I Hope So

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I Hope So
I hope so (Akina Nakamori album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Akina Nakamori
Released14 May 2003
Recorded2003
StudioWest Side
On-Air Mafu Studio
Heartbeat Recording Studio
Genre J-pop
Length52:57
Language Japanese
Label Universal Music Japan
Producer Satoshi Takebe
Akina Nakamori chronology
Utahime Double Decade
(2002)		I Hope So
(2003)		 Utahime 3: Shūmaku
(2003)
Singles from I Hope So
  1. "Days"
    Released: 30 April 2003

I Hope So (stylized as I hope so) is the twenty first studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori and second studio album to be released during the 2000s. It was released on 14 May 2003 under the Universal Music Japan label. The album includes the lead single "Days".

Contents

The album includes four of Akina's original written songs: "Niji", "I Hope So", "Veil" and "Days".

Promotion

Singles

It consists of one previously released single. [1] [2]

"Days" is the forty second single written by Nakamori herself and Oda Tetsuro. It was released on 30 April 2003 under Universal Music Japan. It was her only single to be released in that year. The single was promoted as an ending theme to the Japanese television drama Onna to Ai to Mystery. [3] The single was included in the compilation album Best Finger 25th anniversary selection and All Time Best: Originals. [4]

The single debuted at number 30 on Oricon Single Weekly Charts. [5]

Stage performances

"Days", "Utsutsu no Hana", "Tsumugi Uta" and "Kaze no Hate" has been performed in the anniversary live tour Akina Nakamori 2003: I Hope So.

"I Hope So" has been performed in the one-night special live AKINA NAKAMORI Special Live 2009 “Empress at Yokohama”.

Chart performance

The album reached number 15 on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart charted for the 6 consecutive weeks with the sales of 18,000 copies. [6] [7]

Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Satoshi Takebe.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Toki" (instrumental) Satoshi Takebe1:59
2."Rain" Mayo Okamoto Okamoto5:18
3."Niji" Akina Nakamori Ryouki Matsumoto4:27
4."Hikari" (instrumental) Takebe0:56
5."Kaze no Hate" Matsui Goro Oda Tetsuro 4:25
6."I Hope So"NakamoriShinjiro Inoue・Takebe4:43
7."Veil"NakamoriTakebe3:54
8."Yoi" (instrumental) Takebe1:15
9."Yuuyami wo Matte"Minako KawaeKawae5:05
10."Doukei"KawaeZenkyu4:19
11."Tsumugi Uta"KawaeKawae4:56
12."Yume" (instrumental) Takebe2:03
13."Utsutsu no Hana"MatsuiTatsurou Mashikota4:21
14."Days"NakamoriOda4:57

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