''Cosmicolor'' is the fifth studio album by Japanese hip-hop group

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. Two singles preceded the release of the album: "

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" featuring

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was released on November 8, 2006. The full album was made available via

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on March 28, 2007. Commercially, ''Cosmicolor'' experienced success in Japan, peaking at number three on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the

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for physical shipments of over 250,000 units within a month of its release.

Background and release

According to the official website, the album is the last release in the "M-Flo Loves" series, which started in 2003 with "Reeewind! / M-Flo Loves Crystal Kay". As a response to that, the album includes a new collaboration with

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, symbolizing that the "Loves" series started and ends with her. To reflect the fact that this is the last release in the "Loves" series, every track on the album (excluding the interludes), has the word "love" in its title. It was not announced what direction the band would take after this release, though the band stated in an interview that it would not disband. The album was released in CD and CD+DVD formats, a first for an M-Flo release and has 13 tracks, excluding interludes. The DVD contains the videos for the songs "Summer Time Love", "Lotta Love", "Love Song" and "She Loves the Cream", a DVJMIX by DJ Uppercut (a music video remix) and a feature titled "History of M-Flo", which is a mix of their previous works. The limited press edition of the CD+DVD format also has two performances by M-Flo member Verbal and past member, Lisa at Rhythm Nation: "Come Again" and "Been So Long".

Reception

In its opening week on the

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, ''Cosmicolor'' peaked at number three, selling 76,680 copies. The following week, it descended one position to number four with an additional 33,306 copies sold. In April 2007, the album was certified platinum by the

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(RIAJ) for having surpassed 250,000 units in physical shipments. On the year-end issue of the Oricon Album Chart, ''Cosmicolor'' ranked at number 72, having sold 172,217 copies throughout the year. On the Taiwan

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J-pop Albums chart, the record achieved a peak position of number seven.

Track listing

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Background and release

Reception

Track listing

Charts

Album

Singles

Sales and certifications

References