The First Question Award Explained
is the debut solo studio album by Japanese musician Cornelius. It was released on February 25, 1994 by Trattoria Records.[1]
The First Question Award peaked at number four on the Oricon Albums Chart. Four singles were released from the album, all of which reached the top 40 on the Oricon Singles Chart: "The Sun Is My Enemy" (number 15), "Perfect Rainbow" (number 29), "(You Can't Always Get) What You Want" (number 27), and "Moon Light Story" (number 40).[2]
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]
Additional musicians ("Cornelius Rock 'n' Roll Orchestral Circus")
- Toshio Araki – trumpet (tracks 1, 7)
- Asa-Chang – percussion (track 4)
- Aska Strings – strings (tracks 5, 7, 10, 11)
- Shigeo Fuchino – saxophone, flute (tracks 5, 6)
- Masato Honda – saxophone (track 9)
- Riki Imanari – synthesizer operation
- Daisuke Kawai – keyboards (tracks 2, 4–6, 9–11)
- Masahiro Kobayashi – trumpet (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8–11)
- Daisaku Kume – keyboards (tracks 1, 3, 7)
- Osamu Matsumoto – trombone (tracks 5, 6, 8)
- Mecken – bass (tracks 2, 5, 7, 9)
- Toyoaki Mishima – synthesizer
- Maki Nomiya – vocals (track 10)
- Mami Otomo – vocals (track 4)
- Masakuni Takeno – saxophone, flute (tracks 5–7)
- Yoshié Toda – drums, percussion
- Hitoshi Watanabe – bass (tracks 4, 6, 10, 11)
- Nobuo Yagi – harmonica (track 4)
- Hisashi Yoshinaga – saxophone, flute (tracks 6, 9)
Production
- Keigo Oyamada – production
- Yasunobu Arakawa – recording jammer
- Osamu Hirose – mixing (tracks 5, 9)
- Yoshiaki Katou – coordination
- Yuka Koizumi – mastering
- Ken Makimura – executive production
- Tatsuhiko Mori – mixing (track 6)
- Ken-Ichi Okeda – direction
- Ichiro Oka – recording direction
- Tohru Takayama – mixing (tracks 1–4, 7, 8, 10, 11)
- Zin Yoshida – mixing (track 1)
Design
- Contemporary Production – design
- Michio Fukuda – hair, makeup
- Shindo & Tajjiemax – photography
- Hiroko Umeyama – styling
Notes and References
- Web site: the first question award CORNELIUS. Oricon. December 11, 2020. ja.
- Book: Okamoto, Satoshi. Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon. 2006. 978-4-87131-077-2.
- The First Question Award. Cornelius. Trattoria Records. 1994. Menu.29. liner notes.
- Web site: CORNELIUSのアルバム売り上げランキング. Oricon. December 11, 2020. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20140304092827/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/27220/ranking/cd_album/. March 4, 2014. dead.
