Original Tracks Vol. 1


Original Tracks Vol. 1 is the first and only compilation album released by Super Monkey's, compiling all the singles and B-sides that had been released. The album was released by Toshiba-EMI on 30 September 1996, and was certified platinum by the RIAJ for 400,000 copies shipped. The album was also marketed with the group's other name, "Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's".
This is the last album released by Super Monkey's before Amuro made her solo debut with Avex Trax in 1995, and Minako Inoue, Nanako Takushi, Reina Miyauchi, and Ritsuko Matsuda formed MAX with Avex Trax in 1995.

Release

"Dancing Junk" was used as the first ending theme to the anime series Nintama Rantarō. It peaked on Oricon Weekly Singles Chart at number 68, selling 18,660 copies in 4 weeks.
In March 2018, Universal Music Japan announced that they would release a remastered version of the album on the SHM-CD format on May 2, 2018.

Track listing

  1. Mister U.S.A.
  2. Koi no Cute Beat
  3. Dancing Junk
  4. Rainbow Moon
  5. Aishite Masukatto
  6. Wagamama wo Yurushite
  7. Paradise Train
  8. Kanashiki Broken Boy
  9. Try me ~watashi wo shinjite~
  10. Memories ~ashita no tame ni~
  11. Taiyou no Season
  12. Heart ni hi wo Tsukete
  13. Stop the Music
  14. Good-night