Winter Story (Shinhwa album)

Winter Story

Winter Story cover
Studio album by Shinhwa
Released 31 December 2003 (KOR)
31 March 2004 (JPN)
Recorded 2003
Genre K-pop, Dance
Language Korean
Label Good Entertainment
EMI Music Japan/Virgin Music
Shinhwa chronology

Wedding
(2002)		 Winter Story
(2003)		 Brand New
(2004)

Winter Story is the first release in the Winter Story album series of South Korean boy band Shinhwa. It was released on 31 December 2003 by Good Entertainment.[1]

Following the success of their Winter Story Tour, Shinhwa has released this album with lead track "Young Gunz".[2]

Tracklisting

Information is adapted from the liner notes of Winter Story:[3]

No. TitleLyricsMusicArrangement Length
1. "Let's Start!" (performed by Kim Dong-wan)    5:03
2. "Mistake" (performed by Jun Jin and Andy Lee)Yoon Young-dooPark Sang-hyeon, Kim Tae-wanPark Sang-hyeon, Kim Tae-wan 3:07
3. "I Love You" (performed by Jun Jin)    3:14
4. "The Days" (performed by Lee Min-woo and Shin Hye-sung)Yoon Ji-oong, Hong Chang-seokYoon Ji-oongYoon Ji-oong 4:09
5. "Young Gunz" (performed by Shinhwa)Eric MunPark Geun-taePark Geun-tae 3:29
6. "친구" (Friend; performed by Shin Hye-sung)    2:57
7. "난" (I; performed by Shin Hye-sung)The KoonKwon Ki-myeongKwon Ki-myeong 4:19
8. "동완이의 상식" (Dong-wan's Wisdom; performed by Kim Dong-wan)    0:33
9. "Negapass" (Birth; performed by Shinhwa)    0:31
10. "탄생"      5:38
11. "Love Letter" (performed by Eric Mun)Eric MunKim Do-hyeonKim Do-hyeon 4:20
12. "고백 I" (Confession I; performed by Shinhwa)    4:07
13. "고백 II" (Confession II; performed by Shinwha)    2:56
14. "Thank You" (performed by Shinhwa)An Young-min, Lee KyeolJo Young-sooJo Young-soo 4:08

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position 		Sales
Korea Monthly Albums (RIAK) January 2004[4] 3

Release history

Country Date Distributing label Format
South Korea 30 December 2003 Good EMG, IO Music CD (EKLD-0329)[6]
Japan 31 March 2004 EMI Music Japan CD (VJCP-68644)[7]

Personnel

Information is adapted from the liner notes of Winter Story:[3]

Album production

  • Park Kwon-young - executive producer
  • Kim Young-seong - recording engineer, mixing engineer
  • Kim Beom-gu - recording engineer
  • Seo Seung-hyeon - recording engineer
  • Yoon Won-kyeon - recording engineer
  • Ko Seung-wook - mixing engineer
  • Park Hyeon - mixing engineer
  • Jo Joon-seong - mixing engineer
  • Choi Hyo-young - mastering engineer
  • Hong Joon-ho - guitar
  • Kim Tae-hyeon - rhythm programming
  • Jo Young-soo - piano
  • Seo Young-do - bass

References

  1. ↑ "Shinhwa Winter Story album info". Mnet. CJ E&M. 31 December 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Banh, Meina Shinwa's "Winter Story" Encore Asia Pacific Arts (UCLA Asia Institute) 6 February 2004. Retrieve 22 May 2007
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Winter Story (Media notes). Good EMG. 2003.
  4. ↑ "Album Sales For The Month of January 2004" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association Korea. Archived from the original on 9 May 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Album Sales for the First Half of 2004" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association Korea. Archived from the original on 11 February 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Winter Story album info". Hanteo (in Korean). Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Winter Story album info (Japan)". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 March 2015.