You were.../BALLAD / ayumi hamasaki / You were.../BALLAD / 浜崎あゆみ / You were.../BALLAD / ayumi hamasaki

M01 - Live-action Drama "Soukyuu no Subaru" Theme Song
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: D·A·I
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Programming: Yuta Nakano
Strings: Yuko Kajitani Strings
Additional B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani

Mixed by Koji Morimoto


M02 - OVA "Tinker Bell no Tsuki no Ishi" Image Song
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: Kazuhiro Hara
arrangement: HΛL

Programming: HΛL (Toshiharu Umesaki, Takehito Shimizu)
Additional Programming: Mayuko Maruyama
Drums: Tom Tamada
Guitar: Takehito Shimizu
Strings Arrangement: Gen Ittetsu
Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings

Mixed by Koji Morimoto


M03
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: Tetsuya Yukumi
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Programming: Yuta Nakano
Guitar: KIKU

Mixed by Koji Morimoto


M04
Arranged by Yuta Nakano

Mixed by Koji Morimoto


M05~08
Mixed by Koji Morimoto



Produced by max matsuura

Mastered by Shigeo Miyamoto at form THE MASTER
Recorded & Mixed at prime sound studio form

A&R + Director: Hidetomo 'KOME' Yoneda (avex trax)

Artist Management Chief: Kouji 'Ouji' Hashimoto (avex management inc.)
Artist Management: Tadashi Urakami, Masaki Gyobu (avex management inc.)
Artist Management Supervisor: Yasuto Hoyamatsu (avex management inc.)
Artist Brand Management: Hideki 'Jackie' Endo (avex management inc.)
Team Ayu: Kazuki 'Mr.KAZ' Okabe (avex management inc.)

Visual Producer: Kiyoshi 'Mizumo' Utsumi (avex group)
Media Promotion: All Promotion Division Media Room & Publicity Room Staff (avex entertainment inc.)
Sales Promotion: Kazuo Kosugi, Takashi Saigo & All AMI Staff (avex marketing inc.)
Tie-up Coordination: All Promotion Division Tie-up Room Staff (avex entertainment inc.)
Casting Coordination: All Promotion Division Casting Room Staff (avex management inc.)

A&R Chief: Kentaro Furusawa (avex trax)
A&R Supervisor: Hiroshi Ishimori (avex trax)
A&R Executive Supervisor: Jun Harada (avex trax)

General Producers: Shinji Hayashi, Takashi Araki, Ryuhei Chiba (avex group)


Art Direction & Design: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Yoshiaki Sugimoto (amanainteractive)
Design Coordination: Masahiro Onishi, Yuko Horie (amana)
Photographer: Kazuyoshi Shimomura (AVGVST)
Assistant Photographer: Masayuki Kamo

Hair: Kazuyoshi Takahashi (ZACC)
Assistant Hair: Keisuke 'Rassya-' Omori, Norimoto 'Doumo-kun' Wakabayashi (ZACC)
Stylist: Kei 'Okei" Ito (Two Culture Inc)
Assistant Stylist: Yuko 'Dj' Honda (Two Culture Inc)
Costume Director: Akira Noda (Workaholik)
Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura (Three Peace)
Assistant Nail Artist: Shingo 'Minazo' Sano
Make Up: Jin 'Gori' Kiyota (Rond.)
Trainer: So 'kurisuteru' Nagashima (tune:up)

Props: Toshiki Aoyama

Creative Coordination: Naoki Ueda (avex marketing inc.)
CG Treatment: Makoto Harikae (amana), Kazuyo Ohi (SPOON)
Quality Control: Seiko Tanaka, Hiroki Ishikawa (avex marketing inc.)
DVD Authoring: Akihito Horikoshi (avex marketing inc.)


"You were..." video clip
Directed by Masashi Muto

"BALLAD" video clip
Directed by Takahide Ishii