Love (stylized as LOVE) is the twelfth studio album of the Japanese boy band Arashi. The album was released on October 23, 2013 under their record label J Storm in two editions: a limited edition and a regular edition. The regular edition comes with a 32-page photo lyrics booklet, while the limited edition comes with a 60-page photo lyrics booklet and a bonus DVD with a music video for "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The album sold over 670,000 copies in its first week and became the best-selling album of 2013 in Japan. It was released digitally on February 7, 2020.
Album information
Both the regular edition and the limited edition contain 16 songs. The regular edition comes with a 32-page photo lyrics booklet, while the limited edition comes with a 60-page photo lyrics booklet and a bonus DVD with a music video for "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The album jacket cover for both versions are different.
Songs
"Love" includes two of the group's previously released singles: "Calling/Breathless" and "Endless Game". This album also includes eight new songs plus five of each member's solo songs.
The limited edition comes with a bonus music video for one of the new songs on the album, "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The members of Arashi travelled to New York City to learn the choreography for this song, which was choreographed by JaQuel Knight. Arashi has not released a music video for an album song since 2011, when they released a video for "Mada Minu Sekai e" from the album Beautiful World.
Promotion
To support their new album, Arashi performed a live tour "Arashi LIVE TOUR Love" hitting all the major dome stadiums in Japan. They had 16 performances beginning on Nagoya Dome on November 8, followed by Sapporo Dome on November 15, Osaka Dome on November 22, Tokyo Dome on December 12, and Fukuoka Dome on December 20, 2013.
A video explaining the steps for the dance to their new song, "FUNKY", was uploaded onto their agency's official website. Arashi encouraged fans to learn the steps so that they could all dance together during the concert.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Musicians
Arashi
Aiba Masaki – lead vocals
Jun Matsumoto – lead vocals
Kazunari Ninomiya – lead vocals
Satoshi Ohno – lead vocals
Sho Sakurai – lead vocals
Kumi Sasaki – chorus arrangement , chorus
ko-saku – chorus arrangement
Shotaro – chorus arrangement
Akira – chorus arrangement
ha-j – chorus arrangement
Taeko Saito – chorus
Saeko Suzuki – chorus
Naoki Takao – chorus
Yoshito Fuchigami – chorus
Yutaka Odawara – drums
TARROW-ONE – drums
Toru Kawamura – drums
Chiharu Mikuzuki – bass guitar
SHIYOU a.k.a. Pit Bulldog – bass guitar
Takeshi Taneda – bass guitar
Yuzo Shibata – bass guitar
Hiroomi Shitara – electric guitar , acoustic guitar , electric mandolin , mandolin Sho Horisaki – electric guitar TAKU a.k.a. K-CITY PRINCE – electric guitar , programming Horikazu Ogura – electric guitar , acoustic guitar Genta Fukue – electric guitar Akitoshi Kuroda – electric guitar , acoustic guitar , mandolin , ukelele Gen ittetsu Strings – strings the Gaya-xy – gaya MITCH – trumpet KenT – tenor saxophone DJ O.H.B.A – turntable