Love (Mika Nakashima album)

Love
File:Mika LOVE.jpg
Studio album by Mika Nakashima
Released	November 6, 2003
Genre	J-pop, Jazz, Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening, International
Length	1:12:24
Label	Sony Music Associated Records
Mika Nakashima chronology
Resistance (2002)2002 Love (2003) Oborozukiyo: Inori (2004)2004

Love (stylized as LØVE) is the second album by Japanese entertainer Mika Nakashima, and her third overall album release counting the mini-album Resistance. Its release date was November 6, 2003, in Japan, prior to the Christmas holiday. In contrast to her previous album, True, this album boasts a wider range of styles including ballads, soft reggae, and club jazz. It proved to be a successful move as the album outsold her debut; it topped the Oricon 200 Album Chart upon release and sold just over 437,000 copies in Japan alone the week it came out.

Love won the 2003 Best Album Award at the Japan Record Awards, and has sold 1,447,681 copies to date - making this album the best-selling album in Mika's career.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mika Nakashima, unless otherwise noted. 

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Venus in The Dark"		Yasunari Okano	absolute3	6:05
2.	"Love Addict"		Shinichi Osawa (Mondo Grosso)	Shinichi Osawa (Mondo Grosso)	7:17
3.	"aroma"		Yoshiko Goshima	Takahiro Watanabe	6:18
4.	"Yuki no Hana (雪の華)"	Satomi	Ryouki Matsumoto	Ryouki Matsumoto	5:43
5.	"RESISTANCE" (album version)	Yasushi Akimoto, Mika Nakashima	Seikou Nagaoka	Coldfeet, Shin Kono	4:56
6.	"FIND THE WAY"		Lori Fine (Coldfeet)	Ken Shima	5:28
7.	"marionette"		Nobuyuki Shimizu	Nobuyuki Shimizu	5:14
8.	"Seppun (接吻)" (cover song)	Takao Tajima	Takao Tajima	Shunya Mori	6:04
9.	"You send me love"		Gota Nishidera	absolute3	5:00
10.	"Be in Silence"		absolute	absolute3	5:39
11.	"LOVE NO CRY"		Arata Tanimoto	Chokkaku	5:18
12.	"Aishiteru (愛してる)" (album version)	H (three tight b)	H (three tight b)	shinya (three tight b)	5:35
13.	"LAST WALTZ"		Yasunari Okano	Nobuyuki Shimizu	4:10

Charts and sales

Oricon sales charts (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
November 6, 2003	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	1	437,218	1,447,681	100 weeks
	Oricon Daily Monthly Chart	1
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	12

Singles

Date	Title	Peak Position	Weeks
2003-01-29	Ai Shiteru	4	12
2003-04-09	Love Addict	5	10
2003-06-25	Seppun	4	4
2003-08-06	Find the Way	4	13
2003-10-01	Yuki no Hana	3	28