I Just Feel So "Sweet"

I Just Feel So "Sweet" is the first and only studio album by Japanese pop band Sweet Velvet. It was released on February 26, 2000, through Giza Studio.

I Just Feel So "Sweet"
Studio album by Sweet Velvet
Released	February 28, 2000
Recorded	1998–2000
Studio	Red Way Studio Blue way Studio Birdman River studio Heart Beat Studio
Genre	J-pop
Length	42:13
Label	Giza Studio
Producer	Daiko Nagato
Sweet Velvet chronology
Sweet Velvet (1999) I Just Feel So "Sweet" (2000)
Singles from I Just Feel So "Sweet"
"I Just Feel So Love Again ~Soba ni Iru dake de~" Released: February 10, 1999 "Flame Of Love" Released: June 23, 1999 "Lazy Drive" Released: August 25, 1999

Background

The album consists of three previous released singles, such as "I Just Feel So Love Again ~Soba ni Iru dake de~" (I JUST FEEL SO LOVE AGAIN 〜そばにいるだけで〜), "Flame Of Love" and "Lazy Drive".

Three tracks out of ten: "So good", "Sweeter Baby" and "Fairplay" were reprised from indies album "Sweet Velvet". Fairplay has subtitle -album mix- and it shares significant melody change.^[1]

Most of the tracks were previously released as b-side of their singles, with exception of Un jour, Blue and Drive and Over which were recorded newly for this album.

Two tracks out of ten were composed by band themselves while seven tracks out of ten were composed by Japanese composer Aika Ohno.^[2]

After the album release, the band has disbanded without official announcement and later their website was removed by director of Giza Studio as well.

Charting

The album charted at #100 on the Oricon charts in its first week. It charted for 1 week and sold 2,900 copies.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Arrangers	Length
1.	"un jour" (instrumental)	Naoyuki Tsukada	sweet velvet	0:53
2.	"I Just Feel So Love Again -Soba ni Iru dake de-" (～そばにいるだけで～)	Aika Ohno	Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow)	4:37
3.	"Blue Drive"	Ohno	Kuuron Oshiro	5:13
4.	"Lazy Drive"	Ohno	Furui	4:57
5.	"Sweeter Baby"	Ohno	Yasuharu Konishi	4:28
6.	"Fairplay" (album mix)	Ohno	Oshiro	4:47
7.	"So good"	Ohno	Ryou Kamomiya	3:11
8.	"Stay"	Nami Kaneko	Furui	4:57
9.	"Flame Of Love"	Ohno	Furui	4:06
10.	"Over"	Tsukada	Oshiro	5:12
Total length:				42:13

All lyrics are written by Mizuki Akimoto

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD booklet of I Just Feel So "Sweet".^[4]

Mizuki Akimoto - vocalist, lyricist Shinichi Inoue - guitarist Ryousuke Shimizu - drummer Naoyuki Tsukada - composing, synthesizer, chorus, Aika Ohno - composing, chorus Nami Kaneko - composing Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow) - arranging Yasuharu Konishi - arranging Kuuron Oshiro - arranging Ryo Kamomiya - arranging

Yoshinobu Ohga (nothin' but love) - guitarist Makoto Miyoshi (Rumania Montevideo) - guitarist Makoto Kimura - drummer Akio Nakajima - recording, mixing Yuji Sugiyama - recording, mixing Katsuyuki Yoshimatsu - assistant engineering Chihiro Hayashi - directing Yuko Sakamoto - directing Gan Kojima – art direction Rockaku - producing

In media

• I Just Feel So Love Again - ending theme for anime television series Mamotte Shugogetten
• Flame Of Love - ending theme for anime television series Monster Rancher
• Lazy Drive - ending theme for TV Asahi program Yajiuma Wide

References

1. "Audio Artist List, sweet velvet『SWEET VELVET』(archived)". gizagza.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2001-04-22. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
2. "Discography Sweet Velvet (archived)". sweetvelvet.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2002-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. "I JUST FEEL SO"sweet"(sweet velvet)". Oricon News (in Japanese).
4. Sweet Velvet (1999). I Just Feel So "Sweet" (CD Album; Booklet). Sweet Velvet. Japan: Giza Studio. GZCA-1021.