''Thank U'' is the first studio album and Japanese release by the South Korean

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CNBLUE CNBLUE ( ko, 씨엔블루) is a South Korean pop rock band formed in 2009. The band consists of Jung Yong-hwa (leader, main vocals, guitar, keyboard, rap), Kang Min-hyuk ( drums), and Lee Jung-shin ( bass). First bassist Kwon Kwang-jin left t ...

. The album was released on March 20, 2010 in Japan and the majority of the songs were sung in English with the exception of "voice" and "a.ri.ga.tou." Several of the songs on this album were later released in Korean in the band's debut Korean album, '' First Step''. This album is the first of the two indie albums CNBlue released before signing with

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for their major Japanese debut on October 19, 2011. The album sold over 10,237 copies.

Composition

Several songs were written by leader, lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist

Jung Yong-hwa Jung Yong-hwa (; ; born June 22, 1989) is a South Korean singer, musician and actor. He is the leader, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band CNBLUE. Jung made his television debut in '' You're Beautiful'' (2009), and has since st ...

and lead guitarist and vocalist

Lee Jong-hyun Lee Jong-hyun (born May 15, 1990) is a South Korean musician, singer-songwriter and actor. He was the former lead guitarist and vocalist of South Korean rock band CNBLUE. He made his acting debut in an omnibus movie '' Acoustic'' in 2010, fol ...

. All of the tracks with the exception of "Intro" and "a.ri.ga.tou" were previously released pn their EPs ''Now or Never'' and ''Voice.'' The Korean versions of "Just Please," "Wanna Be Like U," and "a.ri.ga.tou" were later included in the band's debut Korean album, '' First Step''. "One of a kind" was also included as a bonus track. "a.ri.ga.tou" was changed to the name "Thank You (고마워요; ''Gomawoyo'')."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes. * CNBLUE: **

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, guitar **

- guitar, vocals ** Lee Jung-shin - bass **

Kang Min-hyuk Kang Min-hyuk (; born June 28, 1991) is a South Korean musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He is the drummer of South Korean rock band CNBLUE. Career 2009–present: CNBLUE Kang became a member of CNBLUE in 2009. The group debuted in Jap ...

- drums *Instrumental Staff: **OWL - additional instruments **Yoshihiko Chino - all additional instruments and programming, additional guitars **Hirofumi Sasaki - all additional instruments and programming **Hiroyuki Teneda - additional guitars *Choi Yoon-jeong - producing *Shusui (Stock Room International) - sound producing and directing *OWL - directing *Ryo-ta Fukuoka - directing *Han Seung-hoon - directing *Naoki Ibaraki (Muku Studio) - recording *Yutaka Yamamoto - recording *Ken Mataucks - recording *Kazuya Kikkai - recording *Lee Yu-jin - recording and mixing *Naoki Ibaraki - mixing *Choi Hyo-young (Sonic Korea) - mastering *Takshiro Uchida (Flair) - mastering *Technical adviser: **Genpachi Sekiguchi - drums **Hiroyuki Taneda - guitar **Ryo-ta Fukuoka - guitar **Ryota Kanbayashi - bass *Daiki - bass *Sound Crew Studio - recording studio *Muku Studio - recording studio *CtoX Sound Studio - recording studio *F&C Music Studio - recording studio *Seoul Studio - recording studio *Cho Dae-young - art direction & design *Kim Jung-kyeum - photographer *AI Entertainment Inc. - artist promotion *Masahide Asso - artist manager *Yumi Fukuda - label desk *Ayumi Tsuji - label desk *Choi Yoonjeong - executive producer

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