10 Friday Dec 2021
LOVE POP is the ninth studio album released by Otsuka Ai.
Released Date: 2021.12.08
Tracklist:
1.Chime
2.Santa ni kiss wo Shite (サンタにkissをして; Kiss Santa)
3.Koi Furu (恋フル; Love Full)
4.Hoshizora Record (星空レコード; Starry Sky Record)
5.Nureru Hana (濡れる花; Wet Flowers)
6.Mr.lover
7.Aibiki (あいびき; Rendezvous)
8.Demeneko Paradise (デメネコパラダイス)
9.Nandakke (なんだっけ; What Was That?)
10.Dracaena (ドラセナ)
11.GO
OVERALL RATING: 3½ stars
17 Wednesday Nov 2021
“サンタにkissをして” is the xmas digital single by the singer Ai Otsuka.
Release Date: 2021.11.17
Tracklist:
1.サンタにkissをして
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
16 Thursday Sep 2021
“Go” is the digital single by the singer Ai Otsuka.
Release Date: 2021.09.09
Tracklist:
1.Go
OVERALL RATING: 3 stars
30 Wednesday Jun 2021
“What was that (なんだっけ)” is the new digital single by the singer Ai Otsuka.
Release Date: 2021.06.30
Tracklist:
1.”What was that (なんだっけ)”
OVERALL RATING: 3½ stars
14 Friday May 2021
“Matatabi (またたび)” is the single by the singer Ai Otsuka and AKKO GORILLA.
Release Date: 2021.04.28
Tracklist:
1.あいびき
2.ハイナビ
3.またたび
OVERALL RATING: 3 stars
02 Tuesday Feb 2021
Otsuka Ai One on One Collaboration is the first remix album released by Otsuka Ai.
Release Date: February 03, 2021
Tracklist:
1.PEACH (Tomggg Remix)
2.Kingyo Hanabi (ANIMAL HACK Remix) (金魚花火)
3.Chime (AmPm Remix)
4.Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen (maeshima soshi Remix) (黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円)
5.Momo no Hanabira (mabanua Remix) (桃ノ花ビラ)
6.Sakuranbo (Kan Sano Remix) (さくらんぼ)
7.Kimi Fechi (Haruno Remix) (君フェチ)
8.SMILY (Lucky Kilimanjaro Remix)
9.Mousou Chop (Kenmochi Hidefumi Remix) (妄想チョップ)
10.Yumekui (SASUKE Remix) (ユメクイ)
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
14 Saturday Mar 2020
“Aio Piano Arioso” is Otsuka Ai’s first live piano compilation album. It includes 10 live recordings of songs from her past tours that fans were able to vote for online. The limited edition comes with sheet music.
Released Date: 2020.03.11
Tracklist:
1.Hikari (ヒカリ; Light) (from LOVE FANTASTIC Tour 2014 ~Oootsuka Ai wa Mahooutsuka Ai~)
2.Rocket Sneaker (ロケットスニーカー) (from LOVE HONEY Tour 2017 ~Yuuwaku no Kaori ni Yuu Wakuwaku~)
3.9 (from LOVE is BORN ~10th Anniversary 2013~)
4.Kimi ni Kaeru. (キミにカエル。; Back to You) (from AIO PIANO Vol. 1)
5.Haneari Tamago (羽ありたまご; Egg with Wings) (from LOVE is BORN ~3rd Anniversary 2006~)
6.Kumuriuta (クムリウタ; Cloudy Lullaby) (from LOVE is BORN ~5th Anniversary 2008~)
7.Himawari (向日葵; Sunflower) (from JAM PUNCH Tour 2005 ~Kondoru no Pantsu ga Kui Kondoru~)
8.Gomen ne. (ごめんね。; Sorry) (from LOVE FANTASTIC Tour 2014 ~Oootsuka Ai wa Mahooutsuka Ai~)
9.Yumekui (ユメクイ; Dream Eater) (from Ai am BEST, too Tour 2019 ~Yes! Koko ga Iessu!~)
10.Pocket ~Last Love Letter~ (ポケット) (from LOVE is BEST Tour 2009 Final)
OVERALL RATING
3½ stars
11 Wednesday Sep 2019
“Chime” is the 26th single released by Otsuka Ai. The title track was used as an opening theme for the anime Fruits Basket. The song “kit palette” was originally used as a Kit Kat Everyday Nuts & Cranberry CM song in March of the same year. The song “XOX” is an English self-cover of the song “Dame Dame da” which she originally wrote and composed for Tomita Shiori in 2014, which also Otsuka recorded her own rendition for the iTunes release.
