''Love'' (stylized as LOVE) is the twelfth studio album of the Japanese boy band

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. The album was released on October 23, 2013 under their record label

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in two editions: a limited edition and a regular edition. The regular edition comes with a 32-page photo lyrics booklet, while the limited edition comes with a 60-page photo lyrics booklet and a bonus DVD with a music video for "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The album sold over 670,000 copies in its first week and became the best-selling album of 2013 in Japan. It was released digitally on February 7, 2020.

Album information

Both the regular edition and the limited edition contain 16 songs. The regular edition comes with a 32-page photo lyrics booklet, while the limited edition comes with a 60-page photo lyrics booklet and a bonus DVD with a music video for "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The album jacket cover for both versions are different.

Songs

"Love" includes two of the group's previously released singles: " Calling/Breathless" and "

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". This album also includes eight new songs plus five of each member's solo songs. The limited edition comes with a bonus music video for one of the new songs on the album, "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The members of Arashi travelled to

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to learn the choreography for this song, which was choreographed by JaQuel Knight. Arashi has not released a music video for an album song since 2011, when they released a video for "Mada Minu Sekai e" from the album Beautiful World.

Promotion

To support their new album,

performed a live tour "Arashi LIVE TOUR Love" hitting all the major dome stadiums in Japan. They had 16 performances beginning on Nagoya Dome on November 8, followed by

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on November 15,

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on November 22,

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on December 12, and

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on December 20, 2013. A video explaining the steps for the dance to their new song, "FUNKY", was uploaded onto their agency's official website. Arashi encouraged fans to learn the steps so that they could all dance together during the concert.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Musicians

* Arashi ** Aiba Masaki – lead vocals ** Jun Matsumoto – lead vocals ** Kazunari Ninomiya – lead vocals ** Satoshi Ohno – lead vocals ** Sho Sakurai – lead vocals * Kumi Sasaki – chorus arrangement , chorus * ko-saku – chorus arrangement * Shotaro – chorus arrangement * Akira – chorus arrangement * ha-j – chorus arrangement * Taeko Saito – chorus * Saeko Suzuki – chorus * Naoki Takao – chorus * Yoshito Fuchigami – chorus * Yutaka Odawara – drums * TARROW-ONE – drums * Toru Kawamura – drums * Chiharu Mikuzuki – bass guitar * SHIYOU a.k.a. Pit Bulldog – bass guitar * Takeshi Taneda – bass guitar * Yuzo Shibata – bass guitar * Hiroomi Shitara – electric guitar , acoustic guitar ,

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, mandolin * Sho Horisaki – electric guitar * TAKU a.k.a. K-CITY PRINCE – electric guitar , programming * Horikazu Ogura – electric guitar , acoustic guitar * Genta Fukue – electric guitar * Akitoshi Kuroda – electric guitar , acoustic guitar , mandolin , ukelele * Gen ittetsu Strings – strings * the Gaya-xy – gaya * MITCH – trumpet * KenT – tenor saxophone * DJ O.H.B.A –

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Production

* Johnny H. Kitagawa – executive producer * Julie K. – producer * Jin Kano – musician co-ordinator * Shigeru Tanida – recording, mixing * Mikiro Yamda – recording * Akitomu Takakuwa – recording * Yohei Takita – recording * Hideyuki Matsuhashi – recording * Masahito Komori – recording * Shohei Kojima – 2nd engineer * Hiroaki Notoya – 2nd engineer * Masayuki Tsuruta – 2nd engineer * Ryota Hattanda – 2nd engineer * Hiroshi Kawasaki – mastering * Takayuki Nakazawa – art direction & design * Hiroshi Manaka – photography * Takafumi Kawasaki – wardrobe stylist * MAKE-UP ROOM – hair & make-up * Masato Kawai – props * JaQuel Knight – choreographer

Release history

References

External links

''Love'' product information
{{Authority control 2013 albums Arashi albums Japanese-language albums J Storm albums