''Don't Don'' () is the second studio album by South Korean boy band

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. It was released in South Korea through

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on September 20, 2007. It marked the first album as thirteen members with the addition of Kyuhyun a year prior. Stylistically, ''Don't Don'' encompasses various musical styles such as

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, modern R&B and retro

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,Super Junior releases new album on the 20th
September 17, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2008. with almost all tracks in the album containing string sections. Two singles were spawned from the album: the title track " Don't Don" and " Marry U". The album was commercially successful, selling 60,000 copies within the first week of release and 164,058 copies by the end of year. It was the second best-selling album in South Korea during 2007, with the first being

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's ''

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''.. Retrieved January 14, 2008. Two different repackaged versions, one containing three new tracks with a remix and another containing a remixed track and a

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Background and release

When promotions for Super Junior's previous hit single, " U" completed,

announced that the group were processing on the beginning touches for their second full-length album, with an expected November 2006 release. However, due to

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's car accident on August 10, 2006, schedules regarding album recordings had to be postponed. Another

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involving four other members on April 19, 2007, also affected the album schedules. Kyuhyun, the most injured out of the four, was not discharged from the hospital until July 5, 2007. During a fan-meet in

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on August 26, 2007,

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revealed that recording schedules for the album were finally active and the album would be released in September, which was followed with Shindong's announcement that he would be on a short hiatus from hosting activities to work on the album. It was also announced through media outlets that Kyuhyun would join group activities for the album. A few days later, SM Entertainment released the album's first promotional image, which contains a

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of the thirteen members. On September 13, 2007, the label announced an official date for the album release. Pre-orders began the following the day and ringtones of the tracks were released online on September 19. The official album was released on September 20, 2007.슈퍼주니어 정규 2집 ‘돈 돈’ 9월 20일 발매 확정
September 14, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2007.

Repackaged versions

Two repackaged versions of the album were released a month after the release of the album. The album's second version, the CD repackaged version, was released on November 5, 2007, with four new tracks: " Marry U" (New Ver.), " A Man In Love", "The girl is mine", and "A Man In Love" (Remix). Although the song "Marry U", was included in the original album, the CD repackaged version brought in a new version of the single, which became the album's second single. The remixed version of "A Man In Love" became a semi promo-single for the repackaged album and is one of the group's performance songs. The third album version, the CD+DVD repackaged version, was released on November 9, 2007. Although there are no new tracks added to the CD unlike the second version, an extra DVD is added to the album which contains music videos and behind-the-scene clips behind the production of the album.

Composition

The title track " Don't Don" was chosen the album's first single. Transliterated to "Money, Money! (Don't Don)", the title is a

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, playing with the words "don," (), which means money, and "donda" (), which means to go insane. "Don't Don" is introduced as a genre of SMP (SM Music Performance), a genre invented by the company, that consists of the strong mix of R&B,

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, rap, and

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. The musical style of "Don't Don" has the combination of heavy

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riffs, fast

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rhythms,

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, a

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, and other musical instruments that make the single a rare musical. " Marry U" was chosen to be the second single; it is a medium-tempo R&B ballad, reviving a classic image in contrast to the dark image of their first single. The rest of the album consists of soft

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s, string section focus, retro R&B, and 1980s style dance songs, marking a stylistic shift from their first album. However, the trend of

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still remains in the album, such as the second track, "Sapphire Blue." Many members contributed in the production of the album.

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, Kyuhyun were active as background vocalists while

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, one of the main rappers of the group, was in charge of most of the rap lyrics in the album.

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, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, and Donghae also wrote the lyrics for the dance/pop song, "I am," arranged by Yoon Jongshin. Famous musicians like Yoon Jongshin, Kim Johan, Kim Youngho, Hwang Sungjae, Kim Changhyun, etc. also participated in the production of the album.

