Remember is the second Korean studio album by South Korean boy band BigBang, released by YG Entertainment on November 5, 2008.Big Bang 2nd album release; new MV: Sunset Glow . Vox. November 5, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2010. Before release, demand for the album made it surpass 200,000 pre-orders.Big Bang 'Remember' album hit 200,000 a day before release . Any2Person. November 6, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2010. "Sunset Glow", originally by artist Lee Moon-sae, served as the title track for the album.Teaser to Big Bang 2nd album 'Remember' . K Bites. October 20, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2010. During the 2008 KBS Music Festival, BigBang performed the hit together with Lee Moon-sae.
"Strong Baby", Seungri's solo track, was released as the second single. The music video was released January 1, 2009.Strong Baby MV released . AllKpop.January 1, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2010. At the 18th Seoul Music Awards a month later, the album received the Best Album Award.
Promotion Two music videos from the album were released for "Sunset Glow" and "Strong Baby." "Sunset Glow" was promoted with the entire group, while member Seungri performed "Strong Baby" solo.Big Bang Seung Ri's first solo act . AllKpop. December 29, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
The music video for "Sunset Glow" was filmed at various locations in Taean County, along the west coast, with the BigBang members spreading the message "Let's go West!" throughout the video.빅뱅, 태안의 '붉은노을' 담았다. 한국경제신문. November 5, 2008.BIGBANG Sunset Glow MV. Melon. November 5, 2008. At the time, the Taean region was recovering from the ecological and economic effects the 2007 South Korea oil spill had on what used to be an abundant fishing industry and scenic beach tourism destination.South Korea faces 'sea of oil'. CNN International. . Retrieved December 9, 2007. When asked why Taean was chosen as the background of the music video, Big Bang said, "We hope many people will visit the west coast again after watching our music video."
Commercial performance On the year-end Hanteo albums charts for 2008, Remember was ranked as the 4th best-selling album in South Korea with sales of cover 135,000 copies on the chart. In April 2010, the album along with several of BigBang's other releases re-charted on the Gaon Album Chart, with Remember peaking at number 5 on the weekly chart and number 19 on the monthly issue.
Accolades +Awards and nominations Ceremony Year Category Result Golden Disc Awards 2008 Album Bonsang (Main Prize) Seoul Music Awards 2009 Best Album
Track listing
Sample credits "Oh. Ah. Oh." contains samples from Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) by Scatman John "Sunset Glow" contains samples from "Sunset Glow" by Lee Moon-se
Charts Weekly charts + Chart (2010) Peakposition South Korean Albums (Gaon) 5
Monthly charts + Chart (April 2010) Peakposition South Korean Albums (Gaon) 19
References
External links Big Bang Official website