Love (Mika Nakashima album)

Love is the second studio album by Japanese entertainer Mika Nakashima, and her third overall album release counting the mini-album Resistance. Its release date was November 6, 2003, in Japan, prior to the Christmas holiday. In contrast to her previous album, True, this album boasts a wider range of styles including ballads, soft reggae, and club jazz. It proved to be a successful move as the album outsold her debut; it topped the Oricon 200 Album Chart upon release and sold just over 437,000 copies in Japan alone the week it came out.

Love
Studio album by Mika Nakashima
Released	November 6, 2003
Genre	J-pop jazz adult contemporary easy listening
Length	1:12:24
Label	Sony Music Associated Records
Mika Nakashima chronology
Resistance (2002) Love (2003) Oborozukiyo: Inori (2004)

Love won the 2003 Best Album Award at the Japan Record Awards, and has sold 1,447,681 copies to date - making this album the best-selling album in Mika's career.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mika Nakashima, unless otherwise noted

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Venus in The Dark"		Yasunari Okano	absolute3	6:05
2.	"Love Addict"		Shinichi Osawa (Mondo Grosso)	Shinichi Osawa (Mondo Grosso)	7:17
3.	"aroma"		Yoshiko Goshima	Takahiro Watanabe	6:18
4.	"Yuki no Hana (雪の華)"	Satomi	Ryouki Matsumoto	Ryouki Matsumoto	5:43
5.	"RESISTANCE" (album version)	Yasushi Akimoto, Mika Nakashima	Seikou Nagaoka	Coldfeet, Shin Kono	4:56
6.	"FIND THE WAY"		Lori Fine (Coldfeet)	Ken Shima	5:28
7.	"marionette"		Nobuyuki Shimizu	Nobuyuki Shimizu	5:14
8.	"Seppun (接吻)" (cover song)	Takao Tajima	Takao Tajima	Shunya Mori	6:04
9.	"You send me love"		Gota Nishidera	absolute3	5:00
10.	"Be in Silence"		absolute	absolute3	5:39
11.	"LOVE NO CRY"		Arata Tanimoto	Chokkaku	5:18
12.	"Aishiteru (愛してる)" (album version)	H (three tight b)	H (three tight b)	shinya (three tight b)	5:35
13.	"LAST WALTZ"		Yasunari Okano	Nobuyuki Shimizu	4:10

Charts and sales

Oricon sales charts (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak position	First week sales	Sales total
November 6, 2003	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	1	437,218	1,447,681
	Oricon Daily Monthly Chart	1
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	12

Singles

Date	Title	Peak position
2003-01-29	Ai Shiteru	4
2003-04-09	Love Addict	5
2003-06-25	Seppun	4
2003-08-06	Find the Way	4
2003-10-01	Yuki no Hana	3