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" (number 15), "Perfect Rainbow" (number 29), "(You Can't Always Get) What You Want" (number 27), and "Moon Light Story" (number 40).
Track listing
Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Keigo Oyamada – vocals, guitar, arrangement
Additional musicians ("Cornelius Rock 'n' Roll Orchestral Circus")
Toshio Araki – trumpet (tracks 1, 7) Asa-Chang – percussion (track 4) Aska Strings – strings (tracks 5, 7, 10, 11) Shigeo Fuchino – saxophone, flute (tracks 5, 6) Masato Honda – saxophone (track 9) Riki Imanari – synthesizer operation Daisuke Kawai – keyboards (tracks 2, 4–6, 9–11) Masahiro Kobayashi – trumpet (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8–11) Daisaku Kume – keyboards (tracks 1, 3, 7) Osamu Matsumoto – trombone (tracks 5, 6, 8) Mecken – bass (tracks 2, 5, 7, 9) Toyoaki Mishima – synthesizer Maki Nomiya – vocals (track 10) Mami Otomo – vocals (track 4) Masakuni Takeno – saxophone, flute (tracks 5–7) Yoshié Toda – drums, percussion Hitoshi Watanabe – bass (tracks 4, 6, 10, 11) Nobuo Yagi – harmonica (track 4) Hisashi Yoshinaga – saxophone, flute (tracks 6, 9)
Production
Keigo Oyamada – production Yasunobu Arakawa – recording jammer Osamu Hirose – mixing (tracks 5, 9) Yoshiaki Katou – coordination Yuka Koizumi – mastering Ken Makimura – executive production Tatsuhiko Mori – mixing (track 6) Ken-Ichi Okeda – direction Ichiro Oka – recording direction Tohru Takayama – mixing (tracks 1–4, 7, 8, 10, 11) Zin Yoshida – mixing (track 1)
Design
Contemporary Production – design Michio Fukuda – hair, makeup Shindo & Tajjiemax – photography Hiroko Umeyama – styling
Charts Chart (1994) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 4
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