| Fuse of Love | ||||
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| Released | August 24, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B | |||
| Length | 48:26 | |||
| Label | Giza Studio | |||
| Producer | Mai Kuraki, Kanonji | |||
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Fuse of Love is the fifth studio album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on August 24, 2005, over two years after If I Believe .
This album is the first to be produced by Kuraki herself. [1]
Nearly five years after its release, the song "Chance for You" was chosen to be the theme song for the movie Soft Boy and a re-arranged "Cinema Version" was digitally released on June 16, 2010. [2]
Fuse of Love debuted at #3 with 108,269 copies sold making it Kuraki's first album to not open/peak at number-one on the Oricon albums chart. [3] The album stayed in the top 10 for two weeks and charted for a total of 13 weeks. [4] Fuse of Love was the 81st best selling album of 2005. [5]
All lyrics are written by Mai Kuraki
| No. | Title | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Honey, Feeling for Me" | Aika Ohno | Shingo Kamata | 4:08 |
| 2. | "P.S My Sunshine" | Hitoshi Okamoto (from Garnet Crow) | Okamoto | 3:50 |
| 3. | "You look at me~one" | Yoshinobu Ohga (from OOM) | Ohga | 3:59 |
| 4. | "Kakenukeru Inazuma" (駆け抜ける稲妻 "Lightning Passing By") | Ohga | Ohga | 5:01 |
| 5. | "Don't Leave Me Alone" | Ohga | Ohga | 4:55 |
| 6. | "Love, Needing" | Ohno | Hiroshi Asai (from The Tambourines) | 3:18 |
| 7. | "Dancing" | Akihito Tokunaga (from doa) | Tokunaga | 3:48 |
| 8. | "Tell Me What" | Ohno | Okamoto | 3:51 |
| 9. | "Love Sick" | Ohno | Ohga | 4:07 |
| 10. | "Ashita e Kakeru Hashi" | Tokunaga | Daisuke Ikeda, Tokunaga | 4:00 |
| 11. | "I Sing a Song for You" | Ohno | Piano arrangement: Ohno | 3:53 |
| 12. | "Chance for You" | Ohno | Asai | 3:31 |
| Total length: | 48:26 | |||
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart [6] | 1 |
| Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart [3] | 3 |
| Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart [7] | 3 |
| Japan Oricon Yearly Albums Chart [5] | 81 |
| Country | Provider | Sales | Certification (sales thresholds) |
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| Japan | RIAJ | 185,350 [3] | Gold [8] |
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