| Fairy Tale | ||||
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| Released | October 23, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001–2002 | |||
| Genre | Pop, contemporary R&B | |||
| Length | 56:37 | |||
| Label | Giza Studio | |||
| Producer | Kanonji | |||
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Fairy Tale is the third studio album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on October 23, 2002 under Giza Studio label.
The concept and theme of the album is "fairy tales". [1] Considering that this would be the last album to be released in her teenage years, she has stated that she wanted it to reflect her beliefs, dreams and hopes in the past, present and for the future. [1]
"Can't Forget Your Love" was released as the lead single from the album in August 2001. "Can't Forget Your Love" was released as a double A-side with "Perfect Crime: Single Edit". The song was written by Kuraki, Aika Ohno, Cybersound and Akihito Tokunaga. It also served as the theme song to the 2001 Japanese TV program Ikiru tame no Jonetsu toshite no Satsujin . [2] The single has sold over 180,040 copies and been certificated gold by RIAJ.
"Winter Bells" was released as the second single from the album in January 2002. "Winter Bells" was used as the tenth opening theme to the Case Closed anime. The song was written by Kuraki and Akihito Tokunaga. The song has sold over 258,310 copies and has been certificated platinum by RIAJ. It's known as Kuraki's first Christmas song.
"Feel Fine!" was released as the third single from the album in April 2002. "Feel Fine!" samples 80's surf rock influences. The song was written by Kuraki and Akihito Tokunaga. The song has sold over 451,500 copies and been certificated 2×platinum by RIAJ, making it the sixteenth best-selling single of 2002 in Japan. It was served as the commercial song to the American cosmetic brand Sea Breeze.
"Like a Star in the Night" was released as the fourth single from the album in September 2002. "Like a Star in the Night" was used as the Japanese theme to the 2000 American television series Dark Angel . The song was written by Kuraki, Aika Ohno, Akihito Tokunaga and Daisuke Ikeda. The single has sold over 119,550 copies and has been certificated gold by RIAJ.
Fairy Tale debuted at number-one on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart with 404,010 copies sold making it Kuraki's third number-one debut. [3] The album stayed on the Oricon albums chart for a total of 37 weeks (twenty more than her previous album Perfect Crime ) of which the album spent 5 in the top 10, non-consecutively. [4] Fairy Tale was the 23rd best selling album of 2002. [5]
All lyrics are written by Mai Kuraki
| No. | Title | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Fairy Tale (My Last Teenage Wish)" | Akihito Tokunaga | Tokunaga | 4:18 |
| 2. | "Feel Fine!" | Tokunaga | Tokunaga | 4:48 |
| 3. | "Ride on Time" | Tokunaga | Tokunaga | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Key to My Heart" | Aika Ohno | Cybersound | 3:33 |
| 5. | "Winter Bells" | Tokunaga | Tokunaga | 4:37 |
| 6. | "Loving You..." | Ohno | Cybersound | 5:18 |
| 7. | "Can't Forget Your Love" | Ohno | Cybersound, Tokunaga | 5:29 |
| 8. | "Trip in the Dream" | Tokunaga | Tokunaga | 4:18 |
| 9. | "Not That Kind a Girl" | Yoko Blaqstone | Stone | 4:27 |
| 10. | "Like a Star in the Night" | Ohno | Tokunaga | 5:39 |
| 11. | "Fushigi no Kuni" (不思議の国 "Wonderland") | Ohno | Daisuke Ikeda | 5:26 |
| 12. | "Fantasy" | Ohno | Tokunaga | 3:49 |
| Total length: | 56:43 | |||
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Japan (RIAJ) [9] | 2× Platinum | 800,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
The composer of Key to my heart, Aika Ohno self-covered this song in her cover album Silent Passage. [10]
Mai Kuraki is a Japanese pop and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. After releasing her US debut single "Baby I Like" in 1999, Kuraki signed with Giza Studio and released her Japanese debut single "Love, Day After Tomorrow" in 1999. In 2000, she released her debut album, Delicious Way, which debuted at number-one and sold over 2.2 million copies in its first week. The album has spawned four top-three singles, "Love, Day After Tomorrow", "Stay by My Side", "Secret of My Heart", and "Never Gonna Give You Up". Eventually, the album sold over 3.5 million copies nationwide and became the best-selling album in Japan in 2000, and has been the ninth best-selling album in Japan of all-time.
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