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.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Go! Go! ~Yume no Hayasade~"	Kayoko Ono	G.Pasquini-L. Pernici	Yasuhiko Hoshino	4:50
2.	"Try Me: Watashi o Shinjite" (New Album Mix)	Kazumi Suzuki	Hinoky Team	Dave Rodgers	4:04
3.	"Stop the Music" (New Album Mix)	Natsumi Watanabe	Accatino-Rimonti-Gabrielli-Gelmetti	Yasuhiko Hoshino	3:51
4.	"Get My Shinin'"	Natsumi Watanabe	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Yasuhiko Hoshino	4:02
5.	"Wagamama o Yurushite" (Groovy Mix)	Neko Oikawa	Minoru Komorita	Minoru Komorita Remixed by Yasuhiko Hoshino	5:00
6.	"Aishite Masukatto" (Groovy Mix)	Neko Oikawa	Minoru Komorita	Minoru Komorita Remixed by Yasuhiko Hoshino	4:04
7.	"Paradise Train" (Groovy Mix)	Masao Urino	Keizo Nakanishi	Takao Konishi Remixed by Yasuhiko Hoshino	4:31
8.	"Dancing Junk" (Groovy Mix)	Masao Urino	Koji Makaino	Koji Makaino Remixed by Yasuhiko Hoshino	4:47
9.	"Super Luck!"	Masumi Iizuka	Yasuhiko Hoshino	Yasuhiko Hoshino	3:56
10.	"Heart ni Hi o Tsukete" (New Album Mix)	Kazumi Suzuki	Hinoky Team	Dave Rodger	3:29
11.	"Taiyō no Season" (New Album Mix)	Kazumi Suzuki	Hinoky Team	Dave Rodgers	3:46

Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
12.	"Try Me: Watashi o Shinjite" (Extended version)	Kazumi Suzuki	Hinoky Team	Dave Rodgers Edited by Takeshi "BUNTA" Matsumoto	5:11
13.	"Taiyō no Season" (Salsoulike Mix)	Kazumi Suzuki	Hinoky Team	Dave Rodgers Remixed by Satoshi Hidaka	3:30

Personnel

Namie Amuro - vocals, background vocals

Production

Producers - Masato 'Max' Masato, Yukihito Sakakibara
Mixing - Naoki Yamada, Yoshinori Kaji, Koji Morimoto
Remixing - Yasuhiko Hoshino, Satoshi Hidaka
Photography - Takayuki Okada
Art Direction - Kumiko Izumiya

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

References

1 2 3 "安室奈美恵-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック". Retrieved 2010-02-16.
↑ 歴代アルバムランキング TOP276
↑ "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 (PDF) on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

Namie Amuro

Discography

Studio albums	Dance Tracks Vol.1 Sweet 19 Blues Concentration 20 Genius 2000 Break the Rules Style Queen of Hip-Pop Play Past<Future Uncontrolled Feel Genic

Compilations	Original Tracks Vol.1 181920 Love Enhanced Single Collection Best Fiction Checkmate! Ballada

DVDs	Filmography 2001–2005

Other related articles	Super Monkey's MAX Suite Chic Tetsuya Komuro

Namie Amuro songs

Sweet 19 Blues	"Body Feels Exit" "Chase the Chance" "Don't Wanna Cry" "Sweet 19 Blues" "You're My Sunshine"

Concentration 20	"A Walk in the Park" "Can You Celebrate?" "How to Be a Girl"

181920	"Dreaming I Was Dreaming"

Genius 2000	"I Have Never Seen" "Love 2000" "Respect the Power of Love" "Something 'bout the Kiss"

Break the Rules	"Never End" "No More Tears" "Please Smile Again" "Think of Me"

Love Enhanced Single Collection	"I Will" "Lovin' It" "Say the Word"

Style	"Come" "Put 'Em Up" "Shine More" "So Crazy" "Wishing on the Same Star"

Queen of Hip-Pop	"Alarm" "All for You" "Girl Talk" "Want Me, Want Me"

Play	"Baby Don't Cry" "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick" "Funky Town" "Hide and Seek" "Violet Sauce"

Best Fiction	"New Look" "Rock Steady" "What a Feeling"

Past < Future	"Fast Car" "My Love" "Wild"

Checkmate!	"Wonder Woman"

Uncontrolled	"Break It" "Fight Together" "Get Myself Back" "Go Round" "Love Story" "Naked" "Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!" "Tempest" "Yeah-Oh!"

Feel	"Contrail" "Heaven"

Ballada	"Tsuki"

Genic	"Birthday" "What I Did for Love"

Other songs	"Brighter Day" "Fake" "The Speed Star" "Toi et Moi" "White Light"

Super Monkey's

Namie Amuro Nanako Takushi Minako Ameku Reina Miyauchi Ritsuko Matsuda Hisako Arakaki Anna Makino Rino Nakasone

Albums	Dance Tracks Vol.1 Original Tracks Vol.1

Singles	"Koi no Cute Beat / Mister U.S.A." "Dancing Junk" "Aishite Muscat" "Paradise Train" "Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)" "Taiyou no Season" "Stop the Music"

See also	Discography MAX Toshiba-EMI Avex Trax

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