:Fuse of Love
{{Infobox album
| name = Fuse of Love
| type = studio
| artist = Mai Kuraki
| cover = FUSE OF LOVE mai kuraki.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2005|08|24}}
| recorded = 2004–2005
| studio =
| length = 48:26
| label = Giza Studio
| producer = Mai Kuraki, Kanonji
| prev_title = Wish You the Best
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Diamond Wave
| next_year = 2006
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Fuse of Love
| type = studio
| single1 = Ashita e Kakeru Hashi
| single1date = May 19, 2004
| single2 = Love, Needing
| single2date = January 26, 2005
| single3 = Dancing
| single3date = March 23, 2005
| single4 = P.S My Sunshine
| single4date = June 1, 2005
}}
}}
Fuse of Love is the fifth studio album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on August 24, 2005, over two years after If I Believe.
Background
This album is the first to be produced by Kuraki herself.{{cite web|url=http://www.mfmagazine.com/mfm/other_contents/backnumber/previous_year/2005/05_08/0508_tokushu1.html|title=倉木麻衣 interview～ニュー・アルバム『FUSE OF LOVE』|access-date=2010-09-25|language=ja}}
Nearly five years after its release, the song "Chance for You" was chosen to be the theme song for the movie Soft Boy and a re-arranged "Cinema Version" was digitally released on June 16, 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000061314|title=倉木麻衣 : 倉木麻衣、映画『ソフトボーイ』主題歌配信決定 / BARKS ニュース|access-date=2010-09-25|date=2010-05-24|work=Barks|language=ja}}
Commercial performance
Fuse of Love debuted at #3 with 108,269 copies sold making it Kuraki's first album to not open/peak at number-one on the Oricon albums chart.{{cite web|url=http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/music/3914/1092585293/84|title=ビーイング＠売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所＠JBBS掲示板|access-date=2010-09-25|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720021626/http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/music/3914/1092585293/84|archive-date=2011-07-20}} The album stayed in the top 10 for two weeks and charted for a total of 13 weeks.{{cite web|url=http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/music/3914/storage/1125806375.html#488 |script-title=ja:【オリコン】売上枚数Q＆A【2005/09/04付】 |access-date=2010-09-25 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720021208/http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/music/3914/storage/1125806375.html |archive-date=2011-07-20 }} Fuse of Love was the 81st best selling album of 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.musictvprogram.com/corner-ranking-2005.html|title=2005年 年間CDシングル/アルバム/トータルセールス/VIDEO/DVD/カラオケ/作詞家・作曲家・編曲家 ランキング|access-date=2010-09-25|language=ja}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| headline =
| all_lyrics = Mai Kuraki
| total_length = 48:26
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| title1 = Honey, Feeling for Me
| music1 = Aika Ohno
| length1 = 4:08
| extra1 = Shingo Kamata
| title2 = P.S My Sunshine
| music2 = Hitoshi Okamoto (from Garnet Crow)
| length2 = 3:50
| extra2 = Okamoto
| title3 = You look at me~one
| music3 = Yoshinobu Ohga (from OOM)
| length3 = 3:59
| extra3 = Ohga
| title4 = Kakenukeru Inazuma
| note4 = {{nihongo2|駆け抜ける稲妻}} "Lightning Passing By"
| music4 = Ohga
| length4 = 5:01
| extra4 = Ohga
| title5 = Don't Leave Me Alone
| music5 = Ohga
| length5 = 4:55
| extra5 = Ohga
| title6 = Love, Needing
| music6 = Ohno
| length6 = 3:18
| extra6 = Hiroshi Asai (from The Tambourines)
| title7 = Dancing
| music7 = Akihito Tokunaga (from doa)
| length7 = 3:48
| extra7 = Tokunaga
| title8 = Tell Me What
| music8 = Ohno
| length8 = 3:51
| extra8 = Okamoto
| title9 = Love Sick
| music9 = Ohno
| length9 = 4:07
| extra9 = Ohga
| title10 = Ashita e Kakeru Hashi
| music10 = Tokunaga
| length10 = 4:00
| extra10 = Daisuke Ikeda, Tokunaga
| title11 = I Sing a Song for You
| note11 =
| music11 = Ohno
| length11 = 3:53
| extra11 = Piano arrangement: Ohno
| title12 = Chance for You
| note12 =
| music12 = Ohno
| length12 = 3:31
| extra12 = Asai
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2005) !Peak |
| Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart{{cite news|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/4524/|title=倉木麻衣、6作連続首位獲得なるか!? ニュース-ORICON STYLE-|access-date=2010-09-25|date=2005-08-24|work=Oricon|language=ja}}
|align="center"|1 |
| Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
|align="center"|3 |
| Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.jp/darusta2004/rank/2005/sep.html|title=2005 9月売上ランキング|access-date=2010-09-25|language=ja}}
|align="center"|3 |
| Japan Oricon Yearly Albums Chart
|align="center"|81 |
Certifications
| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| Country
! Provider ! Sales |
|---|
| align="center"|Japan
|align="center"|RIAJ |align="center"|Gold{{cite news|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200508.html|script-title=ja:ゴールド等認定作品認定 2005年8月|access-date=2010-09-25|work=RIAJ|language=ja}} |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|http://mai-kuraki.com/}}
{{Mai Kuraki}}
{{Authority control}}