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's second album, her first being ''

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'', and was released on June 30, 2004. The album charted at #18 during its first week on the

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s, with 11,049 copies sold.

Background information

''Gratitude'' is

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ese R&B/

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singer LISA's second

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since she left the hip-hop duo

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. The album was released in June 2004 and debuted at #19 on

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, staying on the charts for seven weeks. During its run, the album sold 11,049 in its first week and a total of 22,393 by the end of week seven. The album was released as a CD+Bonus CD edition - the latter of which featured covers of famous songs, both in English and Japanese. Some of the songs included "

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, " Time After Time" by

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and "

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" by

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. To help promote the album, some of the songs were used in promotional advertisements. Those songs included "So Beautiful" for

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, "I Only Want To Be With You" for an electronics store and "Switch" for the ''

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. The album featured several

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artists on various tracks. Japanese

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band

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("Orchestra of the Light") collaborated with LISA for the track "Gracias a Dios" (lit. ''Thank God'').

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band HOME GROWN was featured in two tracks on the album: "Peace in Love" (track #6) and " Tonbo," which was track #3 on the second disc.

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soloist LISA LION also made an appearance for the song "i am pop."

Promotional advertisements

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's Medicated Body Whitening "Stretch Up." (ニベアボディ薬用ホワイトニング・ストレッチアップ / BODI Yakuyou HOWAITONINGU STRETCH UP). "I Only Want To Be With You" was used in a

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for TDK Electronics. The only other track to be used was "Switch," which was used as the

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to the Japan released

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game ''

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Track listing

References

External links

LISA Official Discography Web Site

Oricon Music Special
{{Authority control 2004 albums LISA (Japanese musician, born 1974) albums Avex Group albums