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| artist = [[Namie Amuro]]
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| released = January 28, 1998
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| label = [[Avex Trax]]
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*[[Tetsuya Komuro]]
*[[Dave Rodgers]]
*Claudio Accatino
*Federico Rimonti
*Laurent Gelmetti
*Roberto Gabrielli
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'''''181920''''' is the first [[greatest hits album]] by Japanese musician [[Namie Amuro]], released under the [[Avex Trax]] label on January 28, 1998. The album covers twelve singles which were released prior to Amuro's maternal hiatus in 1998, three of which had been originally released under her previous label, [[EMI Music Japan|Toshiba-EMI]]. The title of the album derives from the fact that its material spans the ages 18–19–20 during which she recorded these songs. Her ninth single, "[[Dreaming I Was Dreaming]]" is exclusive to this release.
'''''181920''''' is debut [[greatest hits]] album by Japanese singer [[Namie Amuro]]. [[Avex Trax]] released it in Japan on January 28, 1998, and it was later available in a [[Optical disc packaging|variety of formats]] throughout Asia. The album contains Amuro's [[Namie Amuro discography#Singles|single releases]] from her debut [[studio album]] ''[[Dance Tracks Vol. 1]]'' (1995) to her third album ''[[Concentration 20]]'' (1997), as well as three tracks from her time with [[Toshiba-EMI]]. The album also included a new song called "[[Dreaming I Was Dreaming]]," which served as the only [[Single (music)|single]] from the album.


[[Music journalism|Music critics]] gave the album ''181920'' favorable reviews, praising its overall sound but finding the material insufficient. The [[Japan Gold Disc Awards]] also recognised the album as Pop Album of the Year that same year. Commercially, the album was a huge success in Japan, reaching number one on the [[Oricon Albums Chart]] and being certified double million by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] (RIAJ) for sales of more than two million copies. After the album's campaign concluded, Amuro took a brief hiatus for maternity reasons.
It was reissued as a [[DVD-audio]] version on January 28, 2004. On March 31, 2004 it was paired with Amuro's first video collection (CD+DVD) under the title ''181920 & films''. The ''181920 & films'' CD has a [[Copy Control]] specification.


==Content and material==
== Information ==
''181920'' is Amuro's debut greatest hits album as a solo artist.{{efn|''[[Original Tracks Vol. 1]]'' (1996) was a [[compilation album]] by Japanese girl group [[Super Monkey's]], which included Amuro, though some markets and the album artwork billed as Namie Amuro with the Super Monkeys.<ref name="OriginalTracks">{{cite AV media notes |author=Super Monkey's |author-link=Super Monkey's |title=Original Tracks Vol. 1 |year=1996 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Toshiba-EMI]] |id=TOCT-9630 |location=Japan}}</ref>}} The album contains Amuro's single releases from her debut studio album, ''[[Dance Tracks Vol. 1]]'' (1995), to her third album, ''[[Concentration 20]]'' (1997).{{efn|<ref name="DanceTracks">{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=Dance Tracks Vol. 1 |year=1995 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Toshiba-EMI]] |id=TOCT-9100 |location=Japan}}</ref><ref name="Sweet19Blues">{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=Sweet 19 Blues |year=1996 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVCD-11463 |location=Japan}}</ref><ref name="Concentration20">{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=Concentration 20 |year=1997 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVCD-11581 |location=Japan}}</ref><ref name="181920Album">Standard formats of ''181920'' listed below:
''181920'' contains one single from [[Super Monkey's]] ("[[Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)]]") and Amuro's first two solo singles ("SEASON of the Sun" and "STOP THE MUSIC"), all with the [[EMI Music Japan|Toshiba-EMI]] record label. ''[[Dance Tracks Vol.1]]'', the album these singles first appeared on, is a Super Monkey's remix album, when Amuro was a member of that group. The rest of the singles are from her first two original studio albums, ''[[Sweet 19 Blues]]'' and ''[[Concentration 20]]'', both from the avex trax record label.
*{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=181920 |year=1998 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVCD-11624 |location=Japan}}
*{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=181920 |year=1998 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVTCD-95149 |location=Hong Kong}}
*{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=181920 |year=1998 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=MND-152 |location=Taiwan}}
*{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=181920 |year=1998 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVJCD10024 |location=Taiwan}}</ref>}} The album also features three songs from her time with Toshiba-EMI: "Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)", "Taiyou no Season", and "Stop the Music".<ref name="181920Album"/> These three songs were recorded with the Japanese girl group Super Monkeys and released on the compilation ''[[Original Tracks Vol. 1]]'' (1996).<ref name="OriginalTracks"/> However, each song was completely reworked and recorded specifically for Amuro on ''Dance Tracks Vol. 1''.<ref name="DanceTracks"/>


