Precious (Cubic U album)

Precious
Studio album by Cubic U (Utada Hikaru)
Released	January 28, 1998
Recorded	August 5 – 20, 1996
Genre	R&B, pop
Length	54:42
Label	Toshiba EMI
Producer	—
Cubic U (Utada Hikaru) chronology
Precious (1998) First Love (1999)
Singles from Precious
"Close to You" Released: January 28, 1997

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, and then re-released in Japan until March 31, 1999.

Track listing

American track list

All songs written and composed 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. 

No.	Title	Length
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)"	-:--
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 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.

Release history

Country	Date	Version
Japan	January 28, 1998	Original
United States
Japan	March 31, 1999	Re-release

Single

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
January 28, 1998	Oricon Daily Albums Chart
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	2	702,060	17 weeks
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	35	702,060