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Love Again
Love Again
Studio album by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released	February 8, 2013
Recorded	2012
Genre	J-pop; dance-pop; pop rock;
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Max Matsuura
Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
Singles from Love Again
	"Love EP"; Released: November 8, 2012; "Again EP"; Released: December 8, 2012;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Love Again (stylized as LOVE again) is the fourteenth full-length studio album released by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki. Stylistically, the album is a return to the aesthetic of Hamasaki's twelfth album, Love Songs. It was released in Japan on February 8, 2013, in six physical versions: CD Only, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray, Playbutton, CD+DVD+Goods, and CD+Blu-ray+Goods.^[2]

Love again debuted atop the Oricon charts with first week sales of 56,348 copies, eventually reaching total sales of 88,825 copies by the end of its chart run. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of over 100,000 copies, becoming Hamasaki's last album to do so.^[3]

15th anniversary

Love Again is the fourth of five releases released to celebrate the fifteenth year of Hamasaki's signing to her record label, Avex. Instead of singles, Hamasaki released two mini-albums Love and Again (the first and second installments of her fifteenth anniversary releases). All original tracks from Love and Again are included on the album, as well as "You & Me", a new track from A Summer Best. The album sold 56,348 copies by the end of the first week in Japan.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ayumi Hamasaki

CD
No.	Title	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Wake Me Up"	Philippe-Marc Anquetil, Hiten Bharadia, Bardur Haberg	Tasuku	4:02
2.	"Song 4 U"	Hinata Spring, Yuta Nakano	Yuta Nakano	3:50
3.	"Missing"	Kazuhiro Hara	Yuta Nakano	4:57
4.	"Sakura"	Kunio Tago	Yuta Nakano	4:33
5.	"Melody"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Yuta Nakano	5:25
6.	"Task'n'Bass" (instrumental)	Tasuku	Tasuku	1:57
7.	"Bye-Bye Darling"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Tasuku	4:02
8.	"Snowy Kiss"	Tetsuya Komuro	Tasuku	6:07
9.	"Sweet Scar"	D.A.I.	Yuta Nakano	4:12
10.	"Petal"	Kunio Tago	Yuta Nakano	4:10
11.	"Glasses" (instrumental)	Yuta Nakano	Yuta Nakano	1:45
12.	"Untitled For Her ... Story 2"	Yuta Nakano	Yuta Nakano	5:22
13.	"Gloria"	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Yuta Nakano	4:38
14.	"Ivy"	Tetsuya Komuro	Yuta Nakano	4:39
15.	"You & Me"	Tetsuya Komuro	Tasuku	5:37

DVD/Blu-ray
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Song 4 U" (Video Clip)
2.	"Missing" (Video Clip)
3.	"Wake Me Up" (Video Clip)
4.	"You & Me" (Video Clip)
5.	"Snowy Kiss" (Video Clip)
6.	"Sweet Scar" (Video Clip)
7.	"Melody" (Video Clip)
8.	"Song 4 U" (Making Clip)
9.	"Missing" (Making Clip)
10.	"You & Me" (Making Clip)
11.	"Wake Me Up/Snowy Kiss" (Making Clip #1)
12.	"Wake Me Up/Snowy Kiss" (Making Clip #2)
13.	"Sweet Scar" (Making Clip)
14.	"Melody" (Making Clip)

Charts and certifications

Chart	Peak position	Debut sales	Total sales
Oricon Daily Chart	1	28,016	110,000 (14 weeks)
Oricon Weekly Chart	1	56,348	110,000 (14 weeks)

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
Oricon year-end albums^[4]	70

Certifications

Country	Provider	Certification
Japan	RIAJ	Gold^[3]

References

^ Yeung, Neil Z. "Love Again – Ayumi Hamasaki". AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
^ "DISCOGRAPHY - ayumi hamasaki（浜崎あゆみ） official website". エイベックス・グループのポータルサイト (in Japanese). 2012-12-27. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
^ ^a ^b ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2013年2月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (February 2013)] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. March 10, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
^ "2013年のCDアルバム年間ランキング" [2013 CD Albums Yearly Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2013. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.