Rainbow (Hamasaki Ayumi album)

RAINBOW Album by Hamasaki Ayumi Released 18 December 2002 Genre Pop Length 1:11:43 Label avex trax Producer(s) {{{Producer}}} Album Artwork Gallery Hamasaki Ayumi Chronology I am... (2002) RAINBOW (2002) A BALLADS (2003) RAINBOW is Ayumi Hamasaki's 5th full-length album, released in December 2002. The first pressing of this album came with a passcode to enter a special website that allowed the listening of a 45-second instrumental sample of the song "RAINBOW", which was not yet completed. Fans were asked to send keywords and thoughts on the clip, which Hamasaki used as inspiration for the song lyrics. The completed song "RAINBOW" was released on the A BALLADS compilation several months later. The song was also later released in 5.1 Surround on the DVD-Audio version of the "RAINBOW" album. Up until this point, Hamasaki had only written lyrics in Japanese, which was highly unusual for a pop singer to do. This album marked the first time Hamasaki used English phrases in her lyrics. "independent", originally on the H single, is presented here with an abrupt ending, the song having been interrupted for a whole new full song to play, before the original "independent" ending is resumed at the very end. The full "suite" is listed here as independent+. The second song is referred to as "+" on subsequent releases. Track Listing CD # Track Name Length Credits 0. RAINBOW (via website only - not on the CD) 00:42 Music: CREA, D.A.I/Arrangement: CMJK 1. everlasting dream 01:34 Music/Arrangement: CMJK 2. WE WISH 05:11 Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: HΛL 3. Real me 05:26 Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: CMJK 4. Free & Easy 04:59 Music: CREA + D.A.I/Arrangement: HΛL 5. Heartplace 06:06 Music: CREA/Arrangement: tasuku 6. Over 05:06 Music: CMJK/Arrangement: Toshiharu Umesaki, Atsushi Sato 7. HANABI 04:54 Music: CREA + D.A.I/Arrangement: CMJK 8. taskinillusion 01:21 Music/Arrangement: tasuku 9. everywhere nowhere 04:35 Music: pop/Arrangement: CMJK 10. July 1st 04:21 Music: CREA + D.A.I/Arrangement: tasuku 11. Dolls 05:56 Music: CREA/Arrangement: HΛL 12. neverending dream 01:35 Music/Arrangement: HΛL 13. Voyage 05:07 Music: CREA + D.A.I/Arrangement: Ken Shima 14. Close to you 05:48 Music: CREA/Arrangement: Seiji Kameda 15. independent+ 09:54 Music: CREA + D.A.I/Arrangement: tasuku

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