Taking on a diverse range of sounds, this colorful album highlights her rich expressiveness, establishing her as a pop icon.
This ambitious album delves deeper into the inner self of the artist, who reigns supreme in J-Pop. It incorporates a wide range of genres, including rock, trance, and ballads, greatly expanding her expressive abilities as an artist.
Beginning with the profound sounds of strings, this album transports the listener into a grand-scale worldview, making it a representative album of her career. Thorough sound production results in exquisitely layered sounds and an overwhelming amount of information. She herself wrote the lyrics for all the tracks, and her words, which are introspective yet contain universal messages, have struck a chord with many listeners. Featuring everything from intense dance tunes to moving ballads, this album debuted at number one on the Oricon weekly album chart and was a smash hit, ranking highly on the yearly charts that year as well. The album's richly colored tracks are well-balanced, and the result is a composition that pursues perfection as an album.
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A:
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1)
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Everlasting Dream
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2)
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We Wish
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3)
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Real Me
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4)
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Free & Easy
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B:
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Heartplace
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Over
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3)
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Hanabi
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Taskinillusion
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Everywhere Nowhere
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C:
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July 1st
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Dolls
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3)
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Neverending Dream
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4)
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Voyage
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D:
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Close To You
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Independent+
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A&R, Directed By - Yasuyuki Tomita
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Art Direction - Shinichi Hara
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Coordinator [Composer] - Hiroaki Ito
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Coordinator [Composer] - Shigeru Kajita
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Coordinator [Composer] - Tadayoshi Matsuzaka
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Coordinator [Player] - Fumimasa Sawa
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Design - Shigeru Kasai
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Design - Tsukasa Yagi
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Engineer [2nd] - Isamu Hanashima
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Engineer [2nd] - Kazuo Saimoto
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Engineer [2nd] - Kazutaka Mori
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Engineer [2nd] - Kiyoko Asai
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Engineer [2nd] - Makoto Hoshino
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Engineer [2nd] - Mamiko Katakura
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Engineer [2nd] - Momoko Yamaguchi
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Engineer [2nd] - Takahiro Mikami
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Engineer [2nd] - Takayuki Aikawa
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Engineer [2nd] - Yukie Sugimoto
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Engineer [2nd] - Yusuke Abe
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Mastered By - Shigeo Miyamoto
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Mixed By - CMJK (1)
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Mixed By - HAL (3) (12)
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Mixed By - Koji Morimoto (6, 9, 10, 11, 14)
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Mixed By - Satoshi Kumasaka (1, 8)
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Mixed By - Yasuo Matsumoto (2, 4, 5, 7, 13, 15)
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Mixed By - Yoshiaki Onishi (3)
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Photography By - Leslie Kee
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Producer - Max Matsuura
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Recorded By - Hiroyuki Shiotsuki
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Recorded By - Koji Morimoto
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Recorded By - Motohiro Tsuji
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Recorded By - Satoshi Kumasaka
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Recorded By - Yasuo Matsumoto
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Recorded By - Yoichiro Kano
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Recorded By - Yuichi Nagayama
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Translated By - Rie Eto
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Translated By - Stanley Izumi Kim
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Translated By - Ward Sexton
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Words By - Ayumi Hamasaki (1 to 7, 8 to 11, 13 to 15)