Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1 / ウタダヒカル シングル・コレクション・ヴォリューム・ワン / Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1

First Utada Hikaru compilation album. It includes 15 songs that were Top-5 hits, 11 of them Top-1.
Track 12 (Hikari) appears in Kingdom Hearts videogame.


Produced by
Miyake Akira and Utada Skingg Teruzane [M-1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9]
Miyake Akira, Utada Hikaru and Utada Skingg Teruzane [M-10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Productions, Inc. [M-5, 6]
Rodney Jerkins for Darkchild Entertainment [M-8]

Directed by Okita Hidenobu

Mixed by
Goh Hotoda [M-1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
Jeff Taylor [M-5]
Steve Hodge [M-6]
Dexter Simmons [M-8]

Remastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC

Art Direction and Design: Hirabayashi Naomi

Artist Promotion: Ozawa Keiji for Fes Inc.
Management: U3MUSIC

www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/hikki/
www.u3music.com

All songs written by Utada Hikaru
Except "タイム・リミット" (M-08) Music by Utada Hikaru and Kubo Takuro, Lyrics by Utada Hikaru.
All Vocals: Utada Hikaru

M-01
Track from "First Love" album
Fuji TV's show ごきげんよう(Gokigenyo) ending theme

Arranged by Mori Toshiyuki, Isomura Jun
Recorded by Kamata Takehiko, Bob Allecca, Mike Brown and
Ugajin Masaaki

Keyboards and Programming: Mori Toshiyuki
Synthesizer Programming: Isomura Jun
Guitar: Furukawa Masayoshi
Additional Chorus: Julian Hernandez

M-02
Track from "First Love" album

Arranged by Nishihira Akira
Additional Arrangement by Kawano Kei
Rhythm Arrangement by Taka & Speedy for Designated
Hitters, L.A.
Recorded by Kudo Masashi, Ugajin Masaaki

Keyboards and Programming: Nishihira Akira
Rhythm Programming: Taka and Speedy
Synthesizer Programming: Nakayama Nobuhiko
Electric Guitar: Kon Tsuyoshi

M-03
Track from "First Love" album

Arranged by Murayama Shinichiro
Recorded by Motoyama Seiji, Ugajin Masaaki

Keyboards and Programming: Murayama Shinichiro
Electric Guitar: Kusaka Yoshiaki

M-04
Track from "First Love" album

Arranged by Kawano Kei
Recorded by Ugajin Masaaki

Keyboards and Programming: Kawano Kei
Synthesizer Programming: Momo Masayuki, Iida Takahiro
Guitar: Akiyama Hironori
Strings: Goto Yuichiro Strings
String Arrangement: Kawano Kei

M-05
Track from "Distance" album

Arranged by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme
Productions, Inc. and Alex Richbourg for ABR Productions,
Inc.
Recorded by Steve Hodge

Drum Programming: Alex Richbourg
Keyboards: Darnell Davis
All Other Instruments: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

M-06
Track from "Distance" album

Arranged by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme
Productions, Inc. and Utada Hikaru
Recorded by Steve Hodge, Indoh Mitsuhiro, Ugajin Masaaki

Drum Programming: Xavier Smith
Guitar: Dave Barry
All Other Instruments: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

M-07
Track from "Distance" album

Arranged by Kawano Kei
Recorded by Ugajin Masaaki

Keyboards and Programming: Kawano Kei
Synthesizer Programming: Iida Takahiro
Guitar: Kawano Kei
Tape Scratch: Ugajin Masaaki
Talking Modulator: Okita Hidenobu

M-08
Track from "Distance" album
Composer: Hikaru Utada & Takuro Kubo (GLAY)

Arranged by Rodney Jerkins for Darkchild Entertainment and
Utada Hikaru
Recorded by Rodney Jerkins and Harvey Mason Jr.
Pro-Tools Editing: Paul Foley and Harvey Mason Jr.

All Music Programmed by Rodney Jerkins
Rap: Rodney Jerkins

M-09
Track from "Distance" album

Arranged by Nishihira Akira
Pre-production Arrangement: Honda Yuichiro
Recorded by Kudo Masashi, Ugajin Masaaki and Goh Hotoda

Keyboards and Programming: Nishihira Akira
Synthesizer Programming: Nakayama Nobuhiko
Additional Programming: Nakamura Yutaka
Guitar: Toriyama Yuji
Finger Snap: Skingg
Additional Keyboards: Honda Yuichiro, Philipe Saisse

M-10
Track from "DEEP RIVER" album

Arranged by Kawano Kei and Utada Hikaru
Recorded by Ugajin Masaaki, Goh Hotoda

Keyboards and Programming: Kawano Kei
Synthesizer Programming: Tsunemi Kazuhide
Acoustic Piano: Kawano Kei
Strings: Great Maeda Strings
String Arrangement: Saito Neko

M-11
Track from "DEEP RIVER" album

Arranged by Kawano Kei and Utada Hikaru
Recorded by Ugajin Masaaki, Matsui Atsushi

Keyboards, Programming and Guitar Sample: Kawano Kei
Synthesizer Programming: Tsunemi Kazuhide
Electric Bass: Saito Mitsutaka

M-12 - "Kingdom Hearts" theme song
Track from "DEEP RIVER" album

Arranged by Kawano Kei and Utada Hikaru
Recorded by Ugajin Masaaki

Keyboards and Programming: Kawano Kei
Basic Programming: Utada Hikaru
Synthesizer Programming: Tsunemi Kazuhide
Acoustic Guitar: Akiyama Hironori

M-13
Track from "DEEP RIVER" album

Arranged by Utada Hikaru and Kawano Kei
Recorded by Matsui Atsushi, Ugajin Masaaki

Keyboards and Programming: Kawano Kei
Basic Programming: Utada Hikaru
Synthesizer Programming: Tsunemi Kazuhide
Electric Guitar: Akiyama Hironori
Guitar Sample: Honda Larry Yuichiro, Kanzo

M-14
Track from "DEEP RIVER" album

Arranged by Kawano Kei and Utada Hikaru
Recorded by Ugajin Masaaki

Keyboards, Programming and Acoustic Piano: Kawano Kei
Basic Programming: Utada Hikaru
Synthesizer Programming: Tsunemi Kazuhide
Acoustic Guitars: Char, Toriyama Yuji, HISASHI (GLAY),
Akiyama Hironori, Skingg and Honda Larry Yuichiro

M-15
Track from "COLORS" album

Arranged by Utada Hikaru and Kawano Kei
Recorded by Matsui Atsushi

Keyboards and Programming: Kawano Kei
Basic Programming: Utada Hikaru
Synthesizer Programming: Tsunemi Kazuhide
Violin Section: Great Eida Group
Cello Section: Abe Masashi Group

Char by the courtesy of UNIVERSAL J, A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY
Toriyama Yuji by the courtesy of Sony Music Records Inc.
HISASHI (GLAY) by the courtesy of UNLIMITED RECORDS