''181920'' features 12 tracks, including "high-energy [[electro-pop]] songs" and two [[ballad]]s, "[[Can You Celebrate?]]" and "[[Dreaming I Was Dreaming]]," the latter being a new track for the album.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/181920-mw0000754481 |title=181920 - Namie Amuro |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref> Stylistically, the album focuses on various [[Dance music|dance]]-oriented sounds, including [[eurobeat]] ("[[Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)]]", "[[Chase the Chance]]"), standard [[dance-pop]] ("[[Body Feels Exit]]", "[[You're My Sunshine]]", "[[How to Be a Girl]]", "Stop the Music"), and ballad-inspired tracks ("[[Sweet 19 Blues (song)|Sweet 19 Blues]]", "Can You Celebrate?", "Dreaming I Was Dreaming").<ref name="CDJournal">{{cite magazine |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/181920/1398030127 |title=Namie Amuro / 181920 |magazine=CDJournal |language=Japanese |access-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref>
''181920'' took the top spot of the album chart with 857,100 units sold in its first week. It stayed at number 1 with 326,270 copies sold in its second week. The album stayed in the top 20 for 7 weeks and on the Oricon charts for a total of 27 weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2959338#2959338 |title=Jpopmusic.com :: View topic - The Oricon Resource/Archives Thread II<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-08-12 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928142445/http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2959338#2959338 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''181920'' sold over 1.6 million copies during its original chart run and over 2 million in total. ''181920'' is also the 108th best selling album of all time in Japan and is Amuro's fourth best selling album.<ref>{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.musictvprogram.com/corner-ranking-album.html 歴代アルバムランキング<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103001458/http://www.musictvprogram.com/corner-ranking-album.html |date=2012-01-03 }}</ref>
Because Amuro's first three singles are from a different record label they are missing from ''181920'' on iTunes.<ref>{{cite web|title=181920|url=https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/181920/id152719180|accessdate=26 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=181920|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/181920/id152719180|accessdate=26 September 2013}}</ref>


==Release and promotion==
The album was certified for two million copies shipped to stores in 1998.<ref name="RIAJ-may1998">{{cite journal |title=GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1998年3月度 |trans-title=Gold Albums, and other certified works. March 1998 Edition |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1998/199805.pdf |format=PDF | journal=The Record |type=Bulletin |language=Japanese |location=[[Chūō, Tokyo]] |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |publication-date=May 10, 1998 |volume=462 |page=9 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116130546/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1998/199805.pdf |archivedate=January 16, 2014 |accessdate=January 29, 2014}}</ref>
[[Avex Trax]] first released ''181920'' in Japan on January 28, 1998, and later distributed in Hong Kong and Taiwan the same year.<ref name="181920Album"/> On July 1, a [[VHS]] and [[laserdisc]] format titled ''181920 Films'' (1998) was released, containing most of the [[music video]]s from the album.<ref name="181920Films">'''181920 Films'' formats listed below:
*{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=181920 Films |year=1998 |type=VHS [[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVVD-90039 |location=Japan}}
*{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=181920 Films |year=2000 |type=DVD [[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVBD-91025 |location=Japan}}
*{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=181920 Films |year=2000 |type=Laserdisc [[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVLD-80013 |location=Japan}}</ref> The standard album was re-issued in Taiwan on September 29.<ref name="181920Album"/> In 2004, the album was re-released in all three territories, with a [[DVD]] album format and additional DVD disc that contained the [[music video]]s from ''181920 Films''.<ref name="Re-Issue">Re-issue formats of ''181920 & Films'' listed below:
*{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=181920 |year=2004 |type=DVD [[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVAD-91203 |location=Japan}}
*{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=181920 & Films |year=2004 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVCD-17456/B |location=Japan}}
*{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=181920 & Films |year=2004 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVTCD-95772 |location=Hong Kong}}
*{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=181920 & Films |year=2004 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVJCD-10200A |location=Taiwan}}</ref> In 2012, the original format was re-issued to commemorate Amuro's 20th career anniversary in the entertainment business.<ref name="Anniversary">{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=181920 |year=2012 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVCD-38603 |location=Japan}}</ref>

