Emotional History

Emotional History is MAX's fourth original studio album on original label, Avex Trax. The album comes three years after the release of their last studio album, Maximum Groove in 1998. It is their first album to contain songs written by the group themselves. The first track of the album, "But My Love" is a cover of a song by Key of Life and is credited to M&I. M&I is a collaboration between MAX and Issa of the group Da Pump who raps on the song. First press copies of the album came with a bonus track, "Always Love (Groove That Soul Mix)" remixed by GTS.

Emotional History
Studio album by MAX
Released	March 14, 2001
Recorded	1999–2001
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	58:49
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	MAX
MAX chronology
Super Eurobeat presents Hyper Euro Max (2000) Emotional History (2001) Precious Collection 1995–2002 (2002)
Singles from Emotional History
"Isshoni..." Released: November 25, 1999 "Never Gonna Stop It" Released: February 16, 2000 "Magic" Released: May 24, 2000 "Barairo no Hibi" Released: September 6, 2000 "Always Love" Released: February 15, 2001

Track listing

#	Title	Songwriters	Time
1.	"But My Love" / M&I	Yusuke Sakamoto, Gaku	5:46
2.	"Always Love""	Hiromi Mori, T2ya	4:36
3.	"Lovin' All Night"	Kentaro Akutsu	4:04
4.	"Crazy In My Love"	Kentaro Akutsu	3:30
5.	"Never Gonna Stop It"	MAX, Chino, Katsu, Yasushi Sasamoto	4:42
6.	"Whispers"	Chihiro Close, Akira	4:04
7.	"Necessary"	Kazuhiro Hara, Kentaro Akutsu	4:38
8.	"Barairo no Hibi"	Yuko Ebine, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Brian Litrell	3:52
9.	"Isshoni..."	Pipeline Project	5:16
10.	"Get Ready?"	Hiromi Mori, Yasushi Sasamoto	4:23
11.	"So Tight"	Chihiro Close, Rod Antoon	5:06
12.	"Magic"	Rie Matsumoto, Yasushi Sasamoto	3:46
13.	"Mum"	MAX, Chihiro Close, Yasushi Sasamoto	5:15

Charts

Album – Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
March 14, 2001	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	#8	107,950	6 weeks

Personnel

• Minako Inoue – vocals
• Ritsuko Matsuda – vocals
• Nanako Takushi - vocals
• Reina Miyauchi - vocals