Sweet 19 Blues

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Cover #3	Cover #4

Booklet Cover

Artist

Amuro Namie

Album

SWEET 19 BLUES

Released

1996.07.22

Catalog Number

AVCD-11463

Price

¥3,059

Tracklist

1. watch your step!!
2. motion
3. LET'S DO THE MOTION
4. PRIVATE
5. Interlude ~ Ocean way
6. Don't wanna cry (Eighteen's Summer Mix)
7. Rainy DANCE
8. Chase the Chance (CC Mix)
9. Interlude ~ Joy
10. I'll JUMP
11. Interlude ~ Scratch Voices
12. i was a fool
13. present
14. Interlude ~ Don't wanna cry Symphonic Style
15. You're my sunshine (Hollywood Mix)
16. Body Feels EXIT (Latin House Mix)
17. '77~
18. SWEET 19 BLUES
19. ...soon nineteen

Information

SWEET 19 BLUES is Amuro Namie's debut solo album. It's Amuro's first album under avex trax label and first album not containing songs by SUPER MONKEYS. All the lyrics, music and arrangements were done by Komuro Tetsuya. The album was released with four alternative sleeve covers. It reached #1 on the Oricon charts and sold 3,186,860 copies, becoming the #2 album of 1996. It charted for 42 weeks and sold a total of 3,359,450 copies, making it Amuro's best-selling album. This is the #13 best-selling album in Japan and was the biggest selling album of all time album by a female artist in Japan until the release of First Love by Hikaru Utada, which is now the best selling album ever in the country.

Although not stated, track #12, "present", is a different version then the one featured on the single "Don't wanna cry". This version doesn't feature her talking on the phone, but is performed entirely through singing. Track #18, "SWEET 19 BLUES", is slightly different from track #1 on the album-cut single.

External Links

• Oricon Profile