(Miss)understood
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(miss)understood is Ayumi Hamasaki's seventh full-length studio album produced by Max Matsuura. It's official release date was January 1, 2006, but started appearing in stores on December 28, 2005, the last Wednesday of the year.
On this album, there are a total of four singles. "STEP you/is this LOVE?", "fairyland c/w alterna", "HEAVEN", and "Bold & Delicious/Pride". All of the lyrics were written by Hamasaki herself.
GEO of Sweetbox composed some of the songs on (miss)understood originally for themselves and for the lead singer Jade Villalon to sing. Yet after Ayumi had bought a number of Sweetbox's Greatest Hits album, she decided she loved their music. After she listened to Sweetbox's new demos for there upcoming album Addicted GEO gave her permission to use:
- Bold and Delicious
- Ladies Night
- Pride
- Beautiful Girl (Ayu's version is called "Beatiful Day")
- Every Step (Ayu's version is called "rainy day")
And GEO also gave her permission to use an older Sweetbox demo,featured on their Raw Treasures Volume 1: 2000 - 2005 album
- In the Corner
However these songs are not classed as covers because Ayumi only used the composition of the song and created her own lyrics around them.
The initial pressings of the album included two photobooks - one for the CD version (entitled off my day), and another for the CD+DVD version (entitled on my way). The DVD version will include all PVs that were made for her 2005 releases (excluding my name's WOMEN) — STEP you, is this LOVE?, fairyland, alterna, HEAVEN, Bold & Delicious and Pride, as well as an alternative PV for Bold & Delicious (called the “Side story”). Two new PVs were also included - Ladies Night and rainy day made their debut on the disc. “Making-of” clips for STEP you, is this LOVE?, fairyland, alterna, HEAVEN and Pride feature also.
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Track listing
CD
- Bold & Delicious (4:40)
- STEP you (4:24)
- Ladies Night (4:29)
- is this LOVE? (4:51)
- (miss)understood (4:02)
- alterna (5:28)
- In The Corner (3:22)
- tasking (1:25)
- criminal (5:13)
- Pride (4:10)
- Will (4:07)
- HEAVEN (4:18)
- Are You Wake Up? (2:05)
- fairyland (5:17)
- Beautiful Day (4:53)
- rainy day (4:03)
- data track (Avex Player)
DVD
- STEP you (Video Clip)
- is this LOVE? (Video Clip)
- fairyland (Video Clip)
- alterna (Video Clip)
- HEAVEN (Video Clip)
- Bold & Delicious (Video Clip)
- Pride (Video Clip)
- Rainy Day (Video Clip)
- Ladies Night (Video Clip)
- Bold & Delicious -Side Story- (Album Ver.)
- STEP you (Making Clip)
- is this LOVE? (Making Clip)
- fairyland (Making Clip)
- alterna (Making Clip)
- HEAVEN (Making Clip)
- Pride (Making Clip)
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | Sales Total | Chart Run |
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| 1 January 2006 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | #1 | ||
| 1 January 2006 | Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | #1 | 858,933 | 14 weeks (still on charts) |
| 1 January 2006 | Oricon Monthly Albums Chart | #1 | ||
| 1 January 2006 | Oricon Yearly Albums Chart |
| Date | Title | Peak Position | Weeks |
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| 20 April, 2005 | STEP you/is this LOVE? | #1 | 19 |
| 3 August, 2005 | fairyland c/w "alterna" | #1 | 13 |
| 14 September, 2005 | HEAVEN | #1 | 14 |
| 30 November, 2005 | Bold & Delicious / Pride | #1 | 7 |
| 1 January, 2006 | (miss)understood | #1 | 14+ |
+-still charting