Feel My Mind

Information

feel... mind is singer-songwriter Kumi Koda's third studio album and last album to carry predominately R&B tracks, whereas she transitioned to producing mainly pop music beginning from her next album, secret, and onward. The album managed to chart within the top ten on Oricon at #7 and remained on the charts for nearly two months.

feel... mind is credited with jump-starting Kumi's ero-kawaii/sexy-cute image, which she would later become synonymous with. This image would be cemented with her following album, secret. However, Kumi had later admitted in Koda Reki (stylized at KODA REKI) how she was nervous to don the "sexy-cute" image because she was nervous of disappointing her parents.

The limited editions of the album contained the tracks Yume with You [R. Yamaki's Groove Mix] - the original edition was previously released on her single Crazy 4 U - and Cutie Honey, which was later released on the single Love & Honey. Yume with You was a cover of Toshinobu Kubota song of the same title, initially released in 1993. Kumi, along with a large group of avex artists, would later record and release a song in honor of Kubota's passing in 2014, titled Ashite Waratte Irareru Youni (明日笑っていられるように / Laughing Towards Tomorrow).

The song magic (track #11) was composed by female R&B singer LISA, who Koda Kumi had collaborated with for the song one on her grow into one album and would go on to collaborate again for the song Switch, which would also feature the Heartsdales.

Due to the album only being released as a CD version, a corresponding DVD was released the same day: feel.... The DVD contained three music videos from the album, along with an interview, bonus pictures and the original television commercials for all of the singles released.

Packaging

feel my mind was released in two editions:

The limited editions carried two bonus tracks: a remix to Yume with You and Cutie Honey, which would later be released as a single.

Music Videos

Despite being released only as a CD, the album did contained a corresponding DVD: feel.... The DVD contained the music videos released as a-sides from her singles during the era for the album. Those music videos included:

Background Narration

"The artist that Koda Kumi should represent finally became clear. When I look back at the years until 2003, I was filled with enthusiasm, but had no clear goal . . . The fog in front of my eyes cleared and the path I should walk became visible." - Koda Kumi

Upon the released of feel my mind, Koda Kumi speaks in KODA REKI how singing became more enjoyable due to her finding her own style - both in music and fashion. She explains that the reason her first few years were difficult was because she did not know who she wanted to be on stage, but because she began to find herself, more people started to support her and attend her events. Though she had attracted attention with her cover of Cutie Honey, she was overwhelmed with criticism from the clothes she donned at Music Station.

"There were a lot of things that upset me . . . I wanted to believe in my own style that had taken so long to find. No matter what other people said, I didn't want to give up . . . I usually got scared easily, but I pushed through my own ideas for the first time." - Koda Kumi

Track listing

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Alternate Versions

Rain

1. Rain: Found on the album (2004)
2. Rain [Unplugged Version]: Found on No Regret single (2006)
3. Rain [Album Version Instrumental]: Found on No Regret single (2006)
4. Rain [Plug in Language Remix]: Found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 2 (2010)