Fairy Tale (Mai Kuraki album)

Fairy Tale is the third studio album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on October 23, 2002 under Giza Studio label.

Fairy Tale
Studio album by
Mai Kuraki
ReleasedOctober 23, 2002 (2002-10-23)
Recorded2001-2002
GenrePop, Contemporary R&B
Length56:37
LabelGiza Studio
ProducerKanonji
Mai Kuraki chronology
Perfect Crime
(2001)		 Fairy Tale
(2002)		 If I Believe
(2003)
Singles from Fairy Tale
  1. "Can't Forget Your Love"
    Released: August 29, 2001
  2. "Winter Bells"
    Released: January 17, 2002
  3. "Feel Fine!"
    Released: April 24, 2002
  4. "Like a Star in the Night"
    Released: September 4, 2002

Background

The concept and theme of the album is "fairy tales".[1] Kuraki stated that, with Fairy Tale being the last album to be released in her teenage years, she wanted it to reflect her beliefs, dreams and hopes in the past, present and for the future.[1]

Release and promotion

Singles

"Can't Forget Your Love" was released as the lead single from the album in August, 2001. "Can't Forget Your Love" was released as a double A-side with "Perfect Crime: Single Edit". The song was written by Kuraki herself, Aika Ohno, Cybersound and Akihito Tokunaga and served as the theme song to the 2001 Japanese TV program Ikiru tame no Jonetsu toshite no Satsujin.[2] The single has sold over 180,040 copies and been certificated gold by RIAJ.

"Winter Bells" was released as the second single from the album in January, 2002. "Winter Bells" was used as the tenth opening theme to the Case Closed anime. The song was written by Kuraki herself and Akihito Tokunaga. The song has sold over 258,310 copies and been certificated platinum by RIAJ. It's known as Kuraki's first Christmas song.

"Feel Fine!" was released as the third single from the album in April, 2002. "Feel Fine!" samples 80's surf rock influences. The song was written by Kuraki herself and Akihito Tokunaga. The song has sold over 451,500 copies and been certificated 2×platinum by RIAJ, making it the sixteenth best-selling single of 2002 in Japan. It was served as the commercial song to the American cosmetic brand Sea Breeze.

"Like a Star in the Night" was released as the fourth single from the album in September, 2002. "Like a Star in the Night" was used as the Japanese theme to the 2000 American television series Dark Angel. The song was written by Kuraki herself, Aika Ohno, Akihito Tokunaga and Daisuke Ikeda. The single has sold over 119,550 copies and been certificated gold by RIAJ.

Commercial performance

Fairy Tale debuted at number-one on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart with 404,010 copies sold making it Kuraki's third number-one debut.[3] The album stayed on the Oricon albums chart for a total of 37 weeks (twenty more than her previous album Perfect Crime) of which the album spent 5 in the top 10, non-consecutively.[4] Fairy Tale was the 23rd best selling album of 2002.[5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mai Kuraki.

No.TitleMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Fairy Tale (My Last Teenage Wish)"Akihito TokunagaTokunaga4:18
2."Feel Fine!"TokunagaTokunaga4:48
3."Ride on Time"TokunagaTokunaga5:01
4."Key to My Heart"Aika OhnoCybersound3:33
5."Winter Bells"TokunagaTokunaga4:37
6."Loving You..."OhnoCybersound5:18
7."Can't Forget Your Love"OhnoCybersound, Tokunaga5:29
8."Trip in the Dream"TokunagaTokunaga4:18
9."Not That Kind a Girl"Yoko BlaqstoneStone4:27
10."Like a Star in the Night"OhnoTokunaga5:39
11."Fushigi no Kuni" (不思議の国 "Wonderland")OhnoDaisuke Ikeda5:26
12."Fantasy"OhnoTokunaga3:49
Total length:56:43

Charts

Certification and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[9] 2× Platinum 800,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Cover

The composer of Key to my heart, Aika Ohno self-cover this song in her cover album Silent Passage.[10]

References
  1. ":: Music Freak Magazine :: MAI KURAKI Long Interview" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  2. "Can't forget your love/PERFECT CRIME-Single Edit- - 倉木麻衣 / J-POP / 音楽". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  3. "GIZA＠売上データ補完スレ - 売上スレ避難所＠JBBS掲示板" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  4. 【オリコン】売上枚数Ｑ＆Ａ【2004/12/31付】 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  5. (in Japanese) "2002年 年間CDシングル/アルバム/トータルセールス/VIDEO/DVD/カラオケ/作詞家・作曲家・編曲家 ランキング". Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20171027132012/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2017-10-26/
  7. {https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2017-11-06/
  8. https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2017-10/p/2/
  9. "Japanese album certifications – 倉木 麻衣 – Fairy Tale" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved January 31, 2021. Select 2002年11月 on the drop-down menu
  10. "大野愛果「Silent Passage」全曲紹介". YouTube.
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