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Shine We Are! (2003)
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The album's title track was originally a Japanese single, and the album was released as a digital album worldwide before most listeners had heard it on Korean TV.
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Overview
- Shine We Are!: third special album by BoA, a Korean singer
- Released 3 December 2003
- Counted as the 3.5th album in Korea
- Second adapted (Korean-language) album of her career
- Released as a digital album, described as the world's first
- Ten tracks; the last is "Flying Without Wings", featuring Westlife
Background
- Most tracks are Korean versions of songs BoA had sung in Japan
- Most songs come from the Japanese album VALENTI, with a few omitted
- Title track "Shine We Are!" was the title track of her 9th Japanese single
- Korean lyrics were mostly written by BoA herself
- Two tracks come from DOUBLE, her first single released in Korea
- Released two days before "Rock With You", her second Korean single
- Follows the same approach as MIRACLE, released in September 2003 after her Japanese debut success
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | B.I.O | 4:15 |
| 2 | Shine We Are! | 5:05 |
| 3 | 세상의 어디에서도 (One Way) | 4:41 |
| 4 | Discovery | 4:19 |
| 5 | Milky Way (club remix) | 3:38 |
| 6 | Flower | 4:25 |
| 7 | Searching for Truth | 3:59 |
| 8 | Beside You | 4:20 |
| 9 | 이별풍경 (Always) | 4:48 |
| 10 | Flying Without Wings | 3:36 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Kwon Bo-ah, born November 5, 1986 in Gyeonggi Province, was discovered by SM Entertainment talent scouts at a 1998 talent search while accompanying her older brother.
- After two years of training in vocals, dance, English, and Japanese, she debuted in South Korea in 2000 with the album ID; Peace B.
- Her Korean label arranged with Avex Trax to launch her career in Japan, and she quit school to prepare.
Career
- Her debut Japanese album Listen to My Heart (2002) became the first album by a Korean artist to debut at number one on the Oricon chart.
- Valenti (2003) sold over 1,249,000 copies, and Best of Soul (2005) sold over a million copies in Japan.
- Her self-titled English album (2009) was the first record by a K-pop artist to appear on the Billboard 200.
- She has sold over ten million albums and has been called the "Queen of K-pop" for helping open the Japanese market to Korean pop.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
Records
- Released in Korea as a CCCD (copy-controlled CD), according to the Japanese Wikipedia entry
- Presented in Korea as the first best-of album of BoA's career
- Released as a digital album, described as the world's first of its kind
- Buyers could print their own lyric booklet and download every track as MP3 to make a CD themselves
- Released two days before "Rock With You", her second Korean single
- A 2005 Chinese release added a VCD containing the music videos for the Korean "Shine We Are" and "Milky Way"
- The Korean-language music video for the title track exists
- Despite the title track status, the song was rarely performed on Korean broadcast programs
Sources: ko.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- Title track "Shine We Are!" was a Japanese single before its Korean adaptation.
- "Flying Without Wings" is a duet with the Irish boy band Westlife.
- The Korean lyrics were mostly written by BoA herself.
- A Korean-language music video for the title track was made, though the song rarely appeared on Korean television.
- The 2005 Chinese release included music videos for "Shine We Are" and "Milky Way" on a VCD.
Sources: ko.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org