''Love the World'' (in some countries ''Perfume Global Compilation "Love the World"'') is the second compilation album by the Japanese trio

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. It was released on September 12, 2012 in Japan under their old label

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, in two editions: CD+DVD and in a regular CD edition. All its songs were produced by

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, and the album was released in Asia on October 15, 2012 and also worldwide. The digital release of the album was on September 12, 2012 via iTunes worldwide, except for Asia.

Background

The album was announced on the Perfume website on August 5, 2012. The physical version of the album is Perfume's first album to be released outside Japan, after having their first official global tour ''Perfume World Tour 1st'' that went to

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and

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. The album was released in two editions: CD+DVD, the DVD including the music video of the song "Fake It", a making-of from the video and a special video of the song "Polyrhythm." To promote the album, the music video of "Fake It" was released through Japan's music TV channels, such as

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and Space Shower TV.

Composition

The album is composed of sixteen tracks, including singles, b-sides, album tracks and two new mixes. All songs were produced by

. The songs "

Polyrhythm Polyrhythm is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter. The rhythmic layers may be the basis of an entire piece of music ( cross-rhyt ...

", "

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", "Chocolate Disco", "Game", "Butterfly" and " Secret Secret" are from the band's first album '' Game''. " Electro World" is from their first compilation album '' Perfume: Complete Best''; " Dream Fighter", "

Love the World "Love the World" (stylized as "love the world") is Perfume's 7th major single. It was released on July 9, 2008 and debuted at number one on the Oricon chart, becoming the first electropop song from an electropop act to do so, Yellow Magic Orchest ...

", "Edge" and "Night Flight" are from their second album ''

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''; "

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", "My Color" and "Glitter" are from their third album '' JPN''; "Seventh Heaven" is the b-side of the single "

"; and "Fake It" the b-side of the single "

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Track listing

Chart performance

Oricon

Other charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2012 compilation albums Japanese-language albums Perfume (Japanese band) albums Albums produced by Yasutaka Nakata