is the fourth album by the Japanese female

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. It is a double-album release and was released in Japan on August 15, 2012 by King Records. It sold 1,051,000 copies.

Album information

The title ''1830m'' reflects the distance from AKB48 Theater in Akihabara to

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, an indoor baseball stadium with over-50,000 capacity where AKB48 had performed for the first time, from August 24 to 26, 2012. It was released in two editions, a regular edition in a special box with a 48-page photobook, a bonus DVD, and a random photo, and a theater edition with 14 alternate covers, a handshake event ticket, and a photo of an AKB48/SKE48/NMB48/HKT48 member chosen at random. This is the last album to feature Team A member and the group's ace

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Reception

The album debuted at number one in the Oricon weekly album charts. In August 2012, the album was certified Million by the

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Track listing

CD1 contains the following first-time studio recordings, which have all been performed on team stages: "First Rabbit", "Miniskirt no Yōsei", "Lemon no Toshigoro", "Ren'ai Sōsenkyo", "Romance Kakurenbo" and B-sides which only appeared on theater editions of their singles which are "Jung ya Freud no Baai" (from "

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"), "Hashire! Penguin" (from "

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"), "Yasai Uranai" (from "

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"), Anti (from "

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"), "Ōgon Center" (from "

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") and "Tsubomitachi" (from "

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"). CD2 contains sixteen new songs, plus

's solo version of "

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Senbatsu (album)

Promotional picture (21 members): * Team A:

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, Aki Takajo,

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* Team K:

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* Team B:

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* Team 4:

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* Team S:

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* Team N:

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* Team H:

Rino Sashihara is a Japanese tarento, singer, producer and actress. She is best known as a former member of idol groups HKT48, AKB48 and STU48, and was the theater manager for HKT48 and STU48. She was also a member of AKB48's unit Not Yet and is the producer ...

Regular Edition

The DVD contains a set of 2:30 choreography videos (different angles, etc.) for each of the 4 songs.

Theater Edition

; CD disc 1 Same as on the Regular Edition ; CD disc 2 13 tracks, same as on the Regular Edition minus 4 commercial tie-up tracks: "Daiji na Jikan", "Gū Gū Onaka", "Yasashisa no Chizu", and "Itterasshai".

charts

Oricon Chart

Release history

References

External links

AKB48 discography

AKB48 New Album 1830m
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