Dance Tracks Vol.1

Dance Tracks Vol.1
Studio album by Namie Amuro
Released 16 October 1995
Genre Eurobeat, dance-pop, acid house
Length 55:19
Label Toshiba-EMI
Producer Masato 'Max' Matsuura, Yukihito Sakakibara
Namie Amuro chronology

Dance Tracks Vol.1
(1995)		 Sweet 19 Blues
(1996)

Dance Tracks Vol.1 is Namie Amuro's first and only album with her first record company, Toshiba-EMI. Nine days after Dance Tracks Vol.1 hit stores, she released her first Avex Trax single, "Body Feels Exit" on 25 October 1995. The album reached the top position on the Oricon charts and charted for forty-four weeks.[1]

Overview

Released three months after the final Super Monkey's' single, Dance Tracks Vol.1 could almost be classified as more of a remix album than an original album. Six out of the seven Super Monkey's singles appear on the album, all of which have been remixed. Out of the 11 tracks on the album only three were previously unreleased. The first of those three new songs kicks off the album, "Go! Go!: Yume no Hayasade." Following the trend of the last three Super Monkey's singles, it is a cover of the eurobeat song "Go Go" by DJ NRG. The other two new songs, "Get My Shinin'" and "Super Luck!" are original pop compositions.

The other members of the "Super Monkey's" appear within the artwork of the album, but are not credited with any vocals. They are also not given credit for the album. All seven original Super Monkey's single were accredited to both Amuro and the group. Following the massive success of this album and her solo debut album, Sweet 19 Blues (1996) on the avex trax label, their original record company released a "best of" compilation containing all original Super Monkey's a-sides and b-sides entitled, Original Tracks Vol.1 (1996).

In the history of Japanese Oricon albums chart, Dance Tracks Vol.1 ranked at the 88th best selling album of all time, with cumulative physical sales of over 1.8 million copies .[2] In 1996, the album was certified two million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.[3]

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s) Length
1. "Go! Go! ~Yume no Hayasade~"  Kayoko OnoG.Pasquini-L. PerniciYasuhiko Hoshino 4:50
2. "Try Me: Watashi o Shinjite" (New Album Mix)Kazumi SuzukiHinoky TeamDave Rodgers 4:04
3. "Stop the Music" (New Album Mix)Natsumi WatanabeAccatino-Rimonti-Gabrielli-GelmettiYasuhiko Hoshino 3:51
4. "Get My Shinin'"  Natsumi WatanabeYasuhiko HoshinoYasuhiko Hoshino 4:02
5. "Wagamama o Yurushite" (Groovy Mix)Neko OikawaMinoru KomoritaMinoru Komorita
Remixed by Yasuhiko Hoshino		 5:00
6. "Aishite Masukatto" (Groovy Mix)Neko OikawaMinoru KomoritaMinoru Komorita
Remixed by Yasuhiko Hoshino		 4:04
7. "Paradise Train" (Groovy Mix)Masao UrinoKeizo NakanishiTakao Konishi
Remixed by Yasuhiko Hoshino		 4:31
8. "Dancing Junk" (Groovy Mix)Masao UrinoKoji MakainoKoji Makaino
Remixed by Yasuhiko Hoshino		 4:47
9. "Super Luck!"  Masumi IizukaYasuhiko HoshinoYasuhiko Hoshino 3:56
10. "Heart ni Hi o Tsukete" (New Album Mix)Kazumi SuzukiHinoky TeamDave Rodger 3:29
11. "Taiyō no Season" (New Album Mix)Kazumi SuzukiHinoky TeamDave Rodgers 3:46
Bonus Tracks
No. TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s) Length
12. "Try Me: Watashi o Shinjite" (Extended version)Kazumi SuzukiHinoky TeamDave Rodgers
Edited by Takeshi "BUNTA" Matsumoto		 5:11
13. "Taiyō no Season" (Salsoulike Mix)Kazumi SuzukiHinoky TeamDave Rodgers
Remixed by Satoshi Hidaka		 3:30

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position Sales Total Chart Run
16 October 1995 Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1[1]
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 1 1,865,450 44[1]
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 21

Singles - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Single Chart Peak Position
26 May 1993 "Dancing Junk" Oricon Daily Singles Chart
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 68
05 November 1993 "Aishite Masukatto" Oricon Daily Singles Chart
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 67
20 July 1994 "Paradise Train" Oricon Daily Singles Chart
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart
25 January 1995 "Try Me: Watashi wo Shinjite" Oricon Daily Singles Chart
05 June 1996 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 8
19 April 1995 "Taiyou no Season" Oricon Daily Singles Chart
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 5
24 July 1995 "Stop the Music" Oricon Daily Singles Chart
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 4

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "安室奈美恵-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック". Retrieved 2010-02-16.
  2. ↑ 歴代アルバムランキング TOP276
  3. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1995年12月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. December 1995 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 435: 5. February 10, 1997. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.