"Dreaming I Was Dreaming" is the album's only single. It was released a year earlier, on November 27, 1997, as a [[mini CD]], and served as the commercial theme for Ginza Jewellery in Japan.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |last=Amuro |first=Namie |author-link=Namie Amuro |title=Dreaming I Was Dreaming |year=1997 |type=[[liner notes]] |publisher=[[Avex Trax]] |id=AVDD-20221 |location=Japan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://namieamuro.jp/discography/single09.html |title=Dreaming I Was Dreaming |publisher=Namie Amuro's website |language=Japanese |access-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110150036/http://namieamuro.jp/discography/single09.html |archive-date=November 10, 2015}}</ref> It features a sample of [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]'s "Liquid Generation" song.<ref name="181920Album"/> Commercially, it was a success in Japan, reaching number one on the [[Oricon Singles Chart]] and received double platinum certification from the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] (RIAJ) for shipments of over 800,000 units.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/191925/products/46097/1/ |title=Dreaming I Was Dreaming - Namie Amuro |publisher=[[Oricon]] |language=Japanese |access-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1998/199802.pdf |title=GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1997年12月度 |trans-title=Gold Albums, and other certified works. December 1997 Edition |journal=The Record |volume=459 |page=9 |type=Bulletin |language=Japanese |location=[[Chūō, Tokyo]] |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |date=February 10, 1998 |access-date=January 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103052147/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1998/199802.pdf |archive-date=November 3, 2013}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic"/>
}}
[[Music journalism|Music critics]] complimented ''181920''. Ted Mills of [[AllMusic]] gave the album three and a half stars.<ref name="AllMusic"/> Mills questioned the timing of its release, believing it was "premature to have a singles collection out so soon" and unusual given that it coincided with the rise of other Japanese singers, particularly [[Ayumi Hamasaki]].<ref name="AllMusic"/> Nonetheless, Mills stated that the material was "superior," but that it was a "short summation of the sound that changed [[J-Pop]], circa 1996."<ref name="AllMusic"/> In addition, the album won Pop Album of the Year at the [[Japan Gold Disc Awards]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.golddisc.jp/award/13/index.html |title=The 13th Japan Gold Discs |publisher=[[Japan Gold Disc Award]] |language=Japanese |access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref>

