Love & Letter#Reissue

{{short description|2016 album by Seventeen}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Love & Letter

| type = Studio

| artist = Seventeen

| cover = Seventeen - Love and Letter.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2016|04|25}}

| recorded = 2015–16

| studio =

| genre = * K-pop

| length = 33:13

| language = Korean

| label = * Pledis

| producer = * Woozi

  • Bumzu
  • Won Young-heon
  • Dongnehyeong
  • Lee Hyun-do
  • Kim Jin-hwan
  • DarooStar
  • Kiggen
  • Lee Gi-yong
  • Park Gi-tae
  • Minshikie

| prev_title = Boys Be

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title = Going Seventeen

| next_year = 2016

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Love & Letter

| type = studio

| single1 = Pretty U

| single1date = April 25, 2016

}}

{{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = studio

| cover = Seventeen - Repackaged.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| caption = Reissue cover

}}

{{Singles

| name = Love & Letter Repackage Album

| type = studio

| single1 = Very Nice

| single1date = July 4, 2016

}}

}}

Love & Letter, also known as First {{'}}Love & Letter{{'}},{{cite web|title=1집 SEVENTEEN 1ST ALBUM [FIRST 'LOVE & LETTER']|url=http://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=633412|date=April 25, 2016|work=Naver|accessdate=July 13, 2016|archive-date=September 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927232115/http://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=633412|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Benjamin|first=Jeff|title=Seventeen Send Their 'First Love&Letter' to Top 5 of World & Heatseekers Album Charts|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7356946/seventeen-first-loveletter-album-world-heatseekers-charts|date=May 4, 2016|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 13, 2016|archive-date=July 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714145119/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7356946/seventeen-first-loveletter-album-world-heatseekers-charts|url-status=live}} is the debut studio album by South Korean boy group Seventeen. It was released on April 25, 2016 through Pledis Entertainment.{{cite web|last=Kang|first=Seo-jeong|script-title=ko:세븐틴, 첫 정규앨범 티저이미지 공개 ‘청량미 폭발’|url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/04/11/2016041102637.html|date=April 11, 2016|work=The Chosun Ilbo/Osen|language=Korean|accessdate=July 13, 2016|archive-date=August 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808085039/http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/04/11/2016041102637.html|url-status=live}} The album is a follow-up to the group's first two EPs, 17 Carat and Boys Be (2015).{{cite web|title=세븐틴 (Seventeen)|url=https://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=seventeen&sm=top_hty&fbm=1&ie=utf8|work=Naver|accessdate=July 13, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510111814/https://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=seventeen&sm=top_hty&fbm=1&ie=utf8|url-status=live}}

Background and release

Love & Letter includes 10 tracks and focuses on themes such as the experience of a first love. The group's members largely created the album, writing or co-writing every track, and composing or co-composing almost every track. "Pretty U" was chosen to be the title track of the album and was performed on multiple music shows by the group throughout the following two and a half months. During this period, the group earned their first two consecutive wins on Show Champion. Their first win was on May 4, 2016, followed by a second win on May 11, 2016.

Commercial performance

The album charted at number three on Billboard{{'s}} World Albums chart and at number five on the Heatseekers Albums chart. The album's promotional single "Pretty U" charted at number three on the World Digital Songs chart, which marked their highest ranking on the chart to date.

Reception

On June 24, 2016, Seventeen performed at KCON in New York. Commenting on the group's first American appearance, Monique Menendez of Billboard K-Town wrote, "Seventeen bring the sugar with its latest single, 'Pretty U', a bright love song with choreography reminiscent of West Side Story."{{cite magazine|last=Melendez|first=Monique|title=KCON New York 2016: Ailee Comes Home, Seventeen Makes First American Appearance & More|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7416595/kcon-new-york-2016-ailee-seventeen|date=June 26, 2016|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 13, 2016|archive-date=September 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929192155/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7416595/kcon-new-york-2016-ailee-seventeen|url-status=live}}

