Loveppears
- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Album
- LOVEppears
- Released
- 1999.11.10
- Catalog Number
- AVCD-11740
- Price
- ¥3,059
- CD1 Tracklist
- Introduction
- Fly high
- Trauma
- And then
- immature "Album Version"
- Boys & Girls
- TO BE
- End roll
- P.S II
- WHATEVER "Dub's 1999 Club Remix"
- too late
- appears "Album Version"
- monochrome
- Interlude
- LOVE ~refrain~
- Who...
- kanariya (Secret Track)
- CD2 Tracklist
- ayu's EURO MEGA-MIX "Y&Co Mix"
- ayu's HOUSE MEGA-MIX "N.S House Mix"
- A Song for XX "MILLENNIUM MIX"
- POWDER SNOW "Acoustic Oechestra Version" from ayu-ro-mix
- FREND II "MAKE MY MAD MIX" from ayu-mi-x
- DISC Extra
- CM Album - video files of 15 commercials for music releases and 10 commercials for other products.
- Discography singles with small audio samples.
- Internet Gateway Lycos - relevant Internet links.
- Magazine - small photos from music and fashion magazines.
- N.Y.C - a small gallery from New York (where music video clip 'appears' was made).
- PV Remix - a small commercial for 'A Film for XX' video.
- Web Site - link to the official Internet site.
- Voice File - about twenty small audio files of Hamasaki's voice.
- Information
LOVEppears is Hamasaki Ayumi's second full-length album. 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 Ayumi" and "white Ayumi" respectively.
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.
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.
It charted at #1 on the Oricon charts for 3 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. This album charted for 64 weeks and sold a total of 2,562,130 copies.
The overseas release of the album includes a fold-out poster, notorious for its typo, calling the singer "ayumi hamamsaki."
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