1830m

1830m is the second studio album by the Japanese female idol group AKB48. It is a double-album release and was released in Japan on August 15, 2012 by King Records. It sold 1,051,000 copies.

Album information

The title 1830m reflects the distance from AKB48 Theater in Akihabara to Tokyo Dome, an indoor baseball stadium with over-50,000 capacity where AKB48 had performed for the first time, from August 24 to 26, 2012. It was released in two editions, a regular edition in a special box with a 48-page photobook, a bonus DVD, and a random photo, and a theater edition with 14 alternate covers, a handshake event ticket, and a photo of an AKB48/SKE48/NMB48/HKT48 member chosen at random.
This is the last album to feature Team A member and the group's ace Atsuko Maeda.

Reception

The album debuted at number one in the Oricon weekly album charts. In August 2012, the album was certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

Senbatsu

Promotional picture :

Team A: Haruna Kojima, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajo, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda
Team K: Tomomi Itano, Ayaka Umeda, Yuko Oshima, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama
Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Mayu Watanabe
Team 4: Haruka Shimazaki
Team S: Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui
Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto, Miyuki Watanabe
Team H: Rino Sashihara

Track listing

CD1 contains the following first-time studio recordings, which have all been performed on team stages: "First Rabbit", "Miniskirt no Yōsei", "Lemon no Toshigoro", "Ren'ai Sōsenkyo", "Romance Kakurenbo" and B-sides which only appeared on theater editions of their singles which are "Jung ya Freud no Baai", "Hashire! Penguin", "Yasai Uranai", Anti, "Ōgon Center" and "Tsubomitachi".
CD2 contains sixteen new songs, plus Atsuko Maeda's solo version of "Sakura no Hanabiratachi"

Regular Edition

The DVD contains a set of 2:30 choreography videos for each of the 4 songs.

Theater Edition

; CD disc 1
Same as on the Regular Edition
; CD disc 2
13 tracks, same as on the Regular Edition minus 4 commercial tie-up tracks: "Daiji na Jikan", "Gū Gū Onaka", "Yasashisa no Chizu", and "Itterasshai".