Commercially, the album was a massive success in Japan. It debuted at number one on the [[Oricon Albums Chart]], selling 857,100 units in its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/980209a.html |title=1998.2.9付　アルバムTOP20 |publisher=[[Oricon]] (via Geocities) |language=Japanese |date=February 9, 1998 |access-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025161837/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/980209a.html |archive-date=October 25, 2012}}</ref> It remained at number one for a second week, selling an additional 326,270 copies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/980216a.html |title=1998.2.16付　アルバムTOP20 |publisher=[[Oricon]] (via Geocities) |language=Japanese |date=February 16, 1998 |access-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025161844/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/980216a.html |archive-date=October 25, 2012}}</ref> The album spent 35 weeks on the charts and was the 11th best-seller of the year.<ref name="Oricon">{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/191925/products/44866/1/ |title=181920 - Namie Amuro |publisher=[[Oricon]] |language=Japanese |access-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Yearly">{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1998a.html |title=1998年　アルバム年間TOP100 |publisher=[[Oricon]] (via Geocities) |language=Japanese |date=1998 |access-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118045333/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1998a.html |archive-date=January 18, 2014}}</ref> Since its release, 1,693,465 copies have been sold in the region.<ref name="Sales">{{cite web |url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp |title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 |publisher=[[Oricon]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=January 29, 2024 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> It was certified double million by the RIAJ for exceeding sales of two million units.<ref name="RIAJ"/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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| title1 = [[Body Feels Exit]]
| title1 = [[Body Feels Exit]]
| length1 = 4:22
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = [[Try Me (Watashi wo Shinjite)|Try Me (Believe Me)]]
| title2 = [[Try Me (Watashi wo Shinjite)]]
| length2 = 3:57
| length2 = 3:57
| title3 = [[Chase the Chance]]
| title3 = [[Chase the Chance]]
| length3 = 4:31
| length3 = 4:31
| title4 = Season of the Sun
| title4 = [[Taiyou no Season]]
| length4 = 3:30
| length4 = 3:30
| title5 = [[You're My Sunshine]]
| title5 = [[You're My Sunshine]]
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| length12 = 6:21
| length12 = 6:21
}}
}}
{{Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = ''181920 & Films''&nbsp;– {{nobold|DVD}}
| headline = ''181920 & Films''
| extra_column = Director(s)
| title1 = Opening
| title1 = Opening
| length1 = N/A
| note1 =
| extra1 =
| length1 =
| title2 = Body Feels Exit
| note2 = Music video
| extra2 = Masashi Muto
| length2 =
| title3 = Chase the Chance
| note3 = Music video
| extra3 = Norihiro Akita
| length3 =
| title4 = Don't Wanna Cry
| note4 = Music video
| extra4 = Norihiro Akita
| length4 =
| title5 = You're My Sunshine
| note5 = Music video
| extra5 = Shuichi Tan
| length5 =
| title6 = A Walk In The Park
| note6 = Music video
| extra6 = Masashi Muto
| length6 =
| title7 = Can You Celebrate?
| note7 = Music video
| extra7 = [[Wataru Takeishi]]
| length7 =
| title8 = How to Be a Girl
| note8 = Music video
| extra8 = Masashi Muto
| length8 =
| title9 = Dreaming I Was Dreaming
| note9 = Music video
| extra9 = Masashi Muto
| length9 =
}}


==Credits and personnel==
| title2 = Body Feels Exit
Credits adapted from the [[liner notes]] of ''181920''.<ref name="181920Album"/>
| length2 = 4:22


'''Musicians'''
| title3 = Chase the Chance
{{div col}}
| length3 = 4:31
*Namie Amuro – main vocals, background vocals
*Tetsuya Komuro - vocals, background vocals
{{div col end}}


'''Production'''
| title4 = Don't Wanna Cry
{{div col}}
| length4 = 5:39
*Tetsuya Komuro - arranger, composer, producer, songwriter
*Hinoky Team - composer
*Dave Rodgers - arranger
*Claudio Accatino - composer
*Federico Rimonti - composer
*Laurent Gelmetti - composer
*Roberto Gabrielli - composer
*Kazumi Suzuki - songwriter
*Jonny Taira - producer
*Masato "Max" Matsuura - producer
*Marc Panther - songwriter
*Cozy Kubo - arranger, composer
*Yasuhiko Hoshino - arranger
*Natsumi Watanabe - songwriter
*Takahiro Maeda - songwriter
{{div col end}}


'''Imagery'''
| title5 = You're My Sunshine
{{div col}}
| length5 = 5:46
*Tycoon Graphics - art director(s), designers
*Itaru Hirama - phographer
*Kyoko Tsunoda - styling
*Katsuma Yokoyama - Hair and makeup
{{div col end}}


'''Management'''
| title6 = A Walk in the Park
{{div col}}
| length6 = 5:38
*Masato "Max" Matsuura - executive producer
*Shinji Hayashi - general producer
*Katsuro Oshita - general producer
*Yuichi Orimoto - production manager
*Kimi Sato - production coordinator
*Tetsuya Uekata - production coordinator
*Kazumi Yanagi - A&R cheif
*Kengo Goto - A&R
*Takashi Kasuga - public relations
*Yukio Takemura - public relations
*Tatsuya Ikeda - public relations
*Jonny Taira - supervisor
*Tom Yoda - specially coordinator
*Akira Kobayashi - Rising Production management representative
*Masayuki Okura - Rising Production management representative
*Shigeo Maruyama - Tetsuya Komuro management representative
*Shigeo Ohtake - Tetsuya Komuro management representative
{{div col end}}


