Precious (Cubic U album)

Precious is the debut English-language album by Cubic U (Hikaru Utada's stage name before her debut in Japan), which was recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York in 1996.[1] The album was never released commercially in the US, due to internal problems with the label EMI. It was only available to music industry insiders. The album was released in Japan on January 28, 1998; the album failed to chart on the Oricon weekly charts. After the huge success of Utada's First Love, the album was re-released on March 31, 1999, and peaked at #2 on the Oricon charts with 702,060 copies sold.

Precious
Studio album by
Cubic U
ReleasedJanuary 28, 1998
RecordedAugust 5–20, 1996
StudioSony (New York City)
Genre
Length54:42
LabelToshiba EMI
ProducerHikaru Utada, Teruzane Utada, Fuji Keiko, Michael C. Warner, Booker T. Jones, Bert Price
Cubic U chronology
Precious
(1998)		 First Love
(1999)
Singles from Precious
  1. "Close to You"
    Released: January 28, 1997

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hikaru Utada and Charlene Harrison, except for tracks 3, 5, 7 and 12 written by Utada, Harrison and Michael C. Warner and track 9 written by Utada and Warner. "Close to You" is a cover version of the Burt Bacharach–Hal David composition "(They Long to Be) Close to You" made famous by the Carpenters.

No.TitleLength
1."My Little Lover Boy"4:28
2."Lullaby"4:38
3."How Ya Doin'"3:05
4."I Don't Love You"4:51
5."Here and There and Back Again" (on promo copies only)4:47
6."Promise"5:24
7."Ticket 4 Two"5:23
8."Take a Little While"3:52
9."100 Reasons Why"4:31
10."Work Things Out"4:31
11."Close to You"4:39
12."Precious Love"5:20
13."How Ya Doin' (Rap Version)" (bonus track)3:46

Note: Several promo copies of the album have the track "Here and There and Back Again" as track 5. This was not released physically.

Release history
Country Date Version Label
Japan January 28, 1998 Original Toshiba-EMI
March 31, 1999 Re-release

Singles
Date Title Peak position Weeks Sales
January 28, 1997 "Close to You" --- --- ---

Charts

Precious - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position Sales Total Chart Run
March 31, 1999

(Re-release)

 Oricon Daily Albums Chart
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 2 702,060 17 weeks
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 35 702,060

References
  1. "First Six Hikaru Utada Albums To Be Reissued On 180-Gram Vinyl". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
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