"Always Love" is a song by
Japan
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ese pop group,
MAX. It was released as their 19th single and was used as the ending theme to the
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program, ''Sports Max''.
It is the last of five singles leading up to their fourth original studio album, ''
Emotional History
''Emotional History'' is MAX (band), MAX's fourth original studio album on original label, Avex Trax. The album comes three years after the release of their last studio album, ''Maximum Groove'' in 1998. It is their first album to contain songs w ...
'' (2001). The song was written by Hiromi Mori who has worked with MAX on their singles, "
Shinin'on-Shinin'love and "
Love Impact." It was composed by
T2ya
T2ya, born , is a Japanese songwriter and keyboardist from Gunma Prefecture. In the 1990s, he supported the agency Rising Production, which was later renamed Vision Factory. He wrote both the music and the lyrics of Olivia Lufkin's " I.L.Y. (YokubÅ ...
and is his first production with the group.
Music video
The music video was filmed on January 23, 2001 at Aoyama no Bou Studio.
It focused almost entirely on the group's dance choreography with solo scenes of each member in various costumes.
Track list
Chart performance
Personnel
* Executive producer: Johnny Taira
* Produced by Max Matsuura
* Co-produced by Junichi "Randy" Tsuchiya
* Director: Yukihito Sakakibara
* A&R chief: Vanity Maekawa
* A&R: Toshikazu Sakawa
* Mixed by Naoki Yamada
* Mixed at Planet Kingdom Studio
* Recording engineers: Hiroto Kobayashi
* Computer programmer: T2ya
* Mastered by Toshiya Horiuchi
* Promotion: Takashi Kasuga, Yukio Takemura, Akira Kobayashi, Seij Fukagawa
Art direction and design
* Art direction and design: Katsuhito Tadokoro
* Photography: Sunao Ohmori
* Stylist: Akarumi Someya
* Hair & make-up: Maki Tawa
* Creative coordinator: Naoki Ueda
References
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2001 singles
MAX (band) songs
Song recordings produced by Max Matsuura
Songs written by T2ya
2001 songs
Avex Trax singles