LOVE (ARASHI)

LOVE is the 12th studio album by ARASHI. It was released on October 23, 2013, in two editions: limited edition (CD+DVD) and regular edition (CD only).

The album includes the theme song of the live-action film Platinum Data starring Ninomiya Kazunari, "Breathless", the theme song of the Fuji Television's drama The Family Game starring Sakurai Sho, "Endless Game", and the theme song of another Fuji Television's drama Last Hope starring Aiba Masaki, "Calling".

The limited edition comes with the music video of the leading track, "P･A･R･A･D･O･X".

The album sold over 670,000 copies in its first week and ranked as the best-selling album of 2013 in Japan by Oricon. On February 27, 2014, the album was awarded Album of the Year at the 28th Japan Gold Disc Awards.

Editions

 * Limited Edition [CD+DVD] (JACA-5373~4, ¥3,143)
 * Regular Edition [CD only] (JACA-5375, ¥2,952)

CD

 * 1) Ai wo Utaou (愛を歌おう)
 * 2) Sayonara no Ato de (サヨナラのあとで)
 * 3) CONFUSION
 * 4) Hit the floor
 * 5) P・A・R・A・D・O・X
 * 6) sugar and salt
 * 7) Breathless
 * 8) 20825 Nichi-me no Kyoku (20825日目の曲)
 * 9) Rock Tonight
 * 10) Endless Game
 * 11) Calling
 * 12) Yozora e no Tegami (夜空への手紙)
 * 13) Dance in the dark
 * 14) Starlight kiss
 * 15) FUNKY
 * 16) Tears

DVD

 * 1) P・A・R・A・D・O・X (Music Video)

Credits

 * Written by: Ninomiya Kazunari (track 8), 100+ (track 9)
 * Lyrics by: SQUAREF (track 1, 5, 16), mfmsiQ (track 1, 15), John World (track 1), R.P.P. (track 2), Shigeo (track 3), Macoto56 (track 3), alleztune (track 4), AKIRA (track 5, 14), H&Co. (track 5), s-Tnk (track 5, 11, 14-15), 100+ (track 6, 10), HYDRANT (track 7, 13), eltvo (track 11), Abe Yuya (track 12), Ogawa Takashi (track 16)
 * Rap by: Sakurai Sho (track 1, 5-6, 14)
 * Music by: Benny Jansson (track 1), MiNE (track 2), Atsushi Shimada (track 2), Fredrilk Samsson (track 2), Joe Killington (track 3), Katerina Bramley (track 3), Tim Worithington (track 3), Michael Conn (track 3), Kawaguchi Susumu (track 4, 14), BERT (track 4), ROLF (track 4), James Bird (track 5), Olly Goodman (track 5), Michael Duke (track 5), Emma Rohan (track 5), IN-SIST (track 6), Takuya Harada (track 7, 13, 15), Christofer Erixon (track 7, 13, 15), Joakim Björnberg (track 7, 15), Chris Janey (track 10), Dyce Taylor (track 10), Andreas Johansson (track 11), youwhich (track 11), Nihonjin (track 12), SkyLine (track 13), Fredrik "Figge" Bostrom (track 14), BJ Khan (track 15), Kato Yusuke (track 16)
 * Arrangement by: Sasaki Hirofumi (track 1, 7), Yoshioka Taku (track 2, 5), Ishizuka Tomoki (track 3-4, 11), A.K.Janeway (track 5), James Bird (track 5), Olly Goodman (track 5), Michael Duke (track 5), Emma Rohan (track 5), IN-SIST (track 6), Ninomiya Kazunari (track 8), ha-j (track 8), BJ Khan (track 9, 15-16), 2H (track 10), Chris Janey (track 10), BIGSHOOTER BOYS (track 12), pieni tonttu (track 13), Kawaguchi Susumu (track 14)
 * Performed by: ARASHI (track 1-3, 5, 7, 10-11, 14-16), Ohno Satoshi (track 4), Sakurai Sho (track 6), Ninomiya Kazunari (track 8), Aiba Masaki (track 12), Matsumoto Jun (track 13)

Featured members

 * Aiba Masaki
 * Matsumoto Jun
 * Ninomiya Kazunari
 * Ohno Satoshi
 * Sakurai Sho