:Live (NEWS album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Live
| type = Studio album
| artist = NEWS
| cover = NEWS-Live~1.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 15, 2010
| recorded = 2010
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = J-pop
| length =
| label = Johnny's Entertainment
| producer = Johnny H. Kitagawa Executive producer
| prev_title = Color
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = NEWS Best
| next_year = 2012
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Live
| type = studio
| single1 = Koi no ABO
| single1date = April 29, 2009
| single2 = Sakura Girl
| single2date = March 31, 2010
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-mw0002092001|title=Live - NEWS Reviews|website=AllMusic|first=Adam|last=Greenberg}}
}}
Live is the fourth studio album released by the Japanese boy group NEWS. The album is certified gold for a shipment of 100,000 copies and even top the Oricon chart.
Album information
Despite its members expanding to solo projects and other musical units in the past year, popular Johnny's pop group NEWS continues going strong as a unit as well. After a long 22 months' wait, they finally unleash their latest full-length album. Live is NEWS' fourth album, and it features their hit singles "Koi no ABO" and "Sakura Girl". The album will also mark the first release of "Be Funky", the theme song to the TV drama Troubleman, starring member Kato Shigeaki. In addition to the group's usual musical collaborator zopp, GreeeeN's usual producer Jin also joins the fun with the album's title track Live.
First Press Edition comes with the group's Unplugged live concert and its making of on a bonus DVD.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Regular Edition CD
| extra_column =
| total_length = 1:05:20
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = Koi no ABO
| note1 = {{Nihongo2|恋のABO}}
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| length1 = 4:41
| title2 = LIVE
| lyrics2 =
| music2 =
| length2 = 4:53
| title3 = Umareshi Kimi e
| note3 = {{Nihongo2|生まれし君へ}}
| lyrics3 =
| music3 =
| length3 = 3:59
| title4 = Supernatural
| note4 =
| lyrics4 =
| music4 =
| length4 = 4:23
| title5 = Aki no Sora
| note5 = {{Nihongo2|秋の空}}
| lyrics5 =
| music5 =
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Futari/130000000 no Kiseki
| note6 = {{Nihongo2|2人/130000000の奇跡}}
| lyrics6 =
| music6 =
| length6 = 4:33
| title7 = Dancin' in the Secret
| lyrics7 =
| music7 =
| length7 = 3:46
| title8 = Wonderland
| note8 = {{Nihongo2|ワンダーランド}}
| lyrics8 =
| music8 =
| length8 = 4:22
| title9 = Sakura Girl
| note9 = {{Nihongo2|さくらガール}}
| lyrics9 =
| music9 =
| length9 = 4:50
| title10 = BE FUNKY!
| note10 =
| lyrics10 =
| music10 =
| length10 = 3:47
| title11 = D.T.F
| note11 =
| lyrics11 =
| music11 =
| length11 = 4:24
| title12 = Naiyou no Nai Tegami
| note12 = {{Nihongo2|内容の無い手紙}}
| lyrics12 =
| music12 =
| length12 = 4:15
| title13 = Endless Summer
| note13 = {{Nihongo2|エンドレス・サマー}}
| lyrics13 =
| music13 =
| length13 = 4:15
| title14 = Share
| note14 =
| lyrics14 =
| music14 =
| length14 = 4:31
| title15 = Forever（Unplugged Ver.）
| note15 =
| lyrics15 =
| music15 =
| length15 = 4:24
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited Edition CD
| extra_column =
| total_length = 56:25
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = Koi no ABO
| note1 = {{Nihongo2|恋のABO}}
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| length1 = 4:41
| title2 = LIVE
| lyrics2 =
| music2 =
| length2 = 4:53
| title3 = Umareshi Kimi e
| note3 = {{Nihongo2|生まれし君へ}}
| lyrics3 =
| music3 =
| length3 = 3:59
| title4 = Supernatural
| note4 =
| lyrics4 =
| music4 =
| length4 = 4:23
| title5 = Aki no Sora
| note5 = {{Nihongo2|秋の空}}
| lyrics5 =
| music5 =
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Futari/130000000 no Kiseki
| note6 = {{Nihongo2|2人/130000000の奇跡}}
| lyrics6 =
| music6 =
| length6 = 4:33
| title7 = Dancin' in the Secret
| lyrics7 =
| music7 =
| length7 = 3:46
| title8 = Wonderland
| note8 = {{Nihongo2|ワンダーランド}}
| lyrics8 =
| music8 =
| length8 = 4:22
| title9 = Sakura Girl
| note9 = {{Nihongo2|さくらガール}}
| lyrics9 =
| music9 =
| length9 = 4:50
| title10 = BE FUNKY!
| note10 =
| lyrics10 =
| music10 =
| length10 = 3:47
| title11 = D.T.F
| note11 =
| lyrics11 =
| music11 =
| length11 = 4:24
| title12 = Naiyou no Nai Tegami
| note12 = {{Nihongo2|内容の無い手紙}}
| lyrics12 =
| music12 =
| length12 = 4:15
| title13 = Endless Summer
| note13 = {{Nihongo2|エンドレス・サマー}}
| lyrics13 =
| music13 =
| length13 = 4:15
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited Edition DVD
| title1 = Unplugged LIVE
| note1 =
| length1 =
| title2 = Unplugged LIVE Making
| note2 =
| length2 =
}}
Charts and certifications
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=Charts=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2010) !Peak !Sales |
| Japan Oricon Album Weekly Chart{{cite web|title=2010年09月13日～2010年09月19日のCDアルバム週間ランキング|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2010-09-27/|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=27 September 2010}}
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|156,391 |
| Japan Oricon Album Yearly Chart{{cite web|title=Oricon Yearly Album Chart|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank1220/index05.html|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=31 December 2010}}
|align="center"|34 |align="center"|185,204 |
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=Sales and certifications=
| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| Country
! Provider ! Sales ! Certification |
|---|
| Japan
| RIAJ | 185,204 | Gold{{cite web|title=ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年9月|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201009.html|work=RIAJ|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|accessdate=30 September 2010}} |
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Release history
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070426163126/http://www.johnnys-entertainment.co.jp/top.html Official website] {{in lang|ja}}
{{News (band)}}
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