Fuse of Love

Fuse of Love
Studio album by Mai Kuraki
Released	August 24, 2005 (2005-08-24)
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	48:26
Label	Giza Studio
Producer	Mai Kuraki, Kanonji
Mai Kuraki chronology
Wish You the Best (2004) Fuse of Love (2005) Diamond Wave (2006)
Singles from Fuse of Love
"Ashita e Kakeru Hashi" Released: May 19, 2004 "Love, Needing" Released: January 26, 2005 "Dancing" Released: March 23, 2005 "P.S My Sunshine" Released: June 1, 2005

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.

Background

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]

Commercial performance

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]

Track listing

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

Charts

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

Certifications

Country	Provider	Sales	Certification (sales thresholds)
Japan	RIAJ	185,350[3]	Gold[8]

References

1. "倉木麻衣 interview～ニュー・アルバム『FUSE OF LOVE』" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-25.
2. "倉木麻衣 : 倉木麻衣、映画『ソフトボーイ』主題歌配信決定 / BARKS ニュース". Barks (in Japanese). 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
3. "ビーイング＠売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所＠JBBS掲示板" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
4. 【オリコン】売上枚数Q＆A【2005/09/04付】 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
5. "2005年 年間CDシングル/アルバム/トータルセールス/VIDEO/DVD/カラオケ/作詞家・作曲家・編曲家 ランキング" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-25.
6. "倉木麻衣、6作連続首位獲得なるか!? ニュース-ORICON STYLE-". Oricon (in Japanese). 2005-08-24. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
7. "2005 9月売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-25.
8. ゴールド等認定作品認定 2005年8月. RIAJ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-25.

External links

• Official website