Released January 28, 1998 Length 54:42 Precious(1998) First Love(1999) Release date 28 January 1998 | Recorded August 5–20, 1996 Producer — Artist Hikaru Utada Label EMI Records Japan | |
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Genres Contemporary R&B, Dance-pop Similar Hikaru Utada albums, Pop music albums |
Precious love cubic u utada hikaru
Precious is the debut English album by Cubic U (Hikaru Utada's stage name before her debut in Japan), which was recorded at Sony Music Studio in New York in 1996. The album was released in both the United States and Japan on January 28, 1998; the album failed to chart on the Oricon weekly charts and US Billboard 200. After the huge success of Utada's First Love, the album was re-released in Japan on March 31, 1999 and peaked at #2 on the Oricon charts with 702,060 copies sold.
Contents
- Precious love cubic u utada hikaru
- My little lover boy cubic u utada hikaru
- American track listing
- Charts
- Songs
- References
My little lover boy cubic u utada hikaru
American track listing
All tracks written by Utada Hikaru and Charlene Harrison, except for "Close to You", which is a cover version of the Burt Bacharach–Hal David composition "(They Long to Be) Close to You" made famous by the Carpenters.
Note: Several US-promo copies of the album have the track "Here and There and Back Again" as track 5. This was not on the re-released Japanese version.
Charts
Precious - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Songs
1My Little Lover Boy4:30
2Lullaby4:39
3How Ya Doin'3:07