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band Deen. It was released on 14 September 1994 under recording label B-Gram Records. Deen was the first artist in the history of Japanese pop music to break the record for selling a million copies of a debut album and a debut single at the same time.

Background

Album includes singles released between 1993 and 1994. Omitted singles as ''Tsubsa wo Hirogete'', is included instead in their first compilation album Singles+1.

Promotion

Singles

Their debut single ''Kono mama Kimi dake wo Ubaisaretai'', was released on 10 March 1993. The single is written by vocalist of the rock band

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, Show Uesugi and writer Tetsuro Oda. In the television, it was promoted as a commercial song to the mobile phone operator company NTT Docomo's ''Pocket Bell''. The single debuted at number 2 on Oricon Single Weekly Charts, sold over million copies and remained at number 12 on Oricon Yearly Single Charts in 1993. The single has received a golden disc award from the

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. Third single ''Memories'', was released on the 22 September 1993. In the media it was promoted as an theme song to the Japanese television drama ''Neo Drama''.

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rap's lyrics in the intro of the song has never been published in the official lyric booklet. While in the recording version, the intro has been performed by writer

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, in their live tours Ikemori performs it from ear copy. The single debuted at number 4 on Oricon Single Weekly Charts, charted 16 weeks and remained at number 67 on Oricon Yearly Single Charts in 1993. Fourth single ''Eien wo Azuketekurete'', was released on 28 November 1993. In this single, the following member of the band Shinji Tagawa has been involved with the recording. In the television, it served once again as an commercial song to the Docomo's Pocket Bell service. The single debuted at number 3 on Oricon Single Weekly Charts and remained on number 39 on Oricon Yearly Single Charts in 1994. Fifth single ''Hitomi Sorasanaide'', was released on 22 June 1994. In this single, guitarist Tagawa has become an official member. In the television, it was promoted as a commercial song to the sport drink brand

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. The single debuted at number 1 on Oricon Single Weekly Chart and remained at number 18 on Oricon Yearly Single Chart in 1994. It became their first single after year of debut to debut at number 1. The single has received a golden disc award from the

Charting performance

The album debuted at number 1 On Oricon Album Weekly Charts. It charted for 23 weeks and remained at number 8 on Oricon Yearly Album Charts in 1994. The album sold 1,438 000 copies. The album has received a golden disc award from the

Track listing

Covers

Show Uesugi, vocalist of pop-rock band Wands covered ''Kono Mama Kimi dake wo Ubaisaritai'' in their 2nd studio album,

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in 1993.

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covered ''Hitomi Sorasanaide'' in their 6th studio album Forever You in 1995. Writer Tetsuro Oda covered ''Kono Mama Kimi dake wo Ubaisaritai'' in his cover album ''Songs'' in 1993. Writer

covered in his studio album ''Tooku Hanaretemo'' in 1994.

References

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