2017 greatest hits album by Tohoshinki
Fine Collection: Begin Again
(stylized
FINE COLLECTION ?Begin Again?
) is the second Japanese
greatest hits album
by South Korean pop duo
Tohoshinki
. It was released on October 25, 2017 through
Avex Trax
as a complementary album for their comeback Japanese concert the
Begin Again Tour
, the duo's first tour since completing their military service. The album mainly contains singles released by Tohoshinki since 2011, including tracks from the albums
Tone
(2011),
Time
(2013),
Tree
(2014), and
With
(2015). The album also includes three re-recorded versions of earlier singles.
Begin Again
was first announced by Avex Trax in August 2017 and was released in four physical versions: Version A, a CD+Blu-ray version which includes 23 music video clips; Version B, a CD+DVD version which also includes 23 music video clips; Version C, a CD-only version; and Version D, a fan club limited edition that includes exclusive footage from the concert.
The album was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the
Billboard
Japan Top Albums Chart and the
Oricon Albums Chart
, selling 130,000 copies on the first week of release.
[1]
In doing so, Tohoshinki became the foreign act with the most number one albums in Japan.
[2]
Begin Again
has earned a gold certification by the
Recording Industry Association of Japan
(RIAJ) for shipments of over 100,000 copies.
[3]
Background and release
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The album was put in production soon after Tohoshinki's discharges from the
Republic of Korea Armed Forces
in late 2017. The songs "Rising Sun" (2006), "
D?shite Kimi o Suki ni Natte Shimattandar??
" (2008), and "
Bolero
" (2009), numbers the duo performed in their last concert tour
With Tour
(2015), were re-recorded for the album.
Begin Again
, a title inspired by Tohoshinki's 2006 single "Begin" (
Five in the Black
), was announced on August 22, 2017 through their official
Avex Trax
website.
[4]
The album was marked as a commemorative and complementary release for the duo's comeback concert tour,
Begin Again
. To promote the album, Meet & Greet tickets were attached to each album, and buyers had to register their serial numbers through Tohoshinki's official website to be chosen. 220 fans were chosen for the Meet & Greet events, which were held at each Begin Again tour venue.
Commercial performance
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According to statistics compiled by Japan's
Oricon
,
Begin Again
topped the daily
Oricon Albums Chart
on its first day of release, selling 81,791 copies.
[5]
It stayed on top of the daily Oricon Albums Chart the next three days, selling an additional 40,449 copies. By the end of the week,
Begin Again
sold 134,447 copies and was the number one album of the week.
Begin Again
also debuted atop the
Billboard
Japan Top Albums Chart
[6]
and Japan Hot Albums chart.
[7]
It ranked third on the
Billboard
Japan Albums Download Chart.
[8]
Begin Again
is the duo's sixth consecutive record to top the
Oricon Albums Chart
, breaking
Simon & Garfunkel
and
Bon Jovi
's record as the foreign male music act with the most consecutive number-one albums in Japan.
[9]
Tohoshinki are also the first foreign music act in Japan to top the weekly Oricon Albums Chart six times.
Track listing
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Fine Collection ?Begin Again?
(All versions)
? Disc 1 (CD)
Title
| Lyrics
| Music
|
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1.
| "
Why? (Keep Your Head Down)
" (from
Tone
)
| Luna
| |
|
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2.
| "
B.U.T (Be-Au-Ty)
" (from
Tone
)
| Luna
|
- Yoo Young-jin*Ryan Jhun*Antwann Frost
|
|
---|
3.
| "
Humanoids
" (from
Time
)
| H.U.B.
|
- Thomas Troelsen*Donald "hAZEL "Sales
|
|
---|
4.
| "
Maximum
" (from
Tone
)
| H.U.B.
| Yoo Young-jin
|
|
---|
5.
| "
Catch Me -If You Wanna-
" (from
Time
)
| H.U.B.
| Yoo Young-jin
|
|
---|
6.
| "Spinning" (from
With
)
| H.U.B.
|
- Lubo Slavicek*Katerina Bramey*Ninos Hanna
|
|
---|
7.
| "
Something
" (from
Tree
)
| H.U.B.
| Yoo Young-jin
|
|
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8.
| "
Superstar
" (from
Tone
)
| Luna
|
- Lars Halvor Jensen*Johannes Joergensen*Drew Ryan Scott*Lindy Robbins
|
|
---|
9.
| "
Ocean
" (from
Tree
)
| Shinjiroh Inoue
|
- Shinjiroh Inoue*White Jam
|
|
---|
10.
| "
I Don't Know
"
| Luna
| |
|
---|
11.
| "
Sweat
" (from
With
)
| H.U.B.
|
- Hanif Sabzevari*Kevin Borg*Nicklas Eklund
|
|
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12.
| "
Android
" (from
Time
)
| H.U.B.
|
- Anders Grahn*Grace Tither*Emil Carlin
|
|
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13.
| "
Scream
" (from
Tree
)
| H.U.B
| hitchhiker
|
|
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14.
| "Rising Sun" (Re-recorded, from
Heart, Mind and Soul
)
| m.c.A?T
| Yoo Young-jin
|
|
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Fine Collection ?Begin Again?
