Dance Tracks Vol.1 is Namie Amuro

Namie Amuro

is a Japanese R&B and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress who at the height of her popularity was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...

's first and only album with her first record company, Toshiba-EMI

Toshiba-EMI

(formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was...

. Nine days after Dance Tracks Vol.1 hit stores, she released her first Avex Trax

Avex Trax

, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...

 single, "Body Feels Exit

Body Feels EXIT

"Body Feels Exit" is Namie Amuro's debut solo single on the Avex Trax label. Released nine days after her only album with former label, Toshiba-EMI, "Body Feels Exit" debuted in the top three and would be her first of 24 consecutive top ten solo singles....

" on October 25, 1995. The album reached the top position on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts and charted for forty-four weeks.

Overview

Released three months after the final Super Monkey's' single, Dance Tracks Vol.1 could almost be classified as more of a remix album than an original album. Six out of the seven Super Monkey's singles appear on the album, all of which have been remixed. Out of the 11 tracks on the album only three were previously unreleased. The first of those three new songs kicks off the album, "Go! Go!: Yume no Hayasade." Following the trend of the last three Super Monkey's singles, it is a cover of the Eurobeat

Eurobeat

Eurobeat is a form of italo-disco/hi-NRG music that developed in the late 1980s.In the United States, Eurobeat was sometimes marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this term with the very early freestyle music hits....

 song "Go Go" by DJ NRG. The other two new songs, "Get My Shinin'" and "Super Luck!" are original pop compositions

Musical composition

Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...

.

The other members of the "Super Monkey's" appear within the artwork of the album, but are not credited with any vocals. They are also not given credit for the album. All seven original Super Monkey's single were accredited to both Amuro and the group. Following the massive success of this album and her solo debut album, Sweet 19 Blues (1996) on the avex trax

Avex Trax

, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...

 label, their original record company released a "best of" compilation containing all original Super Monkey's a-sides and b-sides entitled, Original Tracks Vol.1

Original Tracks Vol.1

Original Tracks Vol. 1 is the first compilation album by Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's, compiling all the singles A & B sides that were released. This is the last album that the group had recorded together before Namie Amuro going solo with avex trax in 1995 and Minako Inoue, Nanako Takushi,...

(1996). Dance Tracks Vol.1 is the 88th best selling album of all time in Japan.

Track listing

Production

• Producers - Masato 'Max' Masato, Yukihito Sakakibara
• Mixing - Naoki Yamada, Yoshinori Kaji, Koji Morimoto
• Remixing - Yasuhiko Hoshino, Satoshi Hidaka
• Photography - Takayuki Okada
• Art Direction - Kumiko Izumiya

Charts

Album - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
16 October 1995	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	1	1,865,450	44
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	21

Singles - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Single	Chart	Peak Position
26 May 1993	"Dancing Junk"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart
		Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	68
05 November 1993	"Aishite Masukatto"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart
		Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	67
20 July 1994	"Paradise Train"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart
		Oricon Weekly Singles Chart
25 January 1995	"Try Me: Watashi wo Shinjite"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart
05 June 1996		Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	8
19 April 1995	"Taiyou no Season"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart
		Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	5
24 July 1995	"Stop the Music"	Oricon Daily Singles Chart
		Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	4