The Day Dragged On is the first commercial release and first mini-album

Mini-LP

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 by Dragon Ash

Dragon Ash

are a Japanese Rap metal group founded in 1996 by Furuya "Kj" Kenji and Sakurai Makoto. They are an icon in Japan and were one of the first groups to popularize hip hop in Japan. They brought a western flavor to Japanese music and helped to turn rap music mainstream, with a mixture of reggae, rap,...

; released in 1997. The song 天使ノロック (Tenshi no Rokku) became a Buzz Clip (a song deemed popular enough to have its video placed on high rotation

Spin (radio)

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) on MTV

MTV

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 Japan for one week.

The hidden track Normal consists of a telephone call which plays a demo of the song Ability → Normal from their upcoming release Public Garden, followed by a busy signal

Busy signal

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indicating that the party on the other line has hung up.

Track listing

1. "The Day Dragged On" – 2:12
2. "Siva" – 4:03
3. "天使ノロック" (Tenshi no Rokku) – 2:49
4. "Chime" – 4:54
5. "チェルノブイリに悲しい雨が降る" (Cherunobuiru ni Kanashii Ame ga Furu) – 2:37
6. "Realism" – 3:33
7. "羊を数えても夜は終わらない" (Hitsuji o Kazoete mo Yoru wa Owaranai) – 2:38
8. "Fake X Life" – 3:42
9. "Normal" (hidden track) – 1:55