(All versions)
? Disc 2 (CD)
Title
| Lyrics
| Music
|
---|
1.
| "Duet" (from
Tone
)
| Inoue
| Inoue
|
|
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2.
| "
One More Thing
" (from
Time
)
| H.U.B.
| her0ism
|
|
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3.
| "Weep" (from
Tone
)
| Inoue
| solaya
|
|
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4.
| "
White
"
| Inoue
| Inoue
|
|
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5.
| "Telephone" (from
Tone
)
| Luna
| Yoo Young-jin
|
|
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6.
| "Spinning" (from
With
)
| H.U.B.
|
- Lubo Slavicek
- Ninos Hanna
- Katerina Bramley
|
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7.
| "Aitakute Aitakute Tamaranai (逢いたくて逢いたくてたまらない)" (from
Time
)
| Inoue
| Inoue
|
|
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8.
| "
Time Works Wonders
" (from
With
)
| Inoue
|
- Peter Gordeno
- Jamie Hartman
|
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9.
| "Cheering" (from
Tree
)
| Inoue
| Inoue
|
|
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10.
| "In Our Time" (from
Time
)
| Inoue
| Inoue
|
|
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11.
| "Thank You My Girl" (from
Tone
)
| Luna
| |
|
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12.
| "Believe in U" (from
With
)
| Inoue
| Inoue
|
|
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13.
| "
D?shite Kimi o Suki ni Natte Shimattandar??
(どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう?)" (Re-recorded from
The Secret Code
)
| Lambsey
|
- Fredrik "Fredro" Odesjo
- Sylvia Bennett-Smith
- Mats Berntoft
|
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Fine Collection ?Begin Again?
(All versions)
? Disc 3 (CD)
Title
| Lyrics
| Music
|
---|
1.
| "Shiawase Iro no Hana (シアワセ色の花)" (from
Tone
)
| Katsuhiko Yamamoto
| Katsuhiko Yamamoto
|
|
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2.
| "
Sakuramichi
(サクラミチ)"
| Yamamoto
| Yamamoto
|
|
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3.
| "Chandelier" (from
With
)
| H.U.B.
|
- Matthew Tishler
- Andrew Underberg
|
|
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4.
| "
Kimi no Inai Yoru
(君のいない夜)"
| Yamamoto
| Yamamoto
|
|
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5.
| "I Love You" (from
Tree
)
| Yamamoto
| Yamamoto
|
|
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6.
| "With Love" (from
With
)
| Inoue
| Inoue
|
|
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7.
| "
I Know
" (from
Time
)
| Inoue
|
- T-SK
- Tesung Kim
- Andrew Choi
|
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8.
| "
Still
" (from
Time
)
| Inoue
| Inoue
|
|
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9.
| "Calling" (from
Tree
)
| Inoue
| Takashi Iioka
|
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10.
| "Ai o Motto (愛をもっと)" (from
Tree
)
| Yamamoto
| Yamamoto
|
|
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11.
| "One and Only One" (from
Time
)
| Inoue
| |
|
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12.
| "Tree of Life" (from
Tree
)
| Inoue
| |
|
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13.
| "
Bolero
" (Re-recorded, from
The Secret Code
)
| Lambsey
|
|
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- Notes
- Version D is only available on the Bigeast Official Shop, which requires Bigeast membership.
Sales and certifications
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References
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- ^
"Oricon Albums Chart, Week of 2017-11-06"
.
Oricon
(in Japanese)
. Retrieved
March 16,
2018
.
- ^
"TVXQ Sets New Record For Most No. 1s On Oricon's Weekly Album Chart As Foreign Male Artist"
.
Soompi
. October 30, 2017
. Retrieved
March 16,
2018
.
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"Certifications for October 2017"
.
Recording Industry Association of Japan
(in Japanese)
. Retrieved
March 16,
2018
.
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"東方神起10月25日??アルバム「FINE COLLECTION~Begin Again~」リリ?ス記念Meet&Greet?施決定!!"
.
Tohoshinki @ Avex Trax
(in Japanese)
. Retrieved
March 16,
2018
.
- ^
"TVXQ tops Japan's Oricon 'Daily Album' chart with compilation album 'Begin Again'
"
.
Allkpop
. October 25, 2017
. Retrieved
March 16,
2018
.
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"Billboard Japan Top Albums, Week of November 6, 2017"
.
Billboard
(in Japanese)
. Retrieved
March 16,
2018
.
- ^
"東方神起の復?作が?合アルバム首位 ダウンロ?ド1位はハイスタ"
.
Billboard
(in Japanese)
. Retrieved
March 16,
2018
.
- ^
"Billboard Download Albums Chart, Week of November 6, 2017"
.
Billboard
(in Japanese)
. Retrieved
March 16,
2018
.
- ^
"東方神起、海外男性?代??1位のアルバム6作目首位「本?にうれしい」"
.
Oricon
(in Japanese)
. Retrieved
March 16,
2018
.
- ^
月間 CDアルバムランキング 2017年10月度
[CD album monthly ranking of October 2017] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from
the original
on November 9, 2017
. Retrieved
November 9,
2017
.
- ^
"Japanese album certifications ? 東方神起 ? FINE COLLECTION ?Begin Again?"
(in Japanese).
Recording Industry Association of Japan
.
Select
2017年10月
on the drop-down menu
External links
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- [toho-jp.net/special/beginagain/ Tohoshinki Begin Again special website]
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