Original Tracks Vol. 1 Explained

Original Tracks Vol. 1
Type:Compilation album
Artist:Super Monkey's
Cover:Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's - Original Tracks Vol 1 artwork.png
Caption:The cover artwork was used for CD/VCD and digital platforms used in the services.
Released:30 September 1996
Genre:Dance
Prev Title:Sweet 19 Blues
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Concentration 20
Next Year:1997

Original Tracks Vol. 1 is the 1st and only compilation album released by Super Monkey's, compiling all the singles and B-sides that had been released. The album was certified platinum by the RIAJ for 400,000 copies shipped.[1]

This is the last album before Namie Amuro went solo with avex trax in 1995, and Minako Inoue, Nanako Takushi, Reina Miyauchi, and Ritsuko Matsuda formed MAX with avex trax in 1995.

In March 2018, Universal Music Japan announced that they will release a remastered version of the album on the SHM-CD format on May 2, 2018.[2]

Track listing

  1. Mister U.S.A. (Super Monkey's)
  2. Koi no Cute Beat (Super Monkey's)
  3. Dancing Junk (Super Monkey's 4)
  4. Rainbow Moon (Super Monkey's 4)
  5. Aishite Masukatto (Super Monkey's 4)
  6. Wagamama wo Yurushite (Super Monkey's 4)
  7. Paradise Train (Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's)
  8. Kanashiki Broken Boy (Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's)
  9. Try me ~watashi wo shinjite~ (Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's)
  10. Memories ~ashita no tame ni~ (Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's)
  11. Taiyo no Season (Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's)
  12. Heart ni hi wo Tsukete (Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's)
  13. Stop the Music (Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's)
  14. Good-night (Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's)

Notes and References

  1. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1996年10月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. October 1996 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . ja . . . December 10, 1997 . 446 . 5 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140604121325/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1996/199612.pdf . June 4, 2014 . June 4, 2014.
  2. Web site: Original Tracks Vol.1 | 安室奈美恵.