Reissue

On July 4, 2016, a repackaged edition of Love & Letter, titled Love & Letter Repackage Album, was released with five new tracks, including the title track "Very Nice".{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Yu-young|title=Seventeen returns to spotlight with repackaged album|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201607061642575203900_2|date=July 6, 2016|work=The Korea Herald|accessdate=July 13, 2016|archive-date=October 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011185730/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201607061642575203900_2|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Son|first=Ji-hyoung|title=[V Report Plus] Backstage footage of Seventeen's photoshoot for new album|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201607131828487009544_2|date=July 13, 2016|work=The Korea Herald|accessdate=July 13, 2016|archive-date=July 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714163132/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201607131828487009544_2|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Love&Letter Repackage Album|url=http://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=647329|date=July 4, 2016|work=Naver|accessdate=July 13, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510111745/http://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=647329|url-status=live}} The accompanying music video for the song was released on Naver V App on the same day and received over a million "hearts".{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Sang-won|title=[V Report Plus] Seventeen releases 'Very Nice' music video|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201607041542235176455_2|date=July 4, 2016|work=The Korea Herald|accessdate=July 13, 2016|archive-date=July 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705151720/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201607041542235176455_2|url-status=live}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Love & Letter track listing

| extra_column = Arrangement

| total_length = 33:13

| title1 = Chuck

| note1 = {{lang|ko|엄지척}}

| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Woozi|S.Coups|Wonwoo|Mingyu|Vernon|Dino}}

| music1 = {{hlist|Woozi|Won Young-heon|Dongnehyeong}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Won Young-heon|Dongnehyeong}}

| length1 = 2:58

| title2 = Pretty U

| note2 = {{lang|ko|예쁘다}}

| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Woozi|Bumzu|S.Coups|Vernon|Seungkwan}}

| music2 = {{hlist|Woozi|Bumzu|Won Young-heon|Dongnehyeong}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Woozi|Bumzu|Won Young-heon|Dongnehyeong}}

| length2 = 3:27

| title3 = Still Lonely

| note3 = {{lang|ko|이놈의 인기}}; performed by Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Vernon, Dino

| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Woozi|Vernon|Wonwoo|Seungkwan|Hoshi}}

| music3 = {{hlist|Woozi|Lee Hyun-do|Kim Jin-hwan}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Lee Hyun-do|Kim Jin-hwan}}

| length3 = 3:26

| title4 = Hit Song

| note4 = {{lang|ko|유행가}}

| lyrics4 = {{hlist|Bumzu|S.Coups|Mingyu|Vernon|Dino}}

| music4 = Bumzu

| extra4 = {{hlist|Bumzu|DarooStar}}

| length4 = 3:43

| title5 = Say Yes

| note5 = performed by DK, Seungkwan

| lyrics5 = {{hlist|Kiggen|Woozi|DK|Seungkwan}}

| music5 = Kiggen

| extra5 = Kiggen

| length5 = 3:50

| title6 = Drift Away

| note6 = {{lang|ko|떠내려가}}; performed by S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan

| lyrics6 = {{hlist|Woozi|S.Coups|Mingyu|Seungkwan|Hoshi}}

| music6 = Woozi

| extra6 = Bumzu

| length6 = 3:09

| title7 = Adore U

| note7 = {{lang|ko|아낀다}}; Vocal Team version

| lyrics7 = {{hlist|Woozi|Bumzu|Seungkwan|DK|Vernon|S.Coups}}

| music7 = {{hlist|Woozi|Bumzu|Yeom Dong-gun}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Woozi|Bumzu|Lee Gi-yong}}

| length7 = 3:44

| title8 = Monday to Saturday

| note8 = {{lang|ko|만.세}}; Hiphop Team version

| lyrics8 = {{hlist|S.Coups|Vernon|Mingyu|Wonwoo|Bumzu|Woozi}}

| music8 = {{hlist|Bumzu|Vernon|S.Coups|Woozi}}

| extra8 = Bumzu

| length8 = 3:23

| title9 = Shining Diamond

| note9 = Performance Team version

| lyrics9 = {{hlist|Woozi|S.Coups|Vernon|Kim Min-jung}}

| music9 = {{hlist|Woozi|Master Key|Lissie}}

| extra9 = Park Gi-tae (Prismfilter)

| length9 = 2:30

| title10 = Love Letter

| note10 = {{lang|ko|사랑쪽지}}

| lyrics10 = {{hlist|Woozi|S.Coups|Wonwoo|Mingyu|Vernon}}

| music10 = {{hlist|Woozi|Won Young-heon|Dongnehyeong}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Won Young-heon|Dongnehyeong|Minshikie}}

| length10 = 2:58

}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| headline = Love & Letter Repackage Album bonus tracks

| extra_column = Arrangement

| title1 = No F.U.N

| note1 =

| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Woozi|S.Coups|Hoshi|Wonwoo|Seungkwan|Vernon|Dino}}

