Love Is Beautiful (album)

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Love Is Beautiful
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 31, 2007
Recorded2006
Genre Pop rock, power pop, progressive rock
Length1:09:13
Label EMI Music Japan
Glay chronology
Ballad Best Singles: White Road
(2005)
Love Is Beautiful
(2007)
The Great Vacation Vol. 1: Super Best of Glay
(2009)
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Love Is Beautiful is the tenth album by Japanese band Glay. The album was released on January 31, 2007. It reached #1 on Oricon charts [1] with 193,530 sales.

Contents

The album is certified Platinum for shipment of 250,000 copies.

Track listing

Standard Edition

No.TitleLength
1."Rock'n'Roll Swindle (Album Ver.)"4:01
2."Henna Yume ~Thousand Dreams~" (変な夢 〜THOUSAND DREAMS〜)3:45
3."100 Mankai no Kiss" (100万回のKISS)4:50
4."Natsuoto" (夏音)5:04
5."American Innovation"3:55
6."Answer (Album Ver.)"5:15
7."Bokutachi no Shouhai" (僕達の勝敗)5:41
8."Saragi no Tou" (サラギの灯)5:49
9."World's End"3:36
10."Scream (Album Ver.)"4:43
11."Koi" (恋)5:15
12."I will ~"5:51
13."Layla (Album Ver.)"5:38
14."Mirror"5:50
Total length:1:09:13

Limited Edition

Bonus DVD track listing
  1. "Rock'n'Roll Swindle's Promotional Video"
  2. "Koi's Promotional Video"
  3. "Scream's Promotional Video"
  4. "Answer's Promotional Video"
  5. "Natsuoto's Promotional Video"
  6. "100 Mankai no Kiss's Promotional Video"
  7. "Love Is Beautiful Road Movie"

The Limited Edition sells with a 32-page booklet at ¥3,800(taxin)

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References

  1. "LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL | GLAY". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-10-22.