{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = Astromantic | type = Album | artist = M-Flo | cover = Mflo astromantic.jpg | alt = | released = May 26, 2004 | recorded = 2003–04 | venue = | studio = | genre = J-Urban | length = | label = Rhythm Zone | producer = M-Flo | prev_title = Expo Bōei Robot Gran Sonik | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Astromantic Charm School | next_year = 2004 | misc = {{Singles | name = '''Astromantic''' | type = studio | single1 = Reeewind! | single1date = June 18, 2003 | single2 = Miss You | single2date = October 22, 2003 | single3 = The Love Bug | single3date = March 17, 2004 }} }} '''''Astromantic''''' is the third studio album by the Japanese hip-hop group M-Flo. It was released on May 26, 2004, through Rhythm Zone.<ref name="oricon profile">{{cite web |title=Astromantic {{!}} m-flo |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27559/products/544337/1/ |website=Oricon News |access-date=December 7, 2021 |language=ja |date=May 26, 2004}}</ref> Remixes of songs from this album were released as ''Astromantic Charm School''. The album spawned three singles featuring different singers: "Reeewind!" with Crystal Kay, "Miss You" with singer Melody, and "The Love Bug" with BoA.

Commercially, the album peaked at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for physical sales in June 2004.

== Background == ''Astromantic'' was released via Avex's record label Rhythm Zone on May 26, 2004, and marks the group's first studio album in over three years, since March 2001's ''Expo Expo''. It is the group's first album without Lisa as the vocalist, since her departure from the trio in April 2002.<ref name="JapanTimesVerbal">{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/10/30/music/m-flos-verbal-spreads-the-love/ |title=m-flo's Verbal spreads the love |work=The Japan Times |author=Poole, Robert Michael|date=30 October 2009|access-date=23 April 2017}}</ref> Instead of finding a new vocalist, the band started to collaborate with different singers, with each collaboration credited to "m-flo loves" the featured artist. Remixes of songs from this album were later released on the ''Astromantic Charm School'' remix album, released on September 15, 2004.

"Miss You" was written by M-Flo and sung by melody. and Ryohei Yamamoto. The Japanese-American female singer "melody." has been a recording artist from 2003 until 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=m-flo loves melody. & 山本領平インタビュー|url=http://ent2.excite.co.jp/music/interview/2003/mflo/index.html|accessdate=June 23, 2011}}</ref>

== Commercial performance == ''Astromantic'' reached number 2 on the Oricon Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for a total of 34 weeks. The album sold 330,497 copies by the end of 2004, and ranked at number 42 on the year-end Oricon Albums Chart.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

"Miss You" was ranked as the eighth most popular single in the Oricon charts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss you m-flo|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/27559/products/music/521210/1/|publisher=Oricon style|accessdate=June 23, 2011}}</ref>

== Track listing == #The Third Impact #Miss You <small>[M-Flo Loves '''Melody.''' & '''Ryohei Yamamoto''']</small> #Starstruck - "The Return of the Luvbytes" <small>[M-Flo Loves '''Ai''', '''Emi Hinouchi''' & '''Rum''' ('''Heartsdales''')]</small> #How to Be Astromantic #Vanessa <small>[M-Flo Loves '''Bloodest Saxophone''']</small> #Way U Move <small>[M-Flo Loves '''Dragon Ash''']</small> #Get On! <small>[M-Flo Loves '''Crystal Kay''']</small> #Astrosexy <small>[M-Flo Loves '''Chemistry''']</small> #Listen to Your Heart #The Love Bug <small>[M-Flo Loves '''BoA''']</small> #Life Is Beautiful <small>[M-Flo Loves '''Double''' & '''Toku''']</small> #I Wanna Be Down <small>[M-Flo Loves '''Ryuichi Sakamoto''']</small> #Rendezvous 2014 #Cosmic Night Run <small>[M-Flo Loves '''Maki Nomiya''' & '''Crazy Ken Band''']</small> #Reeewind! <small>[M-Flo Loves '''Crystal Kay''']</small> #Uchu No Uouo (''Woah Woah of Space'') <small>[M-Flo Loves '''Boy-Ken''' & '''Black Bottom Brass Band''']</small> #Curtain Call

==Charts and certifications== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Album charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" !Chart (2004) !Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row"|Japanese Daily Albums (Oricon) |align="center"|1 |- !scope="row"|Japanese Weekly Albums (Oricon) |align="center"|2 |- !scope="row"|Japanese Yearly Albums (Oricon) |align="center"|42 |} {{col-2}}

===Certifications=== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|salesamount=347,000|salesref=<ref name="OriconSales">{{cite web |script-title=ja:オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 |trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp | work=Oricon |url-access=subscription |language=ja |access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref>|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|certmonth=6|type=album|artist=M-Flo|title=Astromantic|award=Platinum|access-date=December 7, 2021|refname="riaj platinum"}} {{Table end}} {{col-end}}

==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Region ! Date ! Format ! Catalog number ! Label ! Ref. |- ! scope="row"| Japan | May 26, 2004 | CD, digital download | RZCD-45123 | Rhythm Zone | align="center" | <ref name="oricon profile" /> |- |}

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