First Love (Hikaru Utada album)

First Love is the debut Japanese-language studio album (second overall) by Japanese-American recording artist Hikaru Utada, released on March 10, 1999, by Toshiba-EMI.

First Love
Studio album by
Hikaru Utada
ReleasedMarch 10, 1999 (1999-03-10)
RecordedAugust–December 1998
Studio
  • Toshiba EMI Studio
  • Studio Terra
  • Studio Z'd
  • Wonder Station Yoyogi
  • On Air Azabu Studio
  • Paradise studio
  • One Voice Kamazawa Recording Studios
  • Burnish Stone Recording Studios
  • Bunkamura Studio
  • Quad Recording Studios
Genre
Length54:37
LabelToshiba EMI
Producer
  • Akira Miyake
  • Teruzane Utada
Hikaru Utada chronology
Precious
(1998)		 First Love
(1999)		 Distance
(2001)
Singles from First Love
  1. "Automatic / Time Will Tell"
    Released: December 9, 1998
  2. "Movin' on Without You"
    Released: February 17, 1999
  3. "First Love"
    Released: April 28, 1999

An R&B and dance-pop album, First Love centres on the theme of love and relationships. Songs like "Automatic" and "First Love" are prime examples of these themes. A 2014 re-issue of the album was released simultaneously, featuring a bonus live DVD and the special edition featured two additional discs. Critics' opinions of the album were generally favourable, praising Utada's song writing and vocal delivery. In its first week of release, the album entered the Oricon Albums Chart at number one with over two million units sold. Since its release, First Love remains the highest selling Japanese album. It has sold over ten million units worldwide.

Utada promoted the album by releasing four singles: "Automatic", "Time Will Tell", "Movin' on Without You" and "First Love", all which were accompanied by a short music video. She performed several tracks from the album on several television appearances in 1998 and 1999, and have performed songs on her Utada: In the Flesh 2010 and Wild Life tours. "Automatic/time will tell" and First Love are her best-selling CD single and album respectively.

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