So Beast Explained

So Beast
Type:	album
Artist:	Beast
Cover:	SoBeast-C.jpeg
Border:	yes
Caption:	CD Only cover
Released:	August 10, 2011
Recorded:	2010–2011
Genre:	K-pop
Length:	44:11
Language:	Japanese / Korean
Label:	Far Eastern Tribe
Prev Title:	Fiction and Fact
Prev Year:	2011
Next Title:	Midnight Sun
Next Year:	2012

So Beast is the first Japanese album from the South Korean boy group Beast. It was released in Japan on August 10, 2011 in 3 formats: A CD+DVD A coming with a DVD, 72-page photobook, 22-page lyric booklet and comes in a digipak with a sleeve over it, CD+DVD B comes with a DVD with different contents and a 32-page photobook and CD only just featuring a lyric booklet and its CD. It contains 12 tracks, some tracks in Korean and some tracks are Japanese versions from their previously released albums. It ranked no. 3 in Oricon's Weekly albums chart with 50,819 copies sold in the first week.^[1]

Composition

The album includes Japanese versions of songs which were previously released in Korean. Most notably, "Fiction" and "Fiction (Orchestra Version)" from their first full album "Fiction and Fact", "Mystery" on the EP "Beast Is the B2ST" and also their first two Japanese singles "Shock" and "Bad Girl". It also includes a few Korean songs.

Singles

The first single from the album (and also their debut in Japan) is a Japanese version of the song "Shock". It was released on March 16, 2011, and ranked no. 2 in Oricon's Weekly chart. It sold more than 56,000 copies.

The second single from the album is a Japanese version of the song "Bad Girl", which is also their debut single in South Korea. It was released on June 15, 2011, and ranked no. 3 in Oricon's Weekly chart. At that date, it sold more than 50,000 copies.

Track listing

• The song "Rainbow" is a Korean remake of the song "Niji" by Masaharu Fukuyama.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[2]	3
South Korean Albums (Gaon)^[3]	28
South Korean International Albums (Gaon)^[4]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[5]	87
South Korean International Albums (Gaon)^[6]	36

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Japan^[8]	August 10, 2011	Digital download, CD	Far Eastern Tribe Records
South Korea^[9]	October 24, 2011		Cube Entertainment

Notes and References

1. Web site: アルバム 週間ランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング . . ja. August 17, 2011.
2. Web site: SO BEAST. Oricon. ja. 2021-05-10.
3. Web site: 2011년 46주차 Album Chart. Gaon Music Chart. ko. 2021-05-10.
4. Web site: 2011년 46주차 Album Chart (국외). Gaon Music Chart. ko. 2021-05-10.
5. Web site: 年間　CDアルバムランキング 2011年度. 9. Oricon. ja. 2021-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20150426033423/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2011/p/9/. 2015-04-26.
6. Web site: 2011년 Album Chart (국외). Gaon Music Chart. ko. 2021-05-10.
7. Web site: 2012년 Album Chart (국외). Gaon Music Chart. ko. 2021-05-10.
8. Web site: ＳＯ ＢＥＡＳＴ（初回限定盤Ａ） ＢＥＡＳＴのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE . Oricon . ja. July 2011.
9. Web site: So Beast by Beast (비스트) on Soribada Korea . . ja. October 24, 2011.