The song was released digitally ahead of the single on July 5, 2019.
Released Date: 2019.09.04
Tracklist:
1.Chime
2.kit palette
3.XOX
4.Dame Dame da (だめだめだ) (iTunes edition only)
5.Chime (Instrumental)
6.kit palette (Instrumental)
7.XOX (Instrumental)
OVERALL RATING
3½ stars
27 Thursday Dec 2018
Ai am BEST, too is the third compilation album (eighth counting digital releases) released by Otsuka Ai. The album title is a reference to her first compilation album Ai am Best that was released 12 years prior. The album is a collection of some of her well-known singles and certain album tracks that were all picked by Otsuka herself.
Released Date: 2019.01.01
Tracklist:
CD1 Tracklist
1.Watashi (私; I)
2.Sakuranbo (さくらんぼ; Cherries)
3.Haneari Tamago (羽ありたまご; Egg with Wings)
4.Kimi Fechi (君フェチ; You Fetish)
5.Momo no Hanabira (桃ノ花ビラ; Peach Petal)
6.Rocket Sneaker (ロケットスニーカー)
7.Frienger (フレンジャー)
8.Happy Days
9.PEACH
10.SMILY
11.TOKYO Sanpo (TOKYO散歩; Tokyo Stroll)
12.Kumuriuta (クムリウタ; Cloudy Lullaby)
13.Amaenbo (甘えんぼ; Spoiled Child)
14.Neko ni Fuusen (ネコに風船; Cat with a Balloon)
15.Dear, you
CD2 Tracklist
1.LOVE FANTASTIC
2.Kuroge Wagyuu Joshio Tanyaki 680 Yen (黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円; Black Grilled Cow’s Tongue, 680 Yen)
3.Shachihata (シヤチハタ; Self-inking Rubber Stamp)
4.Kingyo Hanabi (金魚花火; Goldfish Fireworks)
5.Ren’ai Shashin (恋愛写真; Photographs of Love)
6.Planetarium (プラネタリウム)
7.More More (モアモア)
8.Zokkondition (ゾッ婚ディション; Marriage Condition From My Heart)
9.Parallel World (パラレルワールド)
10.CHU-LIP
11.Pon Pon (ポンポン)
12.Time Machine (タイムマシーン)
13.Yumekui (ユメクイ; Dream Eater)
14.Hibi, Ikite Ireba (日々、生きていれば; If I Live, Everyday)
15.Dracaena (ドラセナ)
16.Re:NAME
CD3 Tracklist
1.Himawari (向日葵; Sunflower)
2.Cherish
3.Mirai Taxi (未来タクシー; Future Taxi)
4.Ticket (チケット)
5.Pocket (ポケット)
6.Ai (愛; Love)
7.pretty voice
8.Amai Kimochi Maru Kajiri (甘い気持ちまるかじり; A Bite Full of Sweet Feelings)
9.Sora to Kujira (空とくじら; The Sky and a Whale)
OVERALL RATING
4 stars
12 Friday Oct 2018
“Dear, you” is the fourteenth digital single released by Otsuka Ai. The song was used as the theme for the stage play Karephone.
Released Date: 2018.10.04
Tracklist:
1.Dear, you
2.Dear, you (Piano Instrumental)
3.Dear, you (Instrumental)
OVERALL RATING
4 stars
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