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Love & Honesty
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 15, 2004
Recorded2003–2004
Genre
Length56:03
LanguageJapanese
LabelAvex Trax
Producer
  • Ken Harada
  • Ken Matsubara
  • Akira
  • Kazuhiro Hara
  • Yoko Kuzuya
  • Hirata Shiyouitirou
BoA chronology
Shine We Are!
(2003)
Love & Honesty
(2004)
K-pop Selection
(2004)
Singles from Love & Honesty
  1. "Shine We Are! / Earthsong"
    Released: May 14, 2003
  2. "Double"
    Released: October 22, 2003
  3. "Rock with You"
    Released: December 3, 2003
  4. "Be the One"
    Released: February 11, 2004

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.

Track listing

Love & Honestly track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Rock with You"Shoko FujibayashiKazuhiro HaraAkira4:13
2."Shine We Are!"Natsumi WatanabeKazuhiro HaraKazuhiro Hara5:07
3."Some Day One Day" (ft. Verbal of M-Flo)Akira TakatoKen Harada
  • K-muto
  • Maeda Kazuhiko
4:34
4."Love & Honesty"
  • BoA
  • Natsumi Watanabe
Face2FakeFace2Fake4:43
5."Midnight Parade"Shoko FujibayashiBouncebackAkira4:22
6."Be the One"
  • Stephen A. Kipner
  • David Frank
  • Nate Butler
  • Chinka Yasushi
  • Stephen A. Kipner
  • David Frank
  • Nate Butler
  • Kazuhiro Hara
Hirata Shiyouitirou3:32
7."Expect"Narumi YamamotoKen HaradaHirata Shiyouitirou4:20
8."Over ~Across the Time~"Ryoushi SonodaKen MatsubaraKen Matsubara5:50
9."Kokoro no Tegami" (心の手紙; Letter From My Heart)Ryoushi SonodaTami KomoriTami Komori4:50
10."Double"Natsumi WatanabeKazuhiro HaraH•wonder3:28
11."Easy to Be Hard"Aida TakeshiAkiraAkira4:55
12."Song With No Name ~Namae no Nai Uta~" (~名前のない歌~)Aida TakeshiYoko KuzuyaKen Matsubara2:49
13."Milky Way ~Kimi no Uta~" (~君の歌~; Your Song)
  • Kenzie
  • Shoko Fujibayashi
Kazuhiro HaraKazuhiro Hara3:20
Total length:56:03
Sampling credits
DVD
No.TitleLength
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
Japan (RIAJ)[6] 3× Platinum 653,630[5]
South Korea 19,830[7]

Singles

Date Title Peak position Sales
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

References

  1. ^ a b "BoA's Love & Honesty sales". Jpopmusic.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "BoA's Love & Honesty certification". RIAJ. Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  3. ^ "BoA sampling a little?". Boajjang.com. March 31, 2005. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  4. ^ "BoAのリリース一覧" [List of BoA's Releases]. Oricon. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  5. ^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  6. ^ "Japanese album certifications – BoA – Love & Honesty" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2004年01月 on the drop-down menu
  7. ^ "2004년총결산 POP음반 판매량집계" [2004 Year End International Music Sales]. Recording Industry Association of Korea. 2005. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2014.