==Charts==
| title7 = Can You Celebrate?
{{col-begin}}
| length7 = 6:21
{{col-2}}

| title8 = How to Be a Girl
| length8 = 4:26
}}


== Charts ==
===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
'''Album'''&nbsp;– Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
!Chart (1998)
{| class="wikitable" width="650px"
!Peak<br/>position
!Release
!Chart
!Peak position
!First week sales
!Sales total
|-
|-
! scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="Oricon"/>
|rowspan="3"|28 January 1998
|Oricon Daily Albums Chart
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|-
|}
|Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
{{col-2}}
|align="center"|1

|857,100
===Year-end charts===
|1,690,000
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!Chart (1998)
!Position
|-
|-
! scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="Yearly"/>
|Oricon Yearly Albums Chart
|align="center"|11
|align="center"|11
|
|-
|2,000,000
|}
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certification==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=Japan |artist=安室 奈美恵 |title=181920 |type=album |award=Million |number=2 |refname="RIAJ" |relyear=1998 |certyear=1998 |certmonth=3}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ ''181920'' release history
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row" | Japan
| January 28, 1998
| rowspan="3" | [[CD]]
| rowspan="8" | [[Avex Trax]]
| <ref name="181920Album"/>
|-
! scope="row" | Hong Kong
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| <ref name="181920Album"/>
|-
! scope="row" | Taiwan
| <ref name="181920Album"/>
|-
! scope="row" | Japan
| rowspan="3" | January 28, 2004
| {{hlist|CD|[[DVD]] audio}}
| <ref name="Re-Issue"/>
|-
! scope="row" | Hong Kong
| rowspan="2" | CD+DVD
| <ref name="Re-Issue"/>
|-
! scope="row" | Taiwan
| <ref name="Re-Issue"/>
|-
! scope="row" | Japan
| 2012
| [[CD]]
| <ref name="Anniversary"/>
|-
! scope="row" | Various
| N/A
| {{hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[Music streaming service|streaming]]}}
| <ref name="Spotify">{{cite web |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3RXpy9HMDg4bjBJfvIVJgw |title=181920 - Album by Namie Amuro |publisher=[[Spotify]] |access-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of Oricon number-one albums of 1998]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}


== References ==
==External links==
*[http://namieamuro.jp/discography/album03.html ''181920''] on Namie Amuro's website ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151126071938/http://namieamuro.jp/discography/album03.html archived]).
{{Reflist}}


{{Namie Amuro}}
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181920
Greatest hits album by
Namie Amuro
ReleasedJanuary 28, 1998
Genre
LabelAvex Trax
Producer
Namie Amuro chronology
Concentration 20
(1997) 		181920
(1998) 		Genius 2000
(2000)
Singles from 181920
  1. "Dreaming I Was Dreaming"
    Released: November 27, 1997

181920 is debut greatest hits album by Japanese singer Namie Amuro. Avex Trax released it in Japan on January 28, 1998, and it was later available in a variety of formats throughout Asia. The album contains Amuro's single releases from her debut studio album Dance Tracks Vol. 1 (1995) to her third album Concentration 20 (1997), as well as three tracks from her time with Toshiba-EMI. The album also included a new song called "Dreaming I Was Dreaming," which served as the only single from the album.

Music critics gave the album 181920 favorable reviews, praising its overall sound but finding the material insufficient. The Japan Gold Disc Awards also recognised the album as Pop Album of the Year that same year. Commercially, the album was a huge success in Japan, reaching number one on the Oricon Albums Chart and being certified double million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for sales of more than two million copies. After the album's campaign concluded, Amuro took a brief hiatus for maternity reasons.

