Love Letter (Gackt album)
studio album originally released by Japanese solo artist Gackt
Love Letter is the fifth full-length studio album originally released by Japanese solo artist Gackt on February 14, 2005 in Japan.
The album had a concept theme "gift". It continues the unplugged theme of the earlier compilation album The Seventh Night but consists of new ballad material, save for the song "Dears", originally from his album Mars, and "Etude", originally from the demo tape by his indie band Cains:Feel.
A Korean language edition, titled Love Letter - For Korean Dears, was released on June 16 of the same year.
Release
The album was released on February 14, 2005, by Nippon Crown. In the third counting week of February it reached number five on the Oricon chart, with sales of 41,205 copies. In the upcoming week, it was at number six respectively, with sales of 46,207 copies. It charted for 13 weeks, and sold over 120,000 copies, being certified Gold by the RIAJ. In addition to the Japanese album, a Korean language edition was released on June 16, 2005, titled Love Letter-for Korean Dears.
Preceding the album release, were released two singles, "Kimi ni Aitakute" and "Arittake no Ai de". The first single "Kimi ni Aitakute" reached number two on the second counting week of November 2004, with sales of 53,392 copies.
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