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M-01
Composer: Takao Kisugi
Arranger: Mitsuo Hagita
Lyricist: Etsuko Kisugi
Drums: Atsuo Okamoto
Bass: Chiharu Mikuzuki
Electric Guitar: Makoto Matsushita
Acoustic Guitar: Masayuki Chiyo
Keyboards: Kazuo Ohtani
Computer Manipulating: Hironori Houki
Strings: Aska Group
Backing Vocals: Kiyoshi Hiyama, Yasuhiro Kido, Junko Hirotani, Yuki Aya

M-02
Composer: Daisuke Inoue
Arranger: Mitsuo Hagita
Lyricist: Yuki Aya, Yuka Kobayashi
Drums: Eiji Shimamura
Bass: Chiharu Mikuzuki
Guitars: Masaki Matsubara
Keyboards: Ken Shima
Computer Manipulating: Tatsuhiko Mori
Backing Vocals: Kiyoshi Hiyama, Yasuhiro Kido, Junko Hirotani

M-03
Composer: 山下努
Arranger: Shingo Kobayashi
Lyricist: Ken Kato
Drums: Jun Aoyama
Bass: Tomohito Aoki
Guitars: Tsuyoshi Kon
Keyboards: Shingo Kobayashi
Computer Manipulating: Keishi Urata
Backing Vocals: Kiyoshi Hiyama, Yasuhiro Kido, Junko Hirotani

M-04
Composer: Yoshiyuki Asano
Arranger: Shingo Kobayashi
Lyricist: Yuki Aya, Ken Kato
Drums: Masaharu Ishikawa
Bass: Tomohito Aoki
Electric Guitar: Takayuki Hijikata
Acoustic Guitar: Chuei Yoshikawa
Keyboards: Shingo Kobayashi
Computer Manipulating: Keishi Urata
Backing Vocals: Kiyoshi Hiyama, Yasuhiro Kido, Junko Hirotani, Yuki Aya

M-05
Composer: Daisuke Inoue
Arranger: Ichizo Seo
Lyricist: Ken Kato
Drums: Nobuo Eguchi
Bass: Tomohito Aoki
Guitars: Shigeru Suzuki
Keyboards: Nobuo Kurata
Computer Manipulating: Nobuhiko Nakayama
Backing Vocals: Kiyoshi Hiyama, Yasuhiro Kido, Raji

M-06
Composer: Takao Kisugi
Arranger: Mitsuo Hagita
Lyricist: 渡辺智加
Drums: Atsuo Okamoto
Bass: Chiharu Mikuzuki
Electric Guitar: Makoto Matsushita
Acoustic Guitar: Masayuki Chiyo
Keyboards: Kazuo Ohtani
Computer Manipulating: Hironori Houki
Backing Vocals: Yuki Aya

M-07
Composer: Kazuo Zaitsu
Arranger: Kunihiko Ryo
Lyricist: Yuka Kobayashi
Drums: Masaharu Ishikawa
Bass: Tomohito Aoki
Guitars: Jun Kajiwara
Keyboards: Kunihiko Ryo
Percussion: Mac Shimizu
Backing Vocals: 牧恵美子, Etsuro Wakakonai

M-08
Composer: Toshiki Kadomatsu
Arranger: Shingo Kobayashi
Lyricist: Ken Kato
Drums: Jun Aoyama
Bass: Yasuo Tomikura
Guitars: Tsuyoshi Kon
Keyboards: Shingo Kobayashi
Computer Manipulating: Keishi Urata
Saxophone: Osamu Koike
Backing Vocals: Kiyoshi Hiyama, Yasuhiro Kido, Junko Hirotani

M-09
Composer: Toshiki Kadomatsu
Arranger: Shingo Kobayashi
Lyricist: Toshiki Kadomatsu
Chorus Arranger: Toshiki Kadomatsu
Drums: Jun Aoyama
Bass: Yasuo Tomikura
Electric Guitar: Tsuyoshi Kon
Acoustic Guitar: Chuei Yoshikawa
Keyboards: Shingo Kobayashi
Computer Manipulating: Keishi Urata
Backing Vocals: Toshiki Kadomatsu (*), Yuki Aya

* Appeared through the courtesy of BMG Victor, Inc.


PRODUCED by HIDETSOSHI KOBAYASHI (APRICOT Co., Ltd.), KAZUYOSHI AOKI (POLYDOR Records.)

ARRANGED by SHINGO KOBAYASHI (Tracks 3, 4, 8, 9), MITSUO HAGITA (Tracks 1, 2, 6), ICHIZO SEO (Track 5), KUNIHIKO RYO (Track 7)
Backing Vocals Arranged by TOSHIKI KADOMATSU (Track 8)

Vocal Directed & Backing Vocals Advised by Eri Ohno (Tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 9), Ken Kato (Tracks 3, 4, 5, 8)

MIXED by TERUAKI KITAGAWA (POLYDOR Records.) Except Tracks 2, 6 TERUAKI KITAGAWA & MITSUO HAGITA

MASTERED by YOSHIKO UEDA (Recording studios TOKYU FUN)

Engineered by Teruaki Kitagawa, Koreyuki Tanaka (Polydor Records.), Hiroshi Miyauchi, Toshio Misu, Kunihiko Shimizu, Mizuo Miura (Mixer’s Lab Co., Ltd), Kengo Kato (Z’s Inc.)

Assisted by Nobuhiko Matsufuji, Atsuhi Hattori, Yoshitada Miya, Shinichi Tomita, Tsutomu Okada, Harumi Ohta (Mix.), Hidetoshi Okazaki, Minoru Yasuda, Takahisa Yuzawa (Serum Staff Inc.), Naohito Kawano, Hirokazu Akikubo (Fill In), Keiko Koizumi (Mixer’s Lab Co., Ltd.), Akira Hanagiri (Music Inn. Inc.)

Musician Co-ordinated by Takashi Yokoo, Satoru Nikaido, Kazutaka Naya (Music Land)

Recorded at Studio Key Stone, Studio Sound Dali, Aobadai Studio, Freedom Studio, Music Inn Yoyogi Studio, Westside (March~July. 1993)

Mixed at Studio Key Stone

Mastered at Recording studios Tokyu Fun

ART DIRECTION: KAZUTAMI NISHIMOTO (WARS)
Design: Hirohisa Isogami (WARS)
Photography: Tosihiko Imamura
Styling: Etsuko Gidoh
Hair & Make-up: Rinko Sakikawa

A&R DIRECTOR: TAKAO "B" SHIMIZU (POLYDOR Records.)
A&R CO-OPERATOR: KATSUYUKI USUI (POLYDOR Records.)
ARTIST MANAGEMENT: APRICOT Co., Ltd.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: JIN MAEDA (POLYDOR Records.)