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Rising Sun (2005)
Where the lyrics of Rising Sun take you, and where it was really made.
The title track was featured in the 2009 Hollywood film Fast & Furious during Paul Walker's opening scene.
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Recorded at SM Digital Recording Studio, Seoul (2005)
Recording site Big Hit Studios, Seoul — The album's recording location is listed as SM Digital Recording Studio (Seoul). The map point is set to the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Private company studio, not open to visitors.
Album story
Overview
- Rising Sun: second Korean-language studio album by South Korean boy group TVXQ
- Released September 12, 2005 through SM Entertainment
- Primarily a pop album, with hip-hop, rock, teen pop and ballad elements
- Songwriting and production by Yoo Young-jin, Kenzie, Hwang Sung Je and All-4-One's Jamie Jones
- Title track "Rising Sun" announced on September 2, 2005
- Title track theme: gradual loss of purity, compared to a disappearing sunset
Background
- Follows the previous Korean album TRI-ANGLE by about one year
- Repackage "Rising Sun Repackage Story Book: Five Secret Story" released November 28, 2005
- Repackage includes a VCD of Japan activity footage, including a Tokyo appearance in May 2005
- Repackage also has a 160-page photo album and behind-the-scenes footage of the "Rising Sun" music video
- Japanese edition released October 24, 2007, alongside the Japanese edition of "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap
- Also released in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Thailand
Recording
- Recording location listed as SM Digital Recording Studio (Seoul)
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Tonight | 4:41 |
| 2 | Beautiful Life | 3:38 |
| 3 | Rising Sun (순수) | 4:42 |
| 4 | 바보 (Unforgettable) | 4:17 |
| 5 | 내가 허락할 테니 (LOVE is never gone) | 4:45 |
| 6 | LOVE after LOVE | 3:48 |
| 7 | Dangerous Mind | 3:56 |
| 8 | One | 4:03 |
| 9 | LOVE is... | 3:42 |
| 10 | Free your mind | 4:06 |
| 11 | 작은 고백 (Your LOVE is all I need) | 4:02 |
| 12 | 약속했던 그때에 (Always There...) | 3:17 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Formed in 2003 by SM Entertainment as a five-member boy band; debuted December 26, 2003 with the single "Hug" (2004).
- Yunho was appointed the band's leader; the name Dong Bang Shin Ki was finalized after several alternatives.
- Tohoshinki (東方神起) was the Japanese-market name adopted after signing with Avex Group in late 2004.
Members
- Current members: U-Know Yunho (leader) and Max Changmin.
- Former members Hero Jaejoong, Micky Yoochun and Xiah Junsu left in 2010 and formed JYJ.
Career
- Early Korean albums Tri-Angle (2004), Rising Sun (2005), "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap. (2006) and Mirotic (2008) topped domestic charts; "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap. won Album of the Year at the 21st Golden Disk Awards.
- In Japan, the band became mainstream stars after The Secret Code (2009); their Best Selection 2010 was the first album to top the Oricon Albums Chart.
- After a 2010 split, Yunho and Changmin returned as a duo with Keep Your Head Down (2011); later albums include Tone (2011), Time (2013), Tense (2014), Tree (2014), New Chapter #1 (2018) and XV (2019).
- The duo held a three-day performance at Tokyo Dome on April 27, 2025 for their 20th anniversary.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Debuted at number one on the MIAK monthly chart in South Korea
- Fourth best-selling album in South Korea in 2005, selling over 222,000 copies per MIAK
- Sina Entertainment named it one of the Top 10 Asian Albums of 2005, alongside BoA's Best of Soul and other releases
- "Rising Sun" won the Most Popular Music Video (daesang) at the 2005 Mnet KM Music Video Festival
Reappraisal
- Still made the top 100 on the 2007 yearly chart, two years after release
- Ranked number 67 on the MIAK year-end chart for 2007
- Highest-selling old album of 2007 per the source
Records
- Ranked 31st best-selling album in 2006 per RIAK
- Sales over 290,000 copies in South Korea by May 2008 per MIAK
- Peaked at number 34 on the Gaon album chart in the week of 18–24 April 2010
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- "Rising Sun" was featured in the Hollywood film Fast & Furious during Paul Walker's opening scene in 2009.
- A Japanese-language version of "Rising Sun (순수)" was included in the first Japanese album Heart, Mind and Soul in 2006 and later recut as a fifth single.
- Member Yeongwoong Jaejung (now Kim Jaejoong) could not dance with the group due to a knee injury.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org
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