Astromantic
Astromantic | ||||
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Released | May 26, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 2003–04 | |||
Genre | J-Urban | |||
Label | Rhythm Zone | |||
Producer | M-Flo | |||
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Astromantic is the third studio album by the Japanese hip-hop group M-Flo. It was released on May 26, 2004, through Rhythm Zone.[1] Remixes of songs from this album were released as Astromantic Charm School. The album spawned three singles featuring different singers: "Reeewind!" with Crystal Kay, "Miss You" with Melody, and "The Love Bug" with BoA.
Commercially, the album peaked at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for physical sales in June 2004.
Background
Astromantic was released via Avex's record label Rhythm Zone on May 26, 2004, and marks the group's first studio album in over three years, since March 2001's Expo Expo. It is the group's first album without Lisa as the vocalist, since her departure from the trio in April 2002.[2] Instead of finding a new vocalist, the band started to collaborate with different singers, with each collaboration credited to "m-flo loves" the featured artist. Remixes of songs from this album were later released on the Astromantic Charm School remix album, released on September 15, 2004.
Reception
Astromantic reached number 2 on the Oricon Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for a total of 34 weeks. The album sold 330,497 copies by the end of 2004, and ranked at number 42 on the year-end Oricon Albums Chart.
Track listing
- The Third Impact
- Miss You [M-Flo Loves Melody. & Ryohei Yamamoto]
- Starstruck - "The Return of the Luvbytes" [M-Flo Loves Ai, Emi Hinouchi & Rum (Heartsdales)]
- How to Be Astromantic
- Vanessa [M-Flo Loves Bloodest Saxophone]
- Way U Move [M-Flo Loves Dragon Ash]
- Get On! [M-Flo Loves Crystal Kay]
- Astrosexy [M-Flo Loves Chemistry]
- Listen to Your Heart
- The Love Bug [M-Flo Loves BoA]
- Life Is Beautiful [M-Flo Loves Double & Toku]
- I Wanna Be Down [M-Flo Loves Ryuichi Sakamoto]
- Rendezvous 2014
- Cosmic Night Run [M-Flo Loves Maki Nomiya & Crazy Ken Band]
- Reeewind! [M-Flo Loves Crystal Kay]
- Uchu No Uouo (Woah Woah of Space) [M-Flo Loves Boy-Ken & Black Bottom Brass Band]
- Curtain Call
Charts and certifications
Album charts
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Certifications
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Release history
Region | Date | Format | Catalog number | Label | Ref. |
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Japan | May 26, 2004 | CD, digital download | RZCD-45123 | Rhythm Zone | [1] |
References
- ^ a b "Astromantic | m-flo". Oricon News (in Japanese). May 26, 2004. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ Poole, Robert Michael (October 30, 2009). "m-flo's Verbal spreads the love". The Japan Times. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
- ^ オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ^ "Japanese album certifications – M-Flo – Astromantic" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved December 7, 2021. Select 2004年6月 on the drop-down menu