(miss)understood

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(miss)understood

Studio album by Ayumi Hamasaki
Released	January 1, 2006
Recorded	2005
Genre	J-pop
Length	66:32
Label	AVEX Trax
Producer(s)	Max Matsuura
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Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
MY STORY (2004)	(miss)understood (2006)	Secret (2006)
Alternate Cover

CD-only Cover

(miss)understood is Ayumi Hamasaki's seventh full-length studio album produced by Max Matsuura. Its official release date was January 1, 2006, but started appearing in stores on December 28, 2005, the last Wednesday of the year.

On this album, there are a total of four singles. "STEP you/is this LOVE?", "fairyland c/w alterna", "HEAVEN", and "Bold & Delicious/Pride". All of the lyrics were written by Hamasaki herself.

GEO of Sweetbox composed 6 songs on (miss)understood originally for themselves and for the lead singer Jade Villalon to sing. Yet, after Ayumi had bought a number of Sweetbox's Greatest Hits album, she decided she loved their music. After she listened to Sweetbox's new demos for their upcoming album Addicted, GEO gave her permission to use:

Bold & Delicious
Ladies Night
Pride
Beautiful Girl (Ayu's version is called "Beautiful Day")
Every Step (Ayu's version is called "rainy day")

And GEO also gave her permission to use an older Sweetbox demo, featured on their Raw Treasures Volume 1: 2000 - 2005 album

In The Corner

However these songs are not classed as covers because Ayumi only used the composition of the song and created her own lyrics around them.

The initial pressings of the album included two photobooks — one for the CD version (entitled off my day), and another for the CD+DVD version (entitled on my way). The DVD version included all PVs that were made for her 2005 releases (excluding my name's WOMEN) — STEP you, is this LOVE?, fairyland, alterna, HEAVEN, Bold & Delicious and Pride, as well as an alternative PV for Bold & Delicious (called the “Side story”). Two new PVs were also included — Ladies Night and rainy day made their debut on the disc. “Making-of” clips for STEP you, is this LOVE?, fairyland, alterna, HEAVEN and Pride feature also.

1 Sales
2 Track listing
- 2.1 CD
- 2.2 DVD
3 Charts
4 Singles
5 References

[edit] Sales

The work, (miss)understood, was certified triple-platinum by RIAJ in sales and was recognized for having more than a million copies shipped to store. ^[1] The total sales number of the album's singles comes to a total of 1,122,107. The album sales and the single sales combined come to a grand sales revenue of 1,999,540 CDs sold.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD

Bold & Delicious – 4:40
STEP you – 4:24
Ladies Night – 4:29
is this LOVE? – 4:51
(miss)understood – 4:02
alterna – 5:28
In The Corner – 3:22
tasking – 1:25
criminal – 5:13
Pride – 4:10
Will – 4:07
HEAVEN – 4:18
Are You Wake Up? – 2:05
fairyland – 5:17
Beautiful Day – 4:34
rainy day – 4:01

[edit] DVD

STEP you (PV)
is this LOVE? (PV)
fairyland (PV)
alterna (PV)
HEAVEN (PV)
Bold & Delicious (PV)
Pride (PV)
rainy day (PV)
Ladies Night (PV)
Bold & Delicious -Side Story- (Album Ver.)
STEP you (Making Of)
is this LOVE? (Making Of)
fairyland (Making Of)
alterna (Making Of)
HEAVEN (Making Of)
Pride (Making Of)

[edit] Charts

With (miss)understood Ayumi reach for the first time the number one on The United World Chart with an full album, outselling the number two for a large of 366,000 copies.

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
1 January 2006	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	#1
1 January 2006	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	#1	877,433	32 weeks
1 January 2006	Oricon Monthly Albums Chart	#1
1 January 2006	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	#8

Date	Title	Peak Position	Weeks
20 April, 2005	STEP you/is this LOVE?	#1	19
3 August, 2005	fairyland c/w "alterna"	#1	13
14 September, 2005	HEAVEN	#1	14
30 November, 2005	Bold & Delicious / Pride	#1	7
1 January, 2006	(miss)understood	#1	32+

United World Chart
Week	01	02	03	04
Position	1	14	37	x

[edit] Singles

"STEP you / is this LOVE?"


Released	April 20, 2005
Writer(s)	Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer(s)	Max Matsuura

Main article: Step you/is this Love?

"STEP you / is this LOVE? " is the first single released by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki from (miss)understood.

Track listing

Step you – 4:24
is this Love? – 4:51
Step you (Instrumental) – 4:24
is this Love? (Instrumental) – 4:51

"fairyland c/w alterna"


Released	August 3, 2005
Writer(s)	Ayumi Hamasaki
Producer(s)	Max Matsuura

Main article: Fairyland c/w alterna

"fairyland c/w alterna" is the 36th single released by Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on August 3rd, 2006. "fairyland"'s music video was shot in Hawaii and is one of the most expensive music videos ever made in Japan and world-wide. The PV cost 240 million Yen (2 million in U.S. dollars).

Chart positions

#1 on Japan Oricon daily and weekly charts, #4 on Japan Oricon monthly chart. Total sales of 316,663 physical units sold. Chart run of 13 weeks.

Track listing