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.

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.

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.

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.

Personnel
Credits adapted from the CD booklet of I Just Feel So "Sweet".


 * 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