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.
A:
1)
Everlasting Dream
2)
We Wish
3)
Real Me
4)
Free & Easy
B:
1)
Heartplace
2)
Over
3)
Hanabi
4)
Taskinillusion
5)
Everywhere Nowhere
C:
1)
July 1st
2)
Dolls
3)
Neverending Dream
4)
Voyage
D:
1)
Close To You
2)
Independent+
A&R, Directed By - Yasuyuki Tomita
Art Direction - Shinichi Hara
Coordinator [Composer] - Hiroaki Ito
Coordinator [Composer] - Shigeru Kajita
Coordinator [Composer] - Tadayoshi Matsuzaka
Coordinator [Player] - Fumimasa Sawa
Design - Shigeru Kasai
Design - Tsukasa Yagi
Engineer [2nd] - Isamu Hanashima
Engineer [2nd] - Kazuo Saimoto
Engineer [2nd] - Kazutaka Mori
Engineer [2nd] - Kiyoko Asai
Engineer [2nd] - Makoto Hoshino
Engineer [2nd] - Mamiko Katakura
Engineer [2nd] - Momoko Yamaguchi
Engineer [2nd] - Takahiro Mikami
Engineer [2nd] - Takayuki Aikawa
Engineer [2nd] - Yukie Sugimoto
Engineer [2nd] - Yusuke Abe
Mastered By - Shigeo Miyamoto
Mixed By - CMJK (1)
Mixed By - HAL (3) (12)
Mixed By - Koji Morimoto (6, 9, 10, 11, 14)
Mixed By - Satoshi Kumasaka (1, 8)
Mixed By - Yasuo Matsumoto (2, 4, 5, 7, 13, 15)
Mixed By - Yoshiaki Onishi (3)
Photography By - Leslie Kee
Producer - Max Matsuura
Recorded By - Hiroyuki Shiotsuki
Recorded By - Koji Morimoto
Recorded By - Motohiro Tsuji
Recorded By - Satoshi Kumasaka
Recorded By - Yasuo Matsumoto
Recorded By - Yoichiro Kano
Recorded By - Yuichi Nagayama
Translated By - Rie Eto
Translated By - Stanley Izumi Kim
Translated By - Ward Sexton
Words By - Ayumi Hamasaki (1 to 7, 8 to 11, 13 to 15)