005.1999.06 is the fifth studio album by the South Korean singer and actress Uhm Jung-hwa

Uhm Jung-hwa

Uhm Jung-hwa is a South Korean female Korean pop artist and actress. Uhm began her career as a chorus member of MBC, one of the three major South Korean broadcasting companies, in 1989...

. It spawned 4 hit singles and earned Uhm Golden Disk Awards

Golden Disk Awards

The Golden Disk Awards is an awards show founded in 1986 that is presented annually by the Music Industry Association of Korea for outstanding achievements in the music industry in South Korea...

. First released by Universal Music Korea on June 17, 1999, the album explores the dance genre, ranging from 70's style disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

 to house dance

House dance

House dance is a social dance primarily danced to house music that has roots in the clubs of Chicago and of New York. The main elements of House dance include Footwork, Jacking, and Lofting...

, and beyond. Uhm worked with various South Korean producers and songwriters on the album, including Kim Chang-hwan, Joo Yeong-hoon, and Jeong Jae-hyung among others.

The album debuted at number one on the South Korean pop chart with first month sales over 324,000. In December 1999, South Korean newspapers reported that the album had sold over 550,000 copies, and is the sixth best-selling album of the year.

Critical response

Reviews for the album have generally been positive. Yang Seonghui of Munhwa Ilbo

Munhwa Ilbo

-History:Munhwa Ilbo was formerly owned by the Hyundai chaebol; however, Hyundai relinquished their control of the newspaper after the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, at the same time as their competitor Hanwha gave up its own daily, the Kyunghyang Shinmun...

said, "she now has an indisputable position in the dance music industry following the success of her songs, Poison, Invitation, and Molla." However, Park Eunjoo of Hankook Ilbo

Hankook Ilbo

Hankook Ilbo is a vernacular daily newspaper published in Seoul, South Korea. It is a sister paper of The Korea Times. "Hankook" means "Korea" in Korean....

cited an anonymous source, criticising her for using "too much sex-appeal" but Park also said that Uhm's performances were positively received by the public.

Public response

This album is the most commercially successful album of Uhm's career to date. Two songs (Molla, Festival) from the album topped the charts and she was won numerous important music awards in South Korea, including Golden Disk Awards and Mnet Korea Music Video Awards.

Track listing

1. "몰라 (I Don't Know)"
2. "유리의 성 (Glass Castle)"
3. "Festival"
4. "긴 오후 (Long afternoon)"
5. "마지막 기회 (Last Chance)"
6. "Remotecontrol & Manicure"
7. "Scarlet"
8. "내안의 그대 (You, In my heart)"
9. "Forever"
10. "나눌 수 없는 사랑 (Undevidable love)"
11. "SPY"