Album packaging and image

The packaging and image of ''Don't Don'' is darker than that of their first album. ''Don't Don'' came to stores with thirteen different covers, each cover featuring a different member. All thirteen covers of the members are included within the CD package, and the covers can be changed anytime. First impressions of the album were critical but well-accepted, as Super Junior transformed into a much edgier image than from their previous image in "U." The members sported bleached hair and had astounding hairstyles, which were influences from the combination of

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and hip hop fashion. Some of the members also imprinted large temporary tattoos on their skin, which surrounded the arms, back, and stomach. With the release of the album's second version, the group quickly transformed to a classical image to complement the second single, "Marry U". Hairstyles were slightly modified and their hair color were darker. The album's third version revived the group with a modern and fashionable boy band image.

Commercial performance

''Don't Don'' debuted at number one on the MIAK monthly album chart, selling more than

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's and

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's new albums that were released at least two weeks prior. The album sold 66,678 copies within the first month of release
. Retrieved October 13, 2007. and 164,058 copies by the end of December, making it the second best-selling album of 2007. The album also experienced success in Taiwan, peaking atop the Five Music J-pop/K-pop Chart and the

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J-pop Chart in Taiwan within the first week of release.G-Music J-pop Chart
. Retrieved October 25, 2007.Five Music J-pop/K-pop Chart
. Retrieved October 25, 2007. The album also debuted at number tree on the G-Music Combo Chart, beating Taiwanese boy band K One who also released their album during the same week.G-Music Combo Billboard Chart
. Retrieved October 25, 2007. ''Don't Don'' became the highest charting Korean album in Taiwan at the time.
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November 2, 2007. Retrieved November 2, 2007.

Promotion

Super Junior's first performance for ''Don't Don'' was on September 21, 2007, performing the first single "Don't Don" on KBS's ''Music Bank''. It was their first performance in which the group performed together as thirteen after a whole year. Promotions for "Don't Don" lasted almost three months and aside ''Music Bank'', Super Junior also performed on other music programs, such as on SBS's ''Inkigayo'' and

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's ''M Countdown''. Not long after the release of the second single, "Marry U", Super Junior became co-hosts of a new SBS variety program, '' Explorers of the Human Body'' along with Shin Dongyup. The new program ranked as SBS's most-viewed program each Sunday. However, the first season quickly ended with thirteen episodes in February 2008 due to Super Junior's busy schedule with their first concert tour, Super Show.

Accolades

Track listings

DVD

#"Marry U" jacket sketch #Prologue #Relay Talk #Member Personal Story! "Talk to Myself!" #Epilogue #"Don't Don" MV Making Film #"Don't Don" MV #"Marry U" MV Making Film Notes – CD version has the New version

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes. The tracks numbering is according to the repackage and Japanese edition of the album. Musicians *

– vocals, background vocals (1, 5, 16) **

– lyrics (8) **

– background vocals (16) **

– background vocals (4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18) ** Kangin ** Shindong – background vocals (16) ** Sungmin – lyrics (8), background vocals (4, 8, 10, 18) **

– lyrics (8), rap making (2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18), rap lyrics (2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18) ** Donghae – lyrics (8), rap making (4, 11, 17, 18), rap lyrics (4, 11, 17, 18) **

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– background vocals (4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18) ** Kibum ** Kyuhyun – background vocals (4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18) Additional musicians *

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– lyrics (1, 5, 16), composition (1, 5, 16), arrangement (1, 5, 16), rearrangement (16), director (1), rap making (1, 5, 16), rap lyrics (1, 5, 16) voice modeling guitar (1, 5, 16), violin conductor (1), background vocals (1, 5, 16), acoustic guitar (5, 16), remix (16) *Tae Hoon – lyrics (2) *

