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. It was released on 6 August 1997 under B-Gram Records. Album consist of the five previously released singles, such as ''Aah'', ''Atsuku Nare'', ''Unbalance'', ''Genki Dashite'' and ''Sora''. Atsuku Nare is one of her biggest hits, which single sold more than million copies. It also received new album mix under title ''Album version''. It has total of 14 tracks which makes her the longest studio album in her whole career. The single ''Aishitemasu'' didn't make it to this album, instead it was released in her the first compilation album ''Back Beats #1''. ''Kaze ni nare'' was originally supposed to release as a single, however it was postponed due to unknown reasons and end up releasing in this album as the part of the album tracks. The album reached No. 1 in its first week on the

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chart. The album sold 1,755,000 copies. It's her most successful studio album in her entire music career history. It got rewarded with Gold disc by ''Recording Industry Association of Japan''.

Track listing

In media

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References

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