Content and material

181920 is Amuro's debut greatest hits album as a solo artist.[a] The album contains Amuro's single releases from her debut studio album, Dance Tracks Vol. 1 (1995), to her third album, Concentration 20 (1997).[b] The album also features three songs from her time with Toshiba-EMI: "Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)", "Taiyou no Season", and "Stop the Music".[5] These three songs were recorded with the Japanese girl group Super Monkeys and released on the compilation Original Tracks Vol. 1 (1996).[1] However, each song was completely reworked and recorded specifically for Amuro on Dance Tracks Vol. 1.[2]

181920 features 12 tracks, including "high-energy electro-pop songs" and two ballads, "Can You Celebrate?" and "Dreaming I Was Dreaming," the latter being a new track for the album.[6] Stylistically, the album focuses on various dance-oriented sounds, including eurobeat ("Try Me (Watashi o Shinjite)", "Chase the Chance"), standard dance-pop ("Body Feels Exit", "You're My Sunshine", "How to Be a Girl", "Stop the Music"), and ballad-inspired tracks ("Sweet 19 Blues", "Can You Celebrate?", "Dreaming I Was Dreaming").[7]

Release and promotion

Avex Trax first released 181920 in Japan on January 28, 1998, and later distributed in Hong Kong and Taiwan the same year.[5] On July 1, a VHS and laserdisc format titled 181920 Films (1998) was released, containing most of the music videos from the album.[8] The standard album was re-issued in Taiwan on September 29.[5] In 2004, the album was re-released in all three territories, with a DVD album format and additional DVD disc that contained the music videos from 181920 Films.[9] In 2012, the original format was re-issued to commemorate Amuro's 20th career anniversary in the entertainment business.[10]

"Dreaming I Was Dreaming" is the album's only single. It was released a year earlier, on November 27, 1997, as a mini CD, and served as the commercial theme for Ginza Jewellery in Japan.[11][12] It features a sample of T. Rex's "Liquid Generation" song.[5] Commercially, it was a success in Japan, reaching number one on the Oricon Singles Chart and received double platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of over 800,000 units.[13][14]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]

Music critics complimented 181920. Ted Mills of AllMusic gave the album three and a half stars.[6] Mills questioned the timing of its release, believing it was "premature to have a singles collection out so soon" and unusual given that it coincided with the rise of other Japanese singers, particularly Ayumi Hamasaki.[6] Nonetheless, Mills stated that the material was "superior," but that it was a "short summation of the sound that changed J-Pop, circa 1996."[6] In addition, the album won Pop Album of the Year at the Japan Gold Disc Awards in 1998.[15]

Commercially, the album was a massive success in Japan. It debuted at number one on the Oricon Albums Chart, selling 857,100 units in its first week of release.[16] It remained at number one for a second week, selling an additional 326,270 copies.[17] The album spent 35 weeks on the charts and was the 11th best-seller of the year.[18][19] Since its release, 1,693,465 copies have been sold in the region.[20] It was certified double million by the RIAJ for exceeding sales of two million units.[21]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Body Feels Exit"4:22
2."Try Me (Watashi wo Shinjite)"3:57
3."Chase the Chance"4:31
4."Taiyou no Season"3:30
5."You're My Sunshine"5:46
6."How to Be a Girl"4:26
7."Sweet 19 Blues"5:36
8."Dreaming I Was Dreaming"5:10
9."Stop the Music"3:37
10."A Walk in the Park"5:38
11."Don't Wanna Cry"5:39
12."Can You Celebrate?"6:21
181920 & Films
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Opening"  
2."Body Feels Exit" (Music video)Masashi Muto 
3."Chase the Chance" (Music video)Norihiro Akita 
4."Don't Wanna Cry" (Music video)Norihiro Akita 
5."You're My Sunshine" (Music video)Shuichi Tan 
6."A Walk In The Park" (Music video)Masashi Muto 
7."Can You Celebrate?" (Music video)Wataru Takeishi 
8."How to Be a Girl" (Music video)Masashi Muto 
9."Dreaming I Was Dreaming" (Music video)Masashi Muto 

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of 181920.[5]

Musicians

  • Namie Amuro – main vocals, background vocals
  • Tetsuya Komuro - vocals, background vocals

