Re. is the third studio album by Japanese pop singer Aya Ueto. It was released on December 8, 2004 on Flight Master.

Re.
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 8, 2004 (2004-12-08)
Recorded2004
GenrePop
Length52:20
LabelFlight Master
ProducerGorō Kumagai
Aya Ueto chronology
Message
(2004)
Re.
(2004)
Uetoayamix
(2005)
Singles from Re.
  1. "Kaze/Okuru Kotoba"
    Released: June 16, 2004
  2. "Afuresō na Ai, Daite/Namida wo Fuite"
    Released: July 28, 2004
  3. "Usotsuki"
    Released: November 17, 2004

Background

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Re. was released only nine months after her second album and unlike her previous efforts, it includes only eleven tracks. The album is mostly made up of winter ballads. The album title, Re., is meant to designate a "response" to her previous album, Message.

Chart performance

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Re. peaked at #11 on the Oricon Daily Albums Chart and debuted at #19 on the Weekly Albums Chart with 19,017 copies sold. The album charted for a total of seven weeks and sold over 35,000 copies.[1][2][3]

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Winter Love"Yuki NakajimaMasaki Iehara4:04
2."Usotsuki"Nori, Tetsurō OdaOda4:45
3."Name of Love"Shungo.Kosuke Morimoto4:33
4."Shinjirarenai = Shinjitai" (シンジラレナイ=シンジタイ I Want to Believe the Unbelievable)Hanano TanakaMikio Sakai3:53
5."Kaze (Minamikaze Version)" (風~南風バージョン~ Wind (South Wind Version))Yoshiko MiuraOda4:22
6."Fuyu no Hanabi" (冬の花火 Winter Fireworks)Tadashi HirosawaHirosawa4:45
7."Afuresō na Ai, Daite"MiuraOda4:55
8."Namida wo Fuite"HirosawaSin5:17
9."Sekaijū ga Happī Bāsudei" (世界中がハッピーバースディ Happy Birthday to the World)MiuraHirokazu Fujī5:14
10."Ano Hito ni Aitai ("Re." Style)" (あの人に会いたい I Want to See that Person)Shinji ArakiJun Kawanishi, Kano Kawashima4:46
11."Ai no Tame ni. (B2f's Love Affair Mix)"OdaOda5:46
Total length:52:20

Charts and sales

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Chart (2004) Peak
position
Sales
Japan Oricon Daily Albums Chart[1] 11 35,242[3]
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[2] 19
Japan Oricon Monthly Albums Chart[4] 50

References

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  1. ^ a b Oricon (2004-12-09). "CD売上予想・議論スレッド part7 @音楽サロン" (in Japanese). 2channel. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  2. ^ a b Oricon. "上戸彩のCDアルバムランキング、上戸彩のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  3. ^ a b Oricon (2011-01-21). "ポニーキャニオン@売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所@JBBS掲示板" (in Japanese). JBBS Live Door. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  4. ^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved January 18, 2018.