be") mixed. People say that it's a coined term made up by Ayu, but what kind of meaning does it have?'''
 
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'''Ayu:''' The title "LOVEppears" has two meanings to it, "thing that seems like love" and "discrepancy between what we see and what's really there." When I was thinking about the jacket design, I was concerned about the title I'd use, and my staff were there with a suggestion. They said, "You should use English word A and English word B, and put them together to make a whole new word."
 
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'''How did you decide to connect "LOVE" and "appears" together in the first place?'''
 
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'''Ayu:''' Before starting my trip to New York for the Jacket photo shoot, when I looked out the window from inside the car, there was a couple that looked SO happy, but I personally was thinking, maybe they're in the middle of a serious crisis. Or maybe they're actually talking about separating. So I thought of the meaning "Seems to be" for the word "appears" and stuck it on there. We give ourselves certain outward appearances and images, trying to make it look like things are good or bad, whatever we want to show people, but really things aren't as we're showing.
 
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'''So yeah, that discrepancy between what's percieved & what's real that you mentioned. But with the sort of air you put forth, an objective third party could tell that the way you write here isn't like your style on your first album. Like for me, I think that style is more clear when put next to "TO BE" or "Boys & Girls." But what do you think?'''
 
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'''Ayu:''' Mm-hmm, I think there was a change there.
 
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'''Do you think it's a spontaneous occurrance, or do you think it's the result of yourself changing?'''
 
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Ayu:''' I changed after absorbing various things & growing, but I was thinking for days about things like, what is it that I absorbed after my first album? Thanks to my writing I think I became aware that after I understood something, I would have to change as a result, wouldn't I?
 
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'''Sound-wise, on the maxi single "Boys & Girls" for example, there are alot of remixes with Hard House and reggae tastes that have been included.'''
 
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'''Ayu:''' For the second album the producers were thinking those sorts of sounds could be put in. Both parties have to decide on a remix's core arrangement, so when people who like me & people who have helped me since my debut introduced me to the sound, I thought about it.
 
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'''Ayu:''' Sure! Well, while working on "A Song for XX," for example, during the sad times that I couldn't shake, I'd always be saying "I'm very sad, I can't shake this." Quietly crying, quietly wounded, quietly mourning. But with "LOVEppears," during sad times, I express it with furious sounds, shouting out, screaming. I can see that there are some things I couldn't change, but I had alot of that sort of tension this year. So that's how that was. This album is like that, but next time, what will I be like? I can't know that. Maybe with the next album, I'll go back to sounding like I did on the first. Who knows? Or maybe I'll have a totally different way of doing things.
 
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'''By the way, before doing this interview, when we talked to your producer Max Matsuura, he said: "Ayu is a very meticulous worker behind the scenes. Alot of the work she does by herself is more in the Producer's arena. I think really we should say 'Produced by Ayumi Hamasaki'." But what do you think of that statement?'''
 
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I've heard it said several times, "Let's say 'Produced by ayumi hamasaki'," but Ayu's producer is Max Matsuura, and it's meaningless to try to say otherwise. Sure, practically speaking, I do producer-like duties, as do a few others. But why do I do it? Why do I stretch myself to that extent? I ask myself that, but I think max matsuura is the one doing most of it after all. So, for the sake of holding onto myself, if anyone else wanted to be Hamasaki Ayumi's producer, I wouldn't be interested.
 
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'''Saying those words, your producer Max Matsuura is giving you more credit than you think you deserve, it seems. Anyway, right after the album release, what kind of schedule is the year 2000 going to have for you?'''
 
  
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'''Ayu:''' Once the album is out there, once the feeling starts to come to me, I plan on releasing who-knows-how-many new singles. Then after that.... ummm... Definitely gonna do something. I think. Hahaha!
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Latest revision as of 20:16, 7 June 2020

Album Cover
Artist
Hamasaki Ayumi
Album
LOVEppears
Released
1999.11.10
2019.11.10 (LOVEppears / appears -20th Anniversary Edition-)
Catalog Number
AVCD-11740
AVCD-96371A (20th Anniversary Edition - 4CD+DVD)
AVCD-96375A (20th Anniversary Edition - 3CD)
Price
¥7,480 (20th Anniversary Edition - 4CD+DVD)
¥4,730 (20th Anniversary Edition - 3CD)
¥3,059
Tracklist
  • CD 1
  1. Introduction
  2. Fly high
  3. Trauma
  4. And Then
  5. immature "Album Version"
  6. Boys & Girls
  7. TO BE
  8. End roll
  9. P.S II
  10. WHATEVER "Dub's 1999 Remix"
  11. too late
  12. appears "Album Version"
  13. monochrome
  14. Interlude
  15. LOVE ~refrain~
  16. Who...
  17. kanariya (Bonus track)
  • CD 2
  1. ayu's EURO MEGA-MIX "Y&Co Mix"
  2. ayu's HOUSE MEGA-MIX "N.S House Mix"
  3. A Song for ×× "MILLENNIUM MIX"
  4. POWDER SNOW "Acoustic Orchestra Version" from ayu-ro-mix
  5. FRIEND II "MAKE MY MAD MIX" from ayu-mi-x
  • CD 3 (20th Anniversary Edition)
  1. appears "99 Greeting Mix"
  2. appears "Scud Filter Mix"
  3. appears "Dub's Eurotech Remix"
  4. WHATEVER "Ferry 'System F' Corsten dub mix"
  5. appears "JP's SoundFactory Mix"
  6. appears "HAL's MIX"
  7. immature "D-Z DUAL LUCIFER MIX"
  8. WHATEVER "Ferry 'System F' Corsten vocal extended mix"
  9. appears "Keith Litman's Mix of Truth"
  10. immature "JT Original CM Version"
  11. appears "99 Greeting Mix" (Instrumental)
  12. immature "JT Original CM Version" (Instrumental)
  • CD 4 (20th Anniversary Edition - 4CD+DVD)
  1. appears (HΛL‘s Progress)
  2. appears (Acoustic version)
  3. appears (Armin van Buuren’s remix)
  4. appears (Junior‘s Appears On The Air)
  5. appears (HW Club Mix)
  6. appears (DJ-TURBO remix)
  7. appears (Junior’s Club Mix)
  8. appears (HW Tokyo Hard House Mix)
  9. appears (Armin van Buuren‘s Sunset Dub)
  10. appears (Aggressive Extended Mix)
  11. appears (Melodic Extended Mix)
  12. appears (Shinichi Osawa remix)
  13. appears (Inst melo version)
  • DVD (20th Anniversary Edition - 4CD+DVD)
  1. Fly high
  2. Boys & Girls
  3. TO BE
  4. WHATEVER
  5. appears
  6. kanariya
  7. LOVE ~Destiny~
  8. Who... (Live Lyric Video)
  9. Trauma (Choreography Video) (振り付け映像)
Information

