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Love the World (album)

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Perfume Global Compilation "Love the World"
Compilation album by
Perfume
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2012 (Japan)
October 15, 2012 (Asia)[1]
Recorded2006–2011
Genre
Length79:46
LanguageJapanese
Label
ProducerYasutaka Nakata
Perfume chronology
JPN
(2011) 		Perfume Global Compilation "Love the World"
(2012) 		LEVEL3
(2013)
Music video
Perfume "Fake it" on YouTube

Love the World (in some countries Perfume Global Compilation "Love the World") is the second compilation album by the Japanese trio Perfume. It was released on September 12, 2012 in Japan under their old label Tokuma Japan Communications, in two editions: CD+DVD[2] and in a regular CD edition.[3]

All its songs were produced by Yasutaka Nakata, and the album was released in Asia on October 15, 2012 and also worldwide.[1] The digital release of the album was on September 12, 2012 via iTunes worldwide, except for Asia.[4]

Background

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The album was announced on the Perfume website on August 5, 2012. The physical version of the album is Perfume's first album to be released outside Japan, after having their first official global tour Perfume World Tour 1st that went to South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.[5] The album was released in two editions: CD+DVD, the DVD including the music video of the song "Fake It", a making-of from the video and a special video of the song "Polyrhythm."

To promote the album, the music video of "Fake It" was released through Japan's music TV channels, such as MTV Japan, Music On! TV and Space Shower TV.

Composition

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The album is composed of sixteen tracks, including singles, b-sides, album tracks and two new mixes. All songs were produced by Yasutaka Nakata.

The songs "Polyrhythm", "Baby Cruising Love", "Chocolate Disco", "Game", "Butterfly" and "Secret Secret" are from the band's first album Game. "Electro World" is from their first compilation album Perfume: Complete Best; "Dream Fighter", "Love the World", "Edge" and "Night Flight" are from their second album Triangle; "Laser Beam", "My Color" and "Glitter" are from their third album JPN; "Seventh Heaven" is the b-side of the single "Polyrhythm"; and "Fake It" the b-side of the single "Nee".

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Yasutaka Nakata

Standard edition[6]
No.TitleLength
1."Polyrhythm" (ポリリズム; Poririzumu)4:09
2."Edge" (Triangle-mix; stylized as ⊿-Mix)8:42
3."Love the World"4:32
4."Electro World" (エレクトロ・ワールド; Erekutoro Wārudo)4:19
5."Chocolate Disco" (2012-mix; チョコレイト・ディスコ; Chokoreito Disuko)4:53
6."Seventh Heaven"4:43
7."Game"5:04
8."Secret Secret" (シークレットシークレット; Shīkuretto Shīkuretto)4:56
9."Night Flight"5:18
10."Baby Cruising Love"4:40
11."Butterfly"5:41
12."Fake It"4:09
13."Laser Beam" (レーザービーム; Rēzā Bīmu)3:29
14."Glitter"5:03
15."My Color" (LTW-mix)5:15
16."Dream Fighter"4:53
Total length:79:46
DVD (CD+DVD edition)[7]
No.TitleLength
1."Fake It" (music video) 
2."Fake It" (music video – making-of) 
3."Polyrhythm" (historical live act version) 

Chart performance

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Oricon

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Oricon Chart Peak Debut sales Sales total
Daily Albums Chart 1 59,930 185,008+
Weekly Albums Chart[8][9] 1 118,186
Monthly Albums Chart 5 149,044
Yearly Albums Chart 34 169,793

Other charts

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Chart Peak
position
Billboard Japan Top Albums[10] 1

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[11] Platinum 250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Country Date Format Label
Japan[2][3] September 12, 2012 CD Tokuma Japan Communications
Worldwide[4]
(except Asia) 		Digital download Amuse, Inc.
South Korea[12][13] October 15, 2012[1] CD, Digital download UMG International
Taiwan[14]
Singapore
Hong Kong
Philippines December 11, 2012 CD (import) MCA Music
Worldwide TBA[1] CD Amuse, Inc.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Perfume Global Compilation "LOVE THE WORLD" global release!!". Perfume's global website. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  2. ^ a b "Perfume Global Compilation "Love the World" （初回限定盤） Perfume のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-Oricon Style". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  3. ^ a b "Perfume Global Compilation "Love the World" Perfume のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-Oricon Style". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  4. ^ a b "iTunes - Music - Perfume Global Compilation "Love the World" by Perfume". iTunes Store. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  5. ^ "Perfume World Tour 1st official website". Amuse, Inc. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  6. ^ "Amazon.co.jp： Perfume Global Compilation Love The World: 音楽". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  7. ^ "Amazon.co.jp Perfume Global Compilation Love The World (初回限定盤)(DVD付): 音楽". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  8. ^ "【オリコン】Perfume、アルバム4作連続首位 Speed 以来女性グループ12年ぶり". Oricon. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  9. ^ "2012年09月10日～2012年09月16日のCDアルバム週間ランキング (Oricon's Weekly albums chart for September 24th)". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  10. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums / Charts / Billboard Japan (Billboard Japan Top Albums chart for September 24th)". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  11. ^ "Japanese album certifications – Perfume – Perfume Global Compilation "LOVE THE WORLD"" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2012年9月 on the drop-down menu
  12. ^ "Love The World-Perfume 상세정보 --www.melon.com". MelOn. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
  13. ^ "Yesasia: Perfume - Love The World (Korea Version) CD - Perfume, Universal Music (South Korea) - Music - Free Shipping". Yesasia. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
  14. ^ "Yesasia: Perfume Global Compilation "Love The World" (Hong Kong version) CD - Perfume - Japanese Music - Free Shipping". Yesasia. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
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