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– lyrics (3), composition (3), arrangement (3, 17), background vocals (3, 17) *Kwon Yun-jung – lyrics (3, 4, 9, 18), director (18) *Yoon Jong-shin – lyrics (6), composition (6) * – lyrics (7, 10), guitar (3, 7, 8, 10, 12) *Cho Jun-young – lyrics (11), composition (11), arrangement (11) *Yoo Jae-ha – lyrics (12), composition (12) *Shiro – lyrics (13) *Park Chang-hyun – lyrics (14), composition (14), arrangement (14), background vocals (14) *Seong Nak-ho – lyrics (15) *Cheon Tae-hyuk – lyrics (17), composition (17) *c.close – Japanese lyrics (18) *Michael Scott Hartung – composition (2) *Thomas Charles La Verdi – composition (2) *Lee Jea-myoung – composition (4, 18), arrangement (4, 18) *Lee Keun-ho – composition (6) * Kenzie – composition (7, 10), arrangement (7, 8, 10, 12), additional composition (12), additional lyrics (12) *Greg Lynch – composition (8) *Hwang Sung-jae – composition (9), arrangement (9, 13), keyboard (13) *Ken Ingwersen – composition (13) *Kim Jo-han – composition (15), background vocals (15) *An Ik-su – arrangement (2), guitar (2) *Lee Jun-ho – arrangement (6), all sources programing (6) *Lee Ju-hyong – arrangement (13), background vocals (13), synth (13) *Yoo Ji-sang – arrangement (13), rhythm (13) *Kim Min-soo – arrangement (15) *Badook – rap making (1), rap lyrics (1) *Hoonyhoon – rap making (5, 16), rap lyrics (5, 16), background vocals (5, 16) *Groovie.K – electric guitar (1), acoustic guitar (5, 16) *

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– violin (1) *

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– violin conductor (1) *Sam Lee – guitar (4, 18) *Lee Sung-ryul – guitar (6, 13) *Hong Jun-ho – guitar (9, 15) *Ko Tae-yong – guitar (11, 14, 17) *Min Jae-hyun – bass (7, 8, 10, 12) *Jeong Jae-il – bass (9) *Lee Sang-min – drum (9, 15) *Song Young-joo – piano (9) *Gil Eun-kyung – keyboard (4, 18) piano (7) *Jang Hyo-suk –

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(6) *Moon Ji-hwan – background vocals (2) *Kim Hyeon-a – background vocals (5, 16) *Kang Tae-woo – background vocals (6) *Byun Jae-won – background vocals (9, 13) *Jang Jeong-woo – background vocals (11) *Chun Dan-bi – background vocals (14) *Kim Hyo-soo – background vocals (15) *Shim Sang-won – strings arrangement and conductor (3, 8) *Lee Na-il – strings arrangement and conductor (4, 7, 9, 12, 13, 18) *Shin Min – strings arrangement and conductor (11) *K-Strings – strings (3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 18) *Lee Ju-myong – vocal and chorus director (13) *Toshio Fujiwara – director (18) Technical personnel *

– producer *Cheon "bigboom" Hoon at Sonic Korea – mastering (1–17) *Hiroshi Kawasaki (FLAIR) – mastering (18) *

at SM Booming System – recording, mixing *Lee Sung-ho at SM Yellow Tail, SM Blue Ocean and SM Concert Hall – recording, mixing *Namkoong Jin at SM Concert Hall – recording, mixing *Park Chang-hyun at SM Yellow Tail – recording *Kat at SM Blue Ocean – recording *Hwang Sung-jae at SM Blue Ocean and BJJ – recording *Huh Jung-hee at SM Blue Ocean – recording *Young-hu Kim at SM Blue Ocean and SM Concert Hall – recording * Kenzie at SM Blue Ocean – recording *Park Kyung-joon at Rui – recording *Kim Chul-soon at Rui – recording *Cho Chang-hee at Music Tower – recording *Um Chan-yong at Lead Sound – recording *Hong Seung-heun at Chungeum – recording *Jang Min at Silk – recording *Kim Min-hee at Silk – recording *Oh Seung-geun at T-Studio – recording *Kim Jo-han at DGHETTO – recording *Hideaki Jinbu – recording *Masahiro Kawata – recording

Charts

All charts are derived from offline sales only."Weekly Kpop"
''Hanteo Chart''. September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2007

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

Aside South Korea, ''Don't Don'' was re-released in other countries under different labels.

Notes

References

External links

SM Entertainment's Official Site

Super Junior's Official Site

Super Junior's Official Chinese Site
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