LOVEppears is the sophomore studio album recorded by Hamasaki Ayumi. It was released in double disc format, containing the record and a bonus CD. When working on this album is where Hamasaki first worked with the ideas of "Black Ayumi" who was featured on the cover, and "White Ayumi" who is featured on the back; A concept that was revisited on her A BEST 2 albums. With this new record Hamasaki has shifted her sound from pop-rock on A Song for ×× to more dance orientated electronic pop, and she would start to gain popularity with dance clubs for her series of Ayu-mix remix albums and singles.

This album features a high concentration of singles. With 12 of songs were A-side releases, and a total of 17 songs had been previously released, and two more were released as singles after the album came out. The track "appears" was released as a single alongside LOVEppears. In December 2014, over 15 years after it's initial release, "Who..." was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for over 250,000 digital downloads. The album brought Hamasaki several nominations and accolades, including a win at the Japan Gold Disc Awards for Best Pop Album of the Year, marking her second win after A Song for ××.

The album reached #1 on the weekly Oricon chart, and did so for three consecutive weeks. It sold 1,443,490 copies in 1999, becoming the #15 album of the year. It also sold 1,077,960 copies in 2000, becoming the #14 album of the year. LOVEppears continued to rank for a total of 64 weeks, selling 2,562,130 copies in all.

Bonus Material

Hamasaki Ayumi promoting the album

The album came with a lot of bonus material on the second CD aside from the remix tracks. The special footage and files can be accessed via CD-ROM. [1]

The overseas release of the album includes a fold-out poster, notorious for its typo, calling the singer "ayumi hamamsaki."

  • A collection of 15 commercials for music releases, and ten commercials for other products.
  • A complete single's discography (up to this point) with small audio samples.
  • Photographs from music and fashion magazines.
  • Footage from a small gallery in New York, which is where the video clip for "appears" was shot.
  • A commercial for A Film for ×× video.
  • Audio files of Hamasaki's voice.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- - - - - - - 1 1,201,870
- - - - - - - 1 241,620
- - - - - - - 1 178,600
- - - - - - - 2 130,110
- - - - - - - 4 100,360
- - - - - - - 7 70,950
- - - - - - - 9 70,660
- - - - - - - 7 142,640
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- - - - - - - 9 31,950
- - - - - - - 11 21,510
- - - - - - - 17 19,540
- - - - - - - 19 17,150
- - - - - - - 15 16,650
- - - - - - - 15 13,370
- - - - - - - 21 16,110
- - - - - - - 25 12,970
- - - - - - - 35 9,520
- - - - - - - 42 8,300
- - - - - - - 47 10,220
- - - - - - - 49 7,610
- - - - - - - 41 7,980
- - - - - - - 40 6,900
- - - - - - - 40 6,900
- - - - - - - 43 6,330
- - - - - - - 46 6,510
- - - - - - - 49 6,830
- - - - - - - 43 5,240
- - - - - - - 37 5,950
- - - - - - - 31 9,980
- - - - - - - 37 8,040
- - - - - - - 32 7,480
- - - - - - - 31 8,020
- - - - - - - 39 9,570
- - - - - - - 45 6,420
- - - - - - - 45 6,540
- - - - - - - 37 6,820
- - - - - - - 48 6,210
- - - - - - - 54 5,260
- - - - - - - 49 5,230
- - - - - - - 34 6,540
- - - - - - - 27 8,560
- - - - - - - 43 5,890
- - - - - - - 31 6,570
- - - - - - - 51 4,400
- - - - - - - 40 4,810
- - - - - - - 56 4,910
- - - - - - - 56 4,320
- - - - - - - 49 4,850
- - - - - - - 50 4,830
- - - - - - - 53 4,480
- - - - - - - 61 4,090
- - - - - - - 65 3,960
- - - - - - - 73 3,290
- - - - - - - 79 2,930
- - - - - - - 97 2,950
- - - - - - - 89 3,090
- - - - - - - 55 13,570
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- - - - - - - 59 3,990
- - - - - - - 57 3,960
- - - - - - - 76 3,960
- - - - - - - 75 3,310
- - - - - - - 98 2,940
- - - - - - - 100 2,910
  • Total Reported Sales: 2,562,130

References

  1. ↑ Info on CD Extra Content

External Links

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