First Love (album)
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First Love is an album by Utada Hikaru, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). It has sold well over ten million copies to date, making it the best-selling album in Japanese history.
Track listing
- Automatic -Album Edit- - 5:28
- Movin' on without you - 4:37
- In My Room - 4:19
- First Love - 4:17
- - 5:02
- time will tell - 5:26
- Never Let Go - 3:57
- B&C -Album Version- - 4:20
- Another Chance - 5:21
- Interlude - 0:16
- Give Me A Reason - 6:22
- Automatic -Johnny Vicious Remix- - 4:37
Singles
- "Automatic / time will tell" (December 9 1998)
- "Movin' on without you" (February 17 1999)
- "First Love" (April 28 1999)
Charts
First Love - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)| Release | Chart | Peak Position | Sales Total | Chart Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 10, 1999 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | #1 | ||
| March 10, 1999 | Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | #1 | 7,648,000 | 84 |
| March 10, 1999 | Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | #1 | ||
Personnel
All Japanese names are in Western order (given name before family name)- Utada Hikaru (vocals)
- Akira Nishihira (arrangement, keyboards & programming)
- Kei Kawano (arrangement, additional keyboards)
- Shinichiro Murayama (arrangement, keyboards & programming)
- Toshiyuki Mori (arrangement, keyboards & programming)
- Jun Isomura (arrangement)
- Tsuyoshi Kon (guitar)
- Yoshiaki Kusaka (guitar)
- Hironori Akiyama (guitar)
- Yuji Toriyama (guitar)
- Masayoshi Furukawa (guitar)
- Yuichiro Honda (guitar)
- Yuichiro Goto (strings)
- Jullian Hernandez (additional chorus)
- Nobuhiko Nakayama (synthesizer programming)
- Takahiro Iida (synthesizer programming)
- Masayuki Momo (synthesizer programming)
- Taka & Speedy (rhythm arrangement, rhythm programming)
- Akira Miyake (producer)
- Teruzane Sking Utada (producer)
- Hidenobu Okita (director)
- Masaaki Ugajin (all vocals' recording)
- Masaaki Ugajin, Masashi Kudo, Seiji Motoyama, Takehiko Kamata, Bob Allecca, Mike Brown (back track recording)
- Hotoda Goh (mixing)
- Ted Jensen (mastering)
Trivia
- All songs are written by Utada Hikaru except "Amai Wana ~Paint It, Black~" ("Paint It, Black" is written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards).
- She was only 15 when she recorded the album.
- "Interlude" was made into a song called "Kotoba ni Naranai Kimochi" on her Distance album.
- The line "I see a red door and I want to paint it black" from "Amai Wana ~Paint it Black~" was originally sung by The Rolling Stones.
- The song "Never Let Go" features the same beat used in "Take Him Back" by Monica, and was originally used in Sting's "Shape of My Heart".
- Hikaru said that Monica so inspired her with her R&B that she decided to use that beat.
- "time will tell" was made into English and released on one of her singles. This version is known as "Time Will Tell - Dub Mix".
- "First Love" was featured in a popular Japanese drama, Majo no Jōken (Forbidden Love).
- 3 in 5 Japanese people own a copy of the album. [[Citing sources citation needed]]
| Utada Hikaru |
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| Albums |
| Japanese: First Love | Distance | DEEP RIVER | ULTRA BLUE Compilation Album: Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1 English: Precious | EXODUS |
| Singles |
| Japanese: Automatic / time will tell | Movin' on without you | First Love Addicted To You | Wait & See ~Risk~ | For You / Time Limit | Can You Keep A Secret? FINAL DISTANCE | traveling | Hikari | SAKURA Drops / Letters COLORS | Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro | Be My Last | Passion | Keep Tryin' Digital Single: This Is Love English: Close To You ' Easy Breezy | Devil Inside | Exodus '04 | You Make Me Want To Be A Man Digital Single': Easy Breezy | Devil Inside'' |
| Theme Songs |
| Kingdom Hearts: Hikari | Passion | Simple and Clean | Sanctuary Nintendo DS: Easy Breezy
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| Various |
| Full discography | | |
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