I Hope So

I Hope So (stylized as I hope so) is the twenty first studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori and second studio album to be released during the 2000s. It was released on 14 May 2003 under the Universal Music Japan label. The album includes lead single "Days".

I Hope So
Studio album by Akina Nakamori
Released	14 May 2003
Recorded	2003
Studio	West Side On-Air Mafu Studio Heartbeat Recording Studio
Genre	Pop, Healing music
Length	52:57
Language	Japanese
Label	Universal Music Japan
Producer	Satoshi Takebe
Akina Nakamori chronology
Resonancia (2002) I Hope So (2003) Utahime 3: Shūmaku (2003)
Singles from I Hope So
"Days" Released: 30 April 2003

The album includes four of Akina's original written songs: "Niji", "I Hope So", "Veil" and "Days".

Promotion

Singles

It consists of one previously released single.[1][2]

"Days" is the forty second single written by Nakamori herself and Oda Tetsuro. It was released on 30 April 2003 under Universal Music Japan. It was her only single to be released in that year. The single was promoted as an ending theme to the Japanese television drama Onna to Ai to Mystery.[3] The single was included in the compilation album Best Finger 25th anniversary selection and All Time Best: Originals.[4]

The single debuted at number 30 on Oricon Single Weekly Charts.[5]

Stage performances

"Days", "Utsutsu no Hana", "Tsumugi Uta" and "Kaze no Hate" has been performed in the anniversary live tour Akina Nakamori 2003: I Hope So.

"I Hope So" has been performed in the one-night special live AKINA NAKAMORI Special Live 2009 “Empress at Yokohama”.

Chart performance

The album reached number 15 on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart charted for the 6 consecutive weeks with the sales of 18,000 copies.[6][7]

Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Satoshi Takebe.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Toki" (instrumental)		Satoshi Takebe	1:59
2.	"Rain"	Mayo Okamoto	Okamoto	5:18
3.	"Niji"	Akina Nakamori	Ryouki Matsumoto	4:27
4.	"Hikari" (instrumental)		Takebe	0:56
5.	"Kaze no Hate"	Matsui Goro	Oda Tetsuro	4:25
6.	"I Hope So"	Nakamori	Shinjiro Inoue・Takebe	4:43
7.	"Veil"	Nakamori	Takebe	3:54
8.	"Yoi" (instrumental)		Takebe	1:15
9.	"Yuuyami wo Matte"	Minako Kawae	Kawae	5:05
10.	"Doukei"	Kawae	Zenkyu	4:19
11.	"Tsumugi Uta"	Kawae	Kawae	4:56
12.	"Yume" (instrumental)		Takebe	2:03
13.	"Utsutsu no Hana"	Matsui	Tatsurou Mashikota	4:21
14.	"Days"	Nakamori	Oda	4:57

References

1. "JBOOK:I hope so:中森明菜:CD". JBOOK. 文教堂. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
2. "中森明菜 UNIVERSAL MUSIC OFFICIAL WEBSITE". biography. ユニバーサルミュージック. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
3. "中森明菜 / I hope so〜バラード・アルバム〜 [CD] [アルバム] - CDJournal.com". CDジャーナル. 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
4. "中森明菜 / 25周年記念セレクション ベスト・フィンガー [CD] [アルバム] - CDJournal.com". 音楽出版社. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
5. "Days 中森明菜のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". オリコン. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
6. Oricon Album Chart Book Complete Edition 1970-2005. オリコン・マーケティング・プロモーション. 25 April 2006. pp. 3, 455–457, 883. ISBN 4871310779.
7. "中森明菜-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック". オリコン. Retrieved 2012-04-04.