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1994 studio album by Cornelius
The First Question Award
Released February 25, 1994 (1994-02-25 )
Genre Length 52 :08
Label
Trattoria
Producer
Keigo Oyamada
"The Sun Is My Enemy" Released: September 1, 1993
[3]
"Perfect Rainbow" Released: November 10, 1993
[4]
"(You Can't Always Get) What You Want" Released: January 26, 1994
[5]
"Moon Light Story" Released: June 25, 1994
[6]
LP edition
The First Question Award (ザ・ファースト・クエスチョン・アワード ) is the debut solo
studio album by Japanese musician
Cornelius . It was released on February 25, 1994 by
Trattoria Records .
[7]
The First Question Award peaked at number four on the
Oricon Albums Chart .
[8] 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).
[9]
Track listing
All tracks are written by
Keigo Oyamada
Title 1. "The Sun Is My Enemy" 5:47 2. "(You Can't Always Get) What You Want" 4:00 3. "Silent Snow Stream" 6:32 4. "Perfect Rainbow" 4:21 5. "Bad Moon Rising" 5:28 6. "Cannabis" 4:37 7. "Raise Your Hand Together" 6:01 8. "The Back Door to Heaven" 6:27 9. "Theme from First Question Award" 1:11 10. "The Love Parade" 3:34 11. "Moon Light Story" 4:10 Total length: 52:08
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
[10]
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
Charts
References
^ Rosean, Samuel (December 29, 2018).
"A Beginner's Guide: Shibuya Kei" .
Drowned in Sound . Archived from
the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2020 .
^ Lindsay, Cam (August 4, 2016).
"Return to the Planet of Cornelius" .
Vice . Retrieved December 11, 2020 .
^
"太陽は僕の敵 | CORNELIUS" (in Japanese).
Oricon . Retrieved December 11, 2020 .
^
"PERFECT RAINBOW | CORNELIUS" (in Japanese).
Oricon . Retrieved December 11, 2020 .
^
"ホワット・ユー・ウォント | CORNELIUS" (in Japanese).
Oricon . Retrieved December 11, 2020 .
^
"Moon Light Story | CORNELIUS" (in Japanese).
Oricon . Retrieved December 11, 2020 .
^
"the first question award | CORNELIUS" (in Japanese).
Oricon . Retrieved December 11, 2020 .
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a
b
"CORNELIUSのアルバム売り上げランキング" (in Japanese).
Oricon . Archived from
the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2020 .
^ Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 .
Oricon .
ISBN
978-4-87131-077-2 .
^ The First Question Award (liner notes).
Cornelius .
Trattoria Records . 1994. Menu.29.{{
cite AV media notes }}
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link )
External links
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