| Dance Tracks Vol.1 | ||||
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| Released | 16 October 1995 | |||
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| Length | 55:19 | |||
| Label | Toshiba-EMI | |||
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Dance Tracks Vol.1 is the debut studio album by Japanese singerNamie Amuro, released on 16 October 1995 as her only album withToshiba-EMI. It features remixed material originally recorded with the idol groupSuper Monkey's, of which Amuro was a member at the time, as well as three original songs.
Nine days afterDance Tracks Vol.1 debuted, Amuro released her first single withAvex Trax, "Body Feels Exit", on 25 October 1995. The album reached the top position on theOricon charts and charted for forty-four weeks.
The album is currentlyout of print, and is not listed in Amuro's official discography, along with hergreatest hits albumOriginal Tracks Vol. 1 (1996).[citation needed]
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. The album was originally scheduled to include four or five new songs, but because Amuro had a sore throat, the album was limited to three new songs: "Go! Go! (Yume no Hayasade)" (acover of DJ NRG's "GO GO"), "Get My Shinin'," and "Super Luck!," and the rest were remixes of existing songs. Amuro later expressed regret for this in a 1996 interview, calling the album "a very half-baked album."[1]
The other members of the Super Monkey's appear in the artwork of the album, but are not credited with any vocals. All seven original Super Monkey's singles were credited to both Amuro and the group. Following the massive success of this album and her next release,Sweet 19 Blues (1996) throughAvex Trax,Toshiba-EMI released a "best of" compilation containing all original Super Monkey's a-sides and b-sides entitled,Original Tracks Vol.1 (1996).
Dance Tracks Vol.1 debuted at number one on theOricon Albums Chart, with 468,240 copies sold in its first week.[2] It dropped to number two the next week, selling 132,540 copies.[3] The album stayed in the top ten for ten nonconsecutive weeks, and charted in the top 300 for 44 weeks.[4]Dance Tracks Vol.1 became the 21st best-selling album of 1995, selling 877,960 copies.[5] It also sold 987,490 copies in 1996, becoming the 22nd best-selling album of that year.[6] 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.[7] In 1996, the album was certified double million by theRecording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).[8]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Go! Go! (Yume no Hayasade)" | Kayoko Ono |
| 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) | Watanabe | Accatino-Rimonti-Gabrielli-Gelmetti | Yasuhiko Hoshino | 3:51 |
| 4. | "Get My Shinin'" | Watanabe | Yasuhiko Hoshino | Yasuhiko Hoshino | 4:02 |
| 5. | "Wagamama wo Yurushite" (Groovy Mix) | Neko Oikawa | Minoru Komorita | Minoru Komorita Remixed by Yasuhiko Hoshino | 5:00 |
| 6. | "Aishite Muscat" (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 |
| 12. | "Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)" (Extended Version) (Bonus track) | Kazumi Suzuki | Hinoky Team | Dave Rodgers Edited by Takeshi "BUNTA" Matsumoto | 5:11 |
| 13. | "Taiyō no Season" (Salsoulike Mix) (Bonus track) | Kazumi Suzuki | Hinoky Team | Dave Rodgers Remixed by Satoshi Hidaka | 3:30 |
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