Precious (Cubic U album)

1998 studio album by Cubic U

Precious

Studio album by

Cubic U

Released| January 28, 1998
Recorded| August 5–20, 1996
Studio| Sony Music Studios (New York City, U.S.)
Genre|

* R&B

Length| 54:42
Label| Toshiba EMI
Producer| Hikaru Utada, Teruzane Utada, Fuji Keiko, Michael C. Warner, Booker T. Jones, Bert Price
Hikaru Utada chronology
|  | Precious
(1998)  | First Love
(1999)

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Singles from  Precious

1. "Close to You"
Released: January 28, 1997

Precious is the debut English-language album by Cubic U released in Japan on January 28, 1998 by Toshiba EMI. It was recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City in 1996.[1] Cubic U is both Hikaru Utada's former stage name and the name of her R&B backing band. The album was never released commercially in the United States, due to internal problems with the label EMI, and was only available to music industry insiders. Although it failed to chart on the Oricon charts at the time of its release, the album was re-released on March 31, 1999 after the huge success of Utada's First Love, reaching number two with 702,060 copies sold.

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Hikaru Utada and Charlene Harrison, except for tracks 3, 5, 7 and 12 written by Utada, Harrison and Michael C. Warner and track 9 written by Utada and Warner. "Close to You" is a cover version of the Burt Bacharach-Hal David composition "(They Long to Be) Close to You" made famous by the Carpenters..

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "My Little Lover Boy"| 4:28
2.| "Lullaby"| 4:38
3.| "How Ya Doin'"| 3:05
4.| "I Don't Love You"| 4:51
5.| "Here and There and Back Again" (on promo copies only)| 4:47
6.| "Promise"| 5:24
7.| "Ticket 4 Two"| 5:23
8.| "Take a Little While"| 3:52
9.| "100 Reasons Why"| 4:31
10.| "Work Things Out"| 4:31
11.| "Close to You"| 4:39
12.| "Precious Love"| 5:20
13.| "How Ya Doin' (Rap Version)" (bonus track)| 3:46

Note: Several promo copies of the album have the track "Here and There and Back Again" as track 5. This was not released physically.

## Release history

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Country  | Date  | Version  | Label

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Japan  | January 28, 1998  | Original  | Toshiba-EMI
March 31, 1999  | Re-release

## Singles

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Date  | Title

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January 28, 1997  | "Close to You"

## Charts

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Precious \- Oricon sales chart (Japan)

Release  | Chart  | Peak position  | Sales total

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March 31, 1999
(re-release)
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart  | 2  | 702,060
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart  | 35

## References

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1. ^ "First Six Hikaru Utada Albums To Be Reissued On 180-Gram Vinyl". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-10-16.

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* Albums discography
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Studio albums|

| Japanese|

* First Love
* Distance
* Deep River
* Ultra Blue
* Heart Station
* Fantôme
* Hatsukoi
* Bad Mode

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English|

* Precious
* Exodus
* This Is the One

Compilation albums|

* Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1
* Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2
* Utada the Best
* Science Fiction

Extended plays|

* Hymne à L'amour
* One Last Kiss

Live albums|

* Hikaru Utada (Live Sessions from Air Studios)
* Hikaru Utada Science Fiction Tour 2024

Tours|

* Utada United 2006
* Utada: In the Flesh 2010
* Wild Life
* Hikaru Utada Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018

Related articles|

* Teruzane Utada
* Keiko Fuji
* First Love

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