Dance Tracks Vol. 1

Dance Tracks Vol.1
Dance Tracks Vol.1
Studio album / Remix album by Namie Amuro
Released	16 October 1995
Genre	Eurobeat; dance-pop;
Length	55:19
Label	Toshiba-EMI
Producer	Masato "Max" Matsuura; Yukihito Sakakibara;
Namie Amuro chronology

Dance Tracks Vol.1 is the debut studio album by Japanese singer Namie Amuro, released on 16 October 1995 as her only album with Toshiba-EMI. It features remixed material originally recorded with the idol group Super Monkey's, of which Amuro was a member at the time, as well as three original songs.

Nine days after Dance Tracks Vol.1 debuted, Amuro released her first single with Avex Trax, "Body Feels Exit", on 25 October 1995. The album reached the top position on the Oricon charts and charted for forty-four weeks.

The album is currently out of print, and is not listed in Amuro's official discography, along with her greatest hits album Original Tracks Vol. 1 (1996).^{[citation needed]}

Background and content

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)" (a cover 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) through Avex 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).

Reception

Dance Tracks Vol.1 debuted at number one on the Oricon 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 the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Go! Go! (Yume no Hayasade)"	Kayoko Ono	Giancarlo Pasquini Luca Pernici	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

Personnel

Namie Amuro - vocals, background vocals
Producers - Masato 'Max' Masato, Yukihito Sakakibara
Mixing - Naoki Yamada, Yoshinori Kaji, Koji Morimoto
Remixing - Yasuhiko Hoshino, Satoshi Hidaka
Photography - Takayuki Okada
Art Direction - Kumiko Izumiya

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	1

Year-end charts

1999 year-end charts for *First Love*
Chart (1995)	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[5]	21

2000 year-end charts for *First Love*
Chart (1996)	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[6]	22

Decade-end charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[9]	63

All-time chart

Chart	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[7]	88

References

^ "安室奈美恵夢と理想をつかみとった19歳のソウル&ブルース". WHAT's IN? (in Japanese). Sony Magazines Inc. September 1996. p. 62.
^ Oricon Style Staff (October 30, 1995). "Oricon Albums Chart – Chart Week October 30, 1995". Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
^ Oricon Style Staff (November 6, 1995). "Oricon Albums Chart – Chart Week November 6, 1995". Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "DANCE TRACKS VOL.1 安室奈美恵". Oricon. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1995年アルバム年間TOP100". Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1996年アルバム年間TOP100". Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "歴代アルバムランキング". Archived from the original on January 3, 2012.
^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1995年12月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. December 1995 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese). 435. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan: 5. February 10, 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ "1990年代アルバム売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Retrieved April 14, 2024.

[what-1] "安室奈美恵夢と理想をつかみとった19歳のソウル&ブルース". WHAT's IN? (in Japanese). Sony Magazines Inc. September 1996. p. 62.

[2] Oricon Style Staff (October 30, 1995). "Oricon Albums Chart – Chart Week October 30, 1995". Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2024.

[3] Oricon Style Staff (November 6, 1995). "Oricon Albums Chart – Chart Week November 6, 1995". Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2024.

[oricon-4] "DANCE TRACKS VOL.1 安室奈美恵". Oricon. Retrieved November 25, 2024.

[year-5] "1995年アルバム年間TOP100". Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2024.

[year2-6] "1996年アルバム年間TOP100". Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2024.

[time-7] "歴代アルバムランキング". Archived from the original on January 3, 2012.

[RIAJ-feb1996-8] "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1995年12月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. December 1995 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese). 435. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan: 5. February 10, 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

[decade-9] "1990年代アルバム売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Retrieved April 14, 2024.

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Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Dance Tracks Vol. 1 Sweet 19 Blues Concentration 20 Genius 2000 Break the Rules Style Queen of Hip-Pop Play Past<Future Uncontrolled Feel Genic
Compilation albums	Original Tracks Vol. 1 181920 Love Enhanced Single Collection Best Fiction Checkmate! Ballada Finally
Live albums	Namie Amuro 5 Major Domes Tour 2012: 20th Anniversary Best Namie Amuro Feel Tour 2013 Live Style 2014 Live Style 2014: Live Ballada Namie Amuro Final Tour 2018 〜Finally〜 at Tokyo Dome Namie Amuro 25th Anniversary Live in Okinawa
Concerts	So Crazy Tour Best Fiction Tour 5 Major Domes Tour Feel Tour Livegenic Tour Finally Tour
Video	Namie Amuro World 181920 Films Filmography 2001–2005
Video game	Digital Dance Mix Vol. 1 Namie Amuro
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