Love Unlimited (Dreams Come True album)

Love Unlimited is the eighth studio album by Japanese band Dreams Come True.[1] It was released in Japan, Hong Kong and China on April 1, 1996, through Epic Records Japan, ultimately being their last album released under the label. It was entirely written by Miwa Yoshida herself, while the composition was handled by her along bandmate Masato Nakamura. Musically, Love Unlimited is a Pop and R&B album and lyrically focuses on themes of love. The slogan on the obi is, as the title suggests, "Love has no limits."

Love Unlimited
Studio album by
Dreams Come True
ReleasedApril 1, 1996
GenreJ-Pop, R&B, Baroque pop
Length46:04
LabelEpic Records Japan
ProducerMike Pela, DREAMS COME TRUE
Dreams Come True chronology
Delicious
(1995)		 Love Unlimited
(1996)		 Sing or Die
(1997)

Information

Upon its release, Love Unlimited was commercially successful within Japan, reaching the top of the Oricon Albums Chart with well over a million copies sold in the first week. Eventually it sold over two million units there, making it the 45th best selling album in Oricon history. It was certified 2x Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for physical shipments of two million units. It is the band's fourth best selling album according to Oricon Style.[2]

The album spawned 2 singles. The first single, "Love Love Love", became their most successful single on the Oricon Singles Chart It was the best performing single in Japan in 1995 and the tenth best selling Japanese single of all time with 2,489,000 copies sold.[3][4] The second single "Romance" was also a commercial success, topping the Oricon chart and has since been certified 2× Platinum. The track "7月7日、晴れ" was the theme songs to the movie of the same name. With this album, the concert tour "DREAMS COME TRUE CONCERT TOUR '96 LOVE UNLIMITED∞" was held.

Track listing
  1. Love Unlimited
  2. Sweet Revenge
  3. 誓い
  4. Romance～∞ VERSION
  5. 嵐が来る～ALBUM VERSION
  6. 思い出を胸に秘めたまま
  7. モンキーガール 豪華客船の旅
  8. 家へ帰ろ
  9. 7月7日、晴れ
  10. どうやって忘れよう?
  11. Love Love Love
  12. しあわせなからだ

Charts

Album - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak position First week sales Sales total
1 April 1996 Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 1 1,294,000 2,433,740
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 8

References
  1. Colin Larkin, The Virgin encyclopedia of nineties music Muze UK Ltd – 2000 p.134 "ALBUMS: Dreams Come True (Sony Japan 1989)***, Love Goes On (Sony Japan 1989)***, Wonder 3 (Sony Japan 1990)***, ... , Magic (Sony Japan 1993)***, Delicious (Sony Japan 1995)**, Love Unlimited (Sony Japan 1996)***, Sing Or Die ( Virgin 1997)***."
  2. "DREAMS COME TRUE". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  3. "ドリカム中村正人＆常盤貴子の「人生の大切な10曲」は？『ミュージック・ポートレイト』". Model Press. July 11, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  4. "SMAP「世界に一つだけの花」、シングル売上歴代9位に!!". Oricon. August 3, 2004. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
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