Almost Seventeen

Almost Seventeen is Crystal Kay's third album. It is her second R&B dominant album and is produced by a similar team as 637 -always and forever-. A large part of the record was written and produced by MICHICO and T-Kura of GIANT SWING PRODUCTIONS; She also worked with the TinyVoice production company and Takahashi Taku from m-flo produced "hard to say". "Love Of A Lifetime" is a cover of a 1999 single by British girl group Honeyz. Crystal also released her ninth single "Girl U Love" alongside the album. The first pressings of Almost Seventeen were released at a lower price, and later prints received a new catalog number and a raised price.

Almost Seventeen
Studio album by
Crystal Kay
ReleasedOctober 23, 2002
Recorded2001-2002
GenreJ-pop, R&B
Length56:21
LabelSony Music Entertainment Japan
ProducerVERBAL, T-Kura, MICHICO, Paul Epworth
Crystal Kay chronology
637: Always and Forever
(2001)		 Almost Seventeen
(2002)		 Crystal Kay
(2003)
Singles from Almost Seventeen
  1. "Think of U"
    Released: November 28, 2001
  2. "Hard to Say"
    Released: August 7, 2002
  3. "Girl U Love"
    Released: October 23, 2002

The album reached #2 on the weekly Oricon chart. This was a huge career milestone for Crystal, with her last album peaking at #19. In 2003 almost seventeen sold 213,023 copies, making it the #62 best selling album of the year. In all the record ranked for a total of 58 weeks, selling 354,910 copies. It is Crystal's best selling album.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Hard to Say"4:47
2."Missin' U, Baby"4:13
3."Girl U Love"4:23
4."Shooting Stardust"4:32
5."Boyfriend (What Makes Me Fall In Love)"4:12
6."Hide and Seek"3:50
7."You're My Fate"5:08
8."Love of a Lifetime"3:57
9."Attitude"3:16
10."Move On"4:11
11."A Song for You"4:39
12."Think of U"4:53
13."Feel The Same"4:20

Charts
Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
October 23, 2002 Oricon Daily Charts
Oricon Weekly Charts 2 354,910 58 weeks
Oricon Monthly Charts
Oricon Yearly Charts #62

Release history
Country Date Label Format Catalogue #
Japan October 23, 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Japan Compact disc ESCL-2356

References
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