The First Question Award


The First Question Award is the debut solo studio album by Japanese musician Cornelius. It was released on February 25, 1994, by Trattoria Records.
The First Question Award peaked at number four on the Oricon Albums Chart. Four singles were released from the album, all of which reached the top 40 on the Oricon Singles Chart: "The Sun Is My Enemy", "Perfect Rainbow", " What You Want", and "Moon Light Story".

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Additional musicians
  • Toshio Araki – trumpet
  • Asa-Chang – percussion
  • Aska Strings – strings
  • Shigeo Fuchino – saxophone, flute
  • Masato Honda – saxophone
  • Riki Imanari – synthesizer operation
  • Daisuke Kawai – keyboards
  • Masahiro Kobayashi – trumpet
  • Daisaku Kume – keyboards
  • Osamu Matsumoto – trombone
  • Mecken – bass
  • Toyoaki Mishima – synthesizer
  • Maki Nomiya – vocals
  • Mami Otomo – vocals
  • Masakuni Takeno – saxophone, flute
  • Yoshié Toda – drums, percussion
  • Hitoshi Watanabe – bass
  • Nobuo Yagi – harmonica
  • Hisashi Yoshinaga – saxophone, flute
Production
  • Keigo Oyamadaproduction
  • Yasunobu Arakawa – [sound sound recording and reproduction|recording and reproduction|recording] jammer
  • Osamu Hirose – [audio audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing (recorded music)|mixing]
  • Yoshiaki Katou – coordination
  • Yuka Koizumimastering
  • Ken Makimura – executive production
  • Tatsuhiko Mori – mixing
  • Ken-Ichi Okeda – direction
  • Ichiro Oka – recording direction
  • Tohru Takayama – mixing
  • Zin Yoshida – mixing
Design
  • Contemporary Production – design
  • Michio Fukuda – hair, makeup
  • Shindo & Tajjiemax – photography
  • Hiroko Umeyama – styling