Love & Honesty
2004 studio album by BoA
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Love & Honesty is the third Japanese studio album (sixth overall) by South Korean singer BoA, released via Avex Trax on January 15, 2004. The album also came in a "Perfect Edition" which had two discs—the standard CD and a DVD. Love & Honesty experienced commercial success in Japan, where it was number one on the Oricon charts for two weeks.[1] In its first week the album sold 296,781 copies while during its second week it sold 145,325 copies.[1] Love & Honesty was certified Triple Platinum by the RIAJ within a month of its release[2] and was the 13th best-selling album in Japan during 2004.
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| Released | January 15, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2003–2004 | |||
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| Length | 56:03 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Rock with You" | Shoko Fujibayashi | Kazuhiro Hara | Akira | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Shine We Are!" | Natsumi Watanabe | Kazuhiro Hara | Kazuhiro Hara | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Some Day One Day" (ft. Verbal of M-Flo) | Akira Takato | Ken Harada |
| 4:34 |
| 4. | "Love & Honesty" |
| Face2Fake | Face2Fake | 4:43 |
| 5. | "Midnight Parade" | Shoko Fujibayashi | Bounceback | Akira | 4:22 |
| 6. | "Be the One" |
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| Hirata Shiyouitirou | 3:32 |
| 7. | "Expect" | Narumi Yamamoto | Ken Harada | Hirata Shiyouitirou | 4:20 |
| 8. | "Over ~Across the Time~" | Ryoushi Sonoda | Ken Matsubara | Ken Matsubara | 5:50 |
| 9. | "Kokoro no Tegami" (心の手紙; Letter From My Heart) | Ryoushi Sonoda | Tami Komori | Tami Komori | 4:50 |
| 10. | "Double" | Natsumi Watanabe | Kazuhiro Hara | H•wonder | 3:28 |
| 11. | "Easy to Be Hard" | Aida Takeshi | Akira | Akira | 4:55 |
| 12. | "Song With No Name ~Namae no Nai Uta~" (～名前のない歌～) | Aida Takeshi | Yoko Kuzuya | Ken Matsubara | 2:49 |
| 13. | "Milky Way ~Kimi no Uta~" (～君の歌～; Your Song) |
| Kazuhiro Hara | Kazuhiro Hara | 3:20 |
| Total length: | 56:03 | ||||
- Sampling credits
- "Rock With You" contains a sample of Janet Jackson's "You Ain't Right"[3]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Shine We Are! (Video clip)" | |
| 2. | "Rock With You (Video clip)" | |
| 3. | "No. 1 (Video clip)" | |
| 4. | "Rock With You (Making of)" | |
| 5. | "Commercials" | |
| 6. | "Interview" |
Charts
Sales and certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Japan (RIAJ)[5] | 3× Platinum | 653,630[6] |
| South Korea | — | 19,830[7] |
Singles
| Date | Title | Peak position | Sales |
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| May 14, 2003 | "Shine We Are!" / "Earthsong" | 2 | 144,264 |
| October 22, 2003 | "Double" / "Midnight Parade" / "Milky Way: Kimi no Uta" | 2 | 82,395 |
| December 3, 2003 | "Rock with You" | 5 | 58,314 |
| February 11, 2004 | "Be the One" | 15 | 24,292 |