Production

  • Tetsuya Komuro - arranger, composer, producer, songwriter
  • Hinoky Team - composer
  • Dave Rodgers - arranger
  • Claudio Accatino - composer
  • Federico Rimonti - composer
  • Laurent Gelmetti - composer
  • Roberto Gabrielli - composer
  • Kazumi Suzuki - songwriter
  • Jonny Taira - producer
  • Masato "Max" Matsuura - producer
  • Marc Panther - songwriter
  • Cozy Kubo - arranger, composer
  • Yasuhiko Hoshino - arranger
  • Natsumi Watanabe - songwriter
  • Takahiro Maeda - songwriter

Imagery

  • Tycoon Graphics - art director(s), designers
  • Itaru Hirama - phographer
  • Kyoko Tsunoda - styling
  • Katsuma Yokoyama - Hair and makeup

Management

  • Masato "Max" Matsuura - executive producer
  • Shinji Hayashi - general producer
  • Katsuro Oshita - general producer
  • Yuichi Orimoto - production manager
  • Kimi Sato - production coordinator
  • Tetsuya Uekata - production coordinator
  • Kazumi Yanagi - A&R cheif
  • Kengo Goto - A&R
  • Takashi Kasuga - public relations
  • Yukio Takemura - public relations
  • Tatsuya Ikeda - public relations
  • Jonny Taira - supervisor
  • Tom Yoda - specially coordinator
  • Akira Kobayashi - Rising Production management representative
  • Masayuki Okura - Rising Production management representative
  • Shigeo Maruyama - Tetsuya Komuro management representative
  • Shigeo Ohtake - Tetsuya Komuro management representative

Charts

Certification

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[21] 2× Million 2,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

181920 release history
Region Date Format Label Ref(s).
Japan January 28, 1998 CD Avex Trax [5]
Hong Kong 1998 [5]
Taiwan [5]
Japan January 28, 2004
[9]
Hong Kong CD+DVD [9]
Taiwan [9]
Japan 2012 CD [10]
Various N/A
[22]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Original Tracks Vol. 1 (1996) was a compilation album by Japanese girl group Super Monkey's, which included Amuro, though some markets and the album artwork billed as Namie Amuro with the Super Monkeys.[1]
  2. ^ [2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Super Monkey's (1996). Original Tracks Vol. 1 (liner notes). Japan: Toshiba-EMI. TOCT-9630.
  2. ^ a b Amuro, Namie (1995). Dance Tracks Vol. 1 (liner notes). Japan: Toshiba-EMI. TOCT-9100.
  3. ^ Amuro, Namie (1996). Sweet 19 Blues (liner notes). Japan: Avex Trax. AVCD-11463.
  4. ^ Amuro, Namie (1997). Concentration 20 (liner notes). Japan: Avex Trax. AVCD-11581.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Standard formats of 181920 listed below:
  6. ^ a b c d e "181920 - Namie Amuro". AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  7. ^ "Namie Amuro / 181920". CDJournal (in Japanese). Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  8. '^ 181920 Films formats listed below:
  9. ^ a b c d Re-issue formats of 181920 & Films listed below:
  10. ^ a b Amuro, Namie (2012). 181920 (liner notes). Japan: Avex Trax. AVCD-38603.
  11. ^ Amuro, Namie (1997). Dreaming I Was Dreaming (liner notes). Japan: Avex Trax. AVDD-20221.
  12. ^ "Dreaming I Was Dreaming" (in Japanese). Namie Amuro's website. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  13. ^ "Dreaming I Was Dreaming - Namie Amuro" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  14. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1997年12月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. December 1997 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese). 459. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan: 9. February 10, 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  15. ^ "The 13th Japan Gold Discs" (in Japanese). Japan Gold Disc Award. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  16. ^ "1998.2.9付　アルバムTOP20" (in Japanese). Oricon (via Geocities). February 9, 1998. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  17. ^ "1998.2.16付　アルバムTOP20" (in Japanese). Oricon (via Geocities). February 16, 1998. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  18. ^ a b "181920 - Namie Amuro" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  19. ^ a b "1998年　アルバム年間TOP100" (in Japanese). Oricon (via Geocities). 1998. Archived from the original on January 18, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  20. ^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  21. ^ a b "Japanese album certifications – 安室 奈美恵 – 181920" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1998年3月 on the drop-down menu
  22. ^ "181920 - Album by Namie Amuro". Spotify. Retrieved March 30, 2024.

External links

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