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Who's Back? (2014)

Where the lyrics of Who's Back? take you, and where it was really made.

Nearly every song on this album had already come out as a Japanese single; only "First Time" was new when the album was released.

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Who's Back?: eighth Japanese-language studio album (thirteenth overall) by South Korean singer BoA
Released 3 September 2014 by Avex Trax
Compiles all singles released since the previous studio album Identity (2010)
Released in three formats: CD+DVD, CD, and a SOUL shop limited edition
Released in South Korea on 1 October 2014 as a CD-only edition, about a month after the Japanese release

Released about four and a half years after the album Identity
Titled an original album, but only one track is an album original
The other tracks are title songs and coupling songs from singles, so it works almost like a best-of album
The one album original is "First Time", the only new song on the release
Covers the singles released from 2010 to 2014

1	First Time (video clip)
2	Shout It Out (video clip)
3	Only One (video clip)
4	Message (video clip)
5	WOO WEEKEND (video clip)
6	Milestone (video clip)
7	MASAYUME CHASING (video clip)
8	The Shadow (video clip)
9	Tail of Hope (video clip)
10	First Time -Making of + Interview-

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.

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.

CDJournal felt the album, compiled of almost entirely previously released works, acted more like a greatest hits album than a studio album
CDJournal found the wide range of genres and techniques impressive, from up-tempo dance pop to melancholic medium ballads
Reviewers praised "Woo Weekend" for its relaxing light vocals and comfortable, soft melody line
"Only One" was described as a perfectly expressed ballad with a high level of skill
"Tail of Hope" was praised for its fresh summer feeling
The Japanese version of "Baby You.." (originally "Disturbance") was described as a high quality, adult song

Three of the songs on the album were first released in South Korea as singles, including "Only One" and "The Shadow" from the 2012 album Only One
The DVD contains music videos for the singles, a music video for the album's only album track "First Time", and a making clip with an interview
"Message" was used as the theme song for the Japanese BeeTV drama, which was released online