| music1 = {{hlist|Woozi|Earattack}}

| extra1 = Earattack

| length1 = 3:01

| title2 = Very Nice

| note2 = {{lang|ko|아주 Nice}}

| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Woozi|S.Coups|Vernon|Bumzu}}

| music2 = {{hlist|Woozi|Bumzu}}

| extra2 = Bumzu

| length2 = 3:12

| title3 = Healing

| note3 = {{lang|ko|힐링}}

| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Woozi|S.Coups|Mingyu|Vernon|Dino}}

| music3 = {{hlist|Woozi|Won Young-heon|Dongnehyung}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Won Young-heon|Dongnehyung}}

| length3 = 3:23

| title4 = Simple

| note4 = performed by Woozi

| lyrics4 = Woozi

| music4 = {{hlist|Woozi|Won Young-heon|Dongnehyung|Minshikie}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Won Young-heon|Dongnehyung|Minshikie}}

| length4 = 3:40

| title5 = Space

| note5 = {{lang|ko|끝이 안보여}}; performed by the Hiphop Team and DK

| lyrics5 = {{hlist|S.Coups|Wonwoo|Mingyu|Vernon|Bumzu}}

| music5 = Bumzu

| extra5 = Bumzu

| length5 = 3:09

| total_length = 49:33

}}

Charts

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= Weekly charts =

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|+ Weekly chart performance for Love & Letter and Love & Letter Repackage Album

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Chart (2016)

! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak position

L&L

! RA

scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web|title=週間 アルバムランキング 2016年06月20日付|trans-title=Weekly album ranking as of June 20, 2016|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2016-06-20/|website=Oricon News|language=ja|access-date=February 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527201837/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2016-06-20/|archive-date=May 27, 2018}}{{cite web|title=週間 アルバムランキング 2016年08月01日付|trans-title=Weekly album ranking as of August 1, 2016|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2016-08-01/|website=Oricon News|language=ja|access-date=June 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726072010/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2016-08-01/|archive-date=July 26, 2018}}

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scope="row"| South Korean Albums (Gaon){{cite web|title=2016년 18주차 Album Chart|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=18&hitYear=2016&termGbn=week|website=Gaon Chart|language=ko|access-date=February 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601012410/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=18&hitYear=2016&termGbn=week|archive-date=June 1, 2016}}{{cite web|title=2016년 29주차 Album Chart|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=29&hitYear=2016&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|website=Gaon Chart|language=ko|access-date=June 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105133204/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=29&hitYear=2016&termGbn=week|archive-date=November 5, 2016}}

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| 1

{{Album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|5|artist=Seventeen|access-date=February 17, 2024|rowheader=true}}

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{{Album chart|BillboardIndependent|42|artist=Seventeen|access-date=February 17, 2024|rowheader=true}}

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{{Album chart|BillboardWorld|3|artist=Seventeen|access-date=February 17, 2024|rowheader=true}}

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= Monthly charts =

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|+ Monthly chart performance for Love & Letter and Love & Letter Repackage Album

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Chart (2016)

! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak position

L&L

! RA

scope="row"| South Korean Albums (Gaon){{cite web|title=2016년 04월 Album Chart|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=04&hitYear=2016&termGbn=month|website=Gaon Chart|language=ko|access-date=June 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019050814/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=04&hitYear=2016&termGbn=month|archive-date=October 19, 2016}}{{cite web|title=2016년 07월 Album Chart|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=07&hitYear=2016&termGbn=month|website=Gaon Chart|language=ko|access-date=June 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006151311/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=07&hitYear=2016&termGbn=month|archive-date=October 6, 2016}}

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| 1

=Year-end charts=

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|+ Year-end chart performance for Love & Letter and Love & Letter Repackage Album

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Chart (2016)

! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak position

L&L

! RA

scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web|title=年間 CDアルバムランキング 2016年度|trans-title=Annual CD album ranking 2016|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2016/p/7/|website=Oricon News|language=ja|access-date=February 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823061050/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2016/p/7/|archive-date=August 23, 2017}}

| 70

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scope="row"| South Korean Albums (Gaon){{cite web|title=2016년 Album Chart|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=2016&hitYear=2016&termGbn=year|website=Gaon Chart|language=ko|access-date=February 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508190758/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=2016&hitYear=2016&termGbn=year|archive-date=May 8, 2017}}

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