Summer of Love (Kumi Koda album)

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Summer of Love
Greatest hits album by Kumi Koda
Released July 22, 2015
Recorded 2005–2015
Genre J-Pop, dance music
Label Rhythm Zone
Producer Koda Kumi
Kumi Koda chronology
Walk of My Life
(2015)Walk of My Life2015		 Summer of Love
(2015)		 Winter of Love
(2016)Winter of Love2016

Summer of Love (stylized as SUMMER of LOVE) is the sixth greatest hits album by Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda, released on July 22, 2015 through Rhythm Zone. It follows her five previous greatest hits albums, Best: First Things (2005), Best: Second Session (2006), Best: Bounce & Lovers (2007), Out Works & Collaboration Best (2009), and Best: Third Universe/Universe (2010). The compilation was released in many different formats including a one-disc standard edition, and a two-disc CD and DVD package. The album includes three new tracks; "Ex Tape", the album's lead promotional single, "Hurricane", and "No One Else but You".

Summer of Love was appreciated by contemporary critics who noted the vast production of Koda's collection. The album debuted at number seven on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart, making it her fifth top ten album, but became her lowest selling compilation album to date. Summer of Love is also Koda's first compilation to miss the chart in Taiwan. "Ex Tape" was released as a promotional single, but failed to chart in any Japanese music charts.

Background and material

On May 22, 2015, Koda announced on her official Facebook account that she had started producing and "recording new music".[1][2] Koda teased the albums title with the hashtag, #SummerofLove15, and confirmed on May 30 the release of the album.[3][4] The album artwork was photographed by Japanese team Tisch, and designed by Jun Hirota; according to Thomas Swan from Classicalite.com, the artwork "shows a glowing, sophisticated Koda - a grown-up girl who has toned down the erokawa a bit for a more refined look, but with no less impact than she is known for."[5]

Summer of Love compiles "summer singles" that span from her 2006 studio album, Black Cherry, up until her 2015 studio album, Walk of My Life.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] It features three new tracks; "Ex Tape" and "Hurricane", which are upbeat "urban songs," and "No One Else but You", which is inspired by "smoother, jazzier" music.[14] Two songs, "Niygohime" and "Juicy", were included on the televised commercial for Summer of Love, but the songs were pulled from the compilation at the last minute.[15] Summer of Love has a variety different music genres and musical styles; songs like "Lick Me", "Lady Go", and "Freaky" emphasize dance-pop and electronic music.[16][17][18] Tetsuo Hiraga from Hot Express stated that songs like "I'll Be There" is a "classic summer song", while songs like "Freaky" and "Girls" were inspired by rock, R&B, and pop music.[19][20] "Lady Go" and "Once Again" were noted for its summery "festival" vibe.[21] "Lollipop" was noted for its Hip-hop elements, but Hiraga commented that the Japanese public would "shy away" from the Westernized hip-hop sound.[22]

Promotion

"Ex Tape" was released as the albums only promotional single on July 8, 2015; the single premiered on Mu-mo websites, and was available for free streaming on iTunes Stores.[23] Despite its release, the song failed to chart in any Japanese or Taiwanese music charts. An accompanying music video was released for the song, which was included on the DVD version of Summer of Love.[24] "No One Else but You" was released on Japanese radio stations on July 14, and uploaded on Koda's YouTube channel the same day.[25] Koda co-promoted the album alongside Walk of My Life on her Koda Kumi Live Tour: Walk of My Life, performing the three new tracks. She performed the songs in Miyagi[disambiguation needed], and whoever attended that night received a reserved copy of Summer of Love, and goodies.[26]

Tracklist

No. Title Lyrics Music arrangement Length
1. "EX TAPE"   Kumi Koda D.O.I Unik
Katerina Bramley		 3:12
2. "HURRICANE"   Kumi Koda D.O.I
Sky Adams		 Sky Adams
Kanata Okajima
Maegan Cottone		 3:58
3. "NO ONE ELSE BUT YOU"   Kumi Koda D.O.I UTA
Erik Petterson
Angelica Ahman		 3:54
4. "I'll be there"   Kumi Koda Shintaro Hagiwara tasuku 4:13
5. "With your smile"   Kumi Koda Tohru Watanabe h-wonder 4:13
6. "FREAKY"   Kumi Koda Tommy Henriksen Tommy Henriksen 3:19
7. "girls"   Kumi Koda Kosuke Morimoto h-wonder 4:38
8. "Lick me♥"   Kumi Koda YOO Hiroto Suzuki 3:30
9. "Once Again"   Pushim Pushim
Shunya Mori		 Shunya Mori 4:37
10. "Lady Go!"   Kumi Koda Kousuke Morimoto Yusuke Tanaka 4:53
11. "Lollipop"   Kumi Koda Ian Curnow
Julie Morrision		 Jane Vaughan 3:22
12. "Poppin' love cocktail feat. TEEDA"   Kumi Koda
TEEDA		 Back-On Back-On & Jin 5:02
13. "V.I.P"   Kumi Koda Toby Gad
Jessie J		 Toby Gad 3:06
14. "LALALALALA"   Kumi Koda Figge Boström
Anna Engh		 Shinjiroh Inoue 3:37
15. "TOUCH DOWN"   Kumi Koda
Toby Gad		 Toby Gad Toby Gad 3:45
16. "HOTEL"   Kumi Koda H.U.B
Didrik Thott
Sebastian Thott
Ylva Dimberg		 Naoki Yamada 3:21

DVD

No. Title Music director(s) Length
1. "EX TAPE" (Music Video)   YKBX  
2. "HURRICANE" (Music Video)   YKBX  
3. "I'll be there" (Music Video)   Shigeaki Kubo  
4. "Ningyo-Hime" (Music Video)   Tadashi Tadakoro  
5. "JUICY" (Music Video)   Shigeaki Kubo  
6. "FREAKY" (Music Video)   Takashi Tadokoro  
7. "Run For Your Life" (Music Video)   Shigeaki Kubo  
8. "Lick me♥" (Music Video)   Shigeaki Kubo  
9. "Hashire!" (Music Video)   Seki ☆ Ryuuji  
10. "That Ain't Cool feat. Fergie" (Music Video)   Fatima Robinson  
11. "Lollipop" (Music Video)   Seki ☆ Ryuuji  
12. "Poppin' love cocktail feat. TEEDA" (Music Video)   Hiroaki Higashi  
13. "V.I.P" (Music Video)   Hiroaki Higashi  
14. "LALALALALA" (Music Video)   Fatima Robinson  
15. "TOUCH DOWN" (Music Video)   Fatima Robinson  
16. "HOTEL" (Music Video)   Kanji Sudo  
17. "EX TAPE/HURRICANE" (Making Video)   YKBX  

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Japan Weekly (Oricon)[27] 7

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Japan (RIAJ)[28] 23,000[29]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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External links

  • Summer of Love – Kumi Koda's official website, powered by Rhythm Zone.
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