Loveppears
- Artist
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Album
- LOVEppears
- Released
- 1999.11.10
- Catalog Number
- AVCD-11740 JPN(CD)
- Price
- ¥3,059 (CD)
- Tracklist
- DISC 1
- Introduction
- Fly high
- Trauma
- And then
- immature (Album Version)
- Boys & Girls
- TO BE (Album Mix)**
- End roll
- P.S II
- WHATEVER "Dub's 1999 Club Remix"
- too late (Album Mix)**
- appears (Album Version)
- monochrome (Album Mix)**
- Interlude
- LOVE ~refrain~
- Who...
- kanariya ~hidden track
- DISC 2
01 ayu's EURO MEGA-MIX "Y&Co Mix" "poker face/YOU/Trust/Depend on You/WHATEVER/Boys & Girls/monochrome/Trauma/too late/End roll"
02 ayu's HOUSE MEGA-MIX "N.S House Mix" "poker face/Depend on you/Hana/SIGNAL/Friend II/Boys & Girls/monochrome/too late/Trauma"
03 A Song for XX "MILLENNIUM MIX" from 1st album
04 POWDER SNOW "Acoustic Oechestra Version" from ayu-ro-mix(あゆ・み・っくす)
05 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 Ayumi voice.
- Information
LOVEppears is Ayumi Hamasaki'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 ayu" and "white ayu" 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.On its first week it sold 1,201,879 copies and in total it sold 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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