3rd ~LOVE Escalation!~

3rd ~LOVE Escalation!~ (3rd～LOVEエスカレーション!～) is the 3rd studio album by ℃-ute. The album was released on March 12, 2008. The album was released in both limited and regular editions; the limited coming with a bonus DVD. It's their highest-selling album, with 17,099 copies sold until ② ℃-ute Shinsei Naru Best Album in 2012. It reached 10 on the Oricon weekly charts.
==Tracklist==
===CD===
#Tokaikko Junjou
#Image Color - Yajima Maimi, Suzuki Airi 
#Otome COCORO (乙女COCORO; A Girl's Heart)
#LALALA Shiawase no Uta
#Homerare Nobiko no Theme Kyoku (ほめられ伸び子のテーマ曲; The Theme Song of a Child Who is Praised and Grows)
#Meguru Koi no Kisetsu
#Sweeeets→→→Live - Okai Chisato, Arihara Kanna 
#Sakura Chirari
#Hare no Platinum Doori (晴れのプラチナ通り; A Sunny, Platinum Street) - Nakajima Saki, Hagiwara Mai 
#Do Don ga Don Ondo (ドドンガドン音頭) - Tension Ageko with ℃-ute Choir
===Limited Edition DVD===
*Performances from Hello! Project 2008 Winter ~Kettei! Hello Pro Award '08~
#LALALA Shiawase no Uta (Live Ver.) (LALALA 幸せの歌 (Live Ver.))
#LALALA Shiawase no Uta (Umeda Erika Close-up Live Ver.) (LALALA 幸せの歌 (梅田えりか Close-up Live Ver.))
#LALALA Shiawase no Uta (Yajima Maimi Close-up Live Ver.) (LALALA 幸せの歌 (矢島舞美 Close-up Live Ver.))
#LALALA Shiawase no Uta (Nakajima Saki Close-up Live Ver.) (LALALA 幸せの歌 (中島早貴 Close-up Live Ver.))
#LALALA Shiawase no Uta (Suzuki Airi Close-up Live Ver.) (LALALA 幸せの歌 (鈴木愛理 Close-up Live Ver.))
#LALALA Shiawase no Uta (Okai Chisato Close-up Live Ver.) (LALALA 幸せの歌 (岡井千聖 Close-up Live Ver.))
#LALALA Shiawase no Uta (Hagiwara Mai Close-up Live Ver.) (LALALA 幸せの歌 (萩原舞 Close-up Live Ver.))
#LALALA Shiawase no Uta (Arihara Kanna Close-up Live Ver.) (LALALA 幸せの歌 (有原栞菜 Close-up Live Ver.))
===Event V===
#Opening (オープニング)
#Sakura Chirari (Live at Nihon Seinenkan) (桜チラリ (Live at Nihon Seinenkan)) Hello! Project 2007 Summer 10th Anniversary Dai Kanshasai ~Hello☆Pro Natsu Matsuri~
#*Performance from °C-ute Debut Tandoku Concert 2007 Haru ~Hajimatta yo! Cutie Show~
#Meguru Koi no Kisetsu (Live at Saitama Super Arena) (めぐる恋の季節 (Live at Saitama Super Arena))
#*Performance from Hello! Project 2007 Summer 10th Anniversary Dai Kanshasai ~Hello Pro Natsu Matsuri~
#Tokaikko Junjou (Live at Shinagawa Stellar Ball) (都会っ子 純情 (Live at Shinagawa Stellar Ball))
#*Performance from Cutie Circuit 2007 ~MAGICAL CUTIE TOUR & September 10 is °C-ute's Day~
#Ending (エンディング)
==Featured Members==
*Umeda Erika
*Yajima Maimi
*Nakajima Saki
*Suzuki Airi
*Okai Chisato
*Hagiwara Mai
*Arihara Kanna
==Album Information==
All Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
#Tokaikko Junjou
#Image Color
#*Arrangement: Hirata Shoichiro
#Otome COCORO
#*Arrangement: Yamazaki Jun
#LALALA Shiawase no Uta
#Homerare Nobiko no Theme Kyoku
#*Arrangement: Suzuki "Daichi" Hideyuki
#Meguru Koi no Kisetsu
#Sweeeets→→→Live
#*Arrangement: Takahashi Yuichi
#Sakura Chirari
#Hare no Platinum Doori
#*Arrangement: Hirata Shoichiro
#Do Don ga Don Ondo
#*Arrangement: Yuasa Koichi
==Performances==
===Concert Performances===
;Image Color
*℃-ute Cutie Circuit 2008 ~LOVE Escalation!~
*Pocket Morning Presents Yajima Maimi & Suzuki Airi Acoustic Live
*Tsubaki Factory Live Tour 2018 Haru "Hatsukoi" - Niinuma Kisora, Ono Mizuho
*Yajima Maimi・Suzuki Airi Yajisuzu Live 2023 ~Futari Soroeba YajiSuzu no Hi♪～ - Yajima Maimi, Suzuki Airi
;Otome COCORO
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2009 Natsu Aki ~Cutie JUMP!~
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2012~2013 Fuyu ~Shinseinaru Pentagram~ - Yajima Maimi
*9→10 Shuunen Kinen ℃-ute Concert Tour 2015 Haru ~The Future Departure~
*Naruchika 2017 ℃-ute
;Homerare Nobiko no Theme Kyoku
*℃-ute Cutie Circuit 2008 ~LOVE Escalation!~
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2009 Haru ~AB℃~
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2009 Natsu Aki ~Cutie JUMP!~
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2010 Natsu Aki ~Dance Special!! "Chou Uranaito!!"~
*9→10 Shuunen Kinen ℃-ute Concert Tour 2015 Haru ~The Future Departure~
*℃-ute Shinshun Concert 2017 ~℃OMPASS~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei
*Naruchika 2017 ℃-ute
;Sweeeets→→→Live
*℃-ute Cutie Circuit 2008 ~LOVE Escalation!~
*Naruchika 2017 ℃-ute
;Hare no Platinum Doori
*℃-ute Cutie Circuit 2008 ~LOVE Escalation!~ Nakajima Saki, Hagiwara Mai
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2008 Natsu ~Wasuretakunai Natsu~ - Nakajima Saki, Hagiwara Mai
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2011 Spring ~Chou! Chou WONDERFUL Tour~ - Nakajima Saki
*℃-ute Cutie Circuit 2012 ~9gatsu 10ka wa ℃-ute no Hi~ - Nakajima Saki
*℃-ute Dinner Show 2017 ~℃ocktail~ - Nakajima Saki, Hagiwara Mai
*℃-ute Special Live 2017 ~℃ocktail in ℃OTTON CLUB~ - Nakajima Saki, Hagiwara Mai
;Do Don ga Don Ondo
*℃-ute Cutie Circuit 2008 ~LOVE Escalation!~
===Event Performances===
;Image Color
*[2022.02.11] Yajima Maimi Birthday Event 2022 Maimi's Squall vol.6 ~30sai ni Narimashita!~ - Yajima Maimi
;Homerare Nobiko no Theme Kyoku
*[2022.12.12] Tsubaki Factory Onoda Saori Birthday Event 2022 - Onoda Saori, Akiyama Mao
==Oricon Chart Positions==
;Daily & Weekly Ranking
;Yearly Ranking
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|2008
|534
|17,099
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Total Reported Sales: 17,099
==External Links==
*Discography: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
*Wikipedia: Japanese, English
*Lyrics: Image Color, Otome COCORO, Homerare Nobiko no Theme Kyoku, Sweeeets→→→Live, Hare no Platinum Doori, Do Don ga Don Ondo
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