Yoake Mae

For Tōson Shimazaki's historical novel, see Before the Dawn (novel).

Yoake Mae
Studio album by Chara
Released	March 19, 2003
Recorded	2002-2003
Genre	Downtempo, ambient pop, alternative pop
Length	59:51
Label	Sony Music Japan
Producer	Chara
Chara chronology
Madrigal (2001) Yoake Mae (2003) A Scenery Like Me (2004)
Singles from Yoake Mae
"Hatsukoi" Released: October 9, 2002 "Mieru wa" Released: February 8, 2003

Yoake Mae (夜明けまえ, Before the Dawn) is the ninth studio album by Chara, which was released on March 19, 2003. It debuted at #17 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 300 for 5 weeks. It eventually sold 47,000 copies.

The entire album was produced and written by Chara. It was her last original album release on Sony.

Two singles were released from the album: Hatsukoi (初恋, First Love) and Mieru wa (みえるわ, I Can See!).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chara, unless otherwise noted

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Beautiful Day"		4:14
2.	"Mieru wa (みえるわ, I Can See!)"		5:01
3.	"Sweetie (スウィーティー)"		4:07
4.	"Hatsukoi (初恋, First Love)"		4:41
5.	"Shinpi no Ie (神秘の家, House of Mystery)"		3:24
6.	"Utsukushii Machi (うつくしい街, Beautiful Town)"		3:24
7.	"Heart ni Hi o Tsukete (ハートの火をつけて, A Fire Burns in My Heart)"		5:10
8.	"Hello (ハロー)"		6:17
9.	"Ocean (オーシャン)"		4:27
10.	"Kokoro ni Konai (心にこない, Doesn't Come to My Heart)"		5:37
11.	"Beautiful Scarlet"		4:56
12.	"I Wanna Freely Love You"	Chara, Toru Yamazaki	7:49

Singles

Date	Title	Peak position	Weeks	Sales
October 9, 2002	"Hatsukoi"	16 (Oricon)	3	12,410
February 8, 2003	"Mieru wa"	71 (Oricon)	2	2,844

Japan sales rankings

Release	Chart	Peak position	First week sales	Sales total
March 19, 2003	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	17	19,742	46,812
	Soundscan Album Top 20	17	22,382