Brand New (Shinhwa album)

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Brand New
Shinhwa-Brand New.jpg
Brand New cover
Studio album by
Shinhwa
Released27 August 2004 (2004-08-27) (KOR)
8 December 2004 (2004-12-08) (JPN)
Recorded2004
GenreK-pop, Dance
LanguageKorean
LabelGood Entertainment
Avex Marketing[1]
Shinhwa chronology
Winter Story
(2003) 		Brand New
(2004) 		Winter Story 2004-2005
(2004)
Singles from Brand New
  1. "Brand New"
  2. "Angel"
  3. "Crazy"
  4. "Oh!"

Brand New is the seventh studio album of South Korean boy band Shinhwa. It was released on 27 August 2004 by Good Entertainment. It is their first album since leaving SM Entertainment and signing with Good Entertainment. The four lead tracks are "Brand New", "Angel", "Crazy" and "Oh".

Music and reception[]

The members of Shinhwa began taking charge as lyricist in the release of the album. Eric wrote some rap lyrics for some of the songs while Minwoo took charge and began writing full lyrics. Some songs that he wrote are: "All of My", "Oh" and "U". He later went on to write the song "Superstar" for the group Jewelry, which became a hit.

Debuted at #3, "Brand New" made its way to #2 and then dropped to #11. However, it made a large jump from #11 to #1, with a large jump in sales from 168,654 copies to 320,337 copies.

The lead track "Brand New", was composed by Cho Young-soo, won the Triple Crown, i.e. first place for three consecutive weeks, on M.net's live music programme M! Countdown, from 26 August to 9 September 2004.[2]

Tracks[]

Information is adapted from the liner notes of Brand New:[3]

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Shooting Star"Brian Kim, Eric MunB. KimB. Kim4:01
2."U"Lee Min-woo, Eric MunM.A.R.S.M.A.R.S.3:24
3."Brand New"An Young-min, Eric MunPark Geun-tae, Jo Young-sooPark Joon-ho3:46
4."Fever (Crazy)" (Korean: 열병 (Crazy))Y.M. An, Eric MunY.S. JoY.S. Jo4:09
5."Oh!"Lee Min Woo, Shin Hye-sung, Eric MunLee Min WooLee Min Woo4:11
6."Angel"Y.M. An, Eric MunPark Geun-tae, Y.S. Jo, Lee Hyeon-seungY.S. Jo, H.S. Lee3:57
7."All of My..."B. Kim, Lee Min Woo, Eric MunLee Min WooLee Min Woo3:50
8."Time Machine"Eric MunPark Geun-taeY.S. Jo4:05
9."My Everything Part II" (Korean: 나의 전부 Part II)Eric MunEric MunEric Mun3:59
10."Set Free" (Korean: 놓아요)Kim Dong-wanKim Dong WanD.W. Kim4:07
11."Liar"E. MunEric MunEric Mun4:00
12."Cheers!" (Korean: 위하여)Psy, Eric MunPsyPsy3:02
13."I Want" (Korean: 원해)Lee Sang-in, Eric MunS.I. LeeS.I. Lee2:56
14."2gether 4ever"Yoon Ji-woong, Eric MunJ.W. YoonJ.W. Yoon4:00

Chart performance[]

Chart Peak
position		 Sales
Korea Monthly Albums (RIAK) November 2004[4] 1
  • KOR: 325,333[5]
Korea Yearly Albums (RIAK) 2004[6] 5

Release history[]

Country Date Distributing label Format
South Korea 27 August 2004 Good EMG, IO Music CD (EKLD-0444)[7]
4 November 2004 Special Edition (CD+DVD) (EKLD-0492)[8]
Japan 8 December 2004 Avex Trax CD (AVCD-18067/B)[9]

Personnel[]

Information is adapted from the liner notes of Brand New:[3]

  • Park Geun-tae - producer
  • Shinhwa - producer
  • Kim Young-seong - recording engineer, mixing engineer
  • Yoon Won-kwon - recording engineer
  • Song Kyeong-jo - recording engineer
  • Kang Hae-gu - recording engineer
  • Jeong Doo-seok - recording engineer
  • Ha Jeong-soo - recording engineer
  • Ko Seung-wook - mixing engineer
  • Park Hyeok - mixing engineer
  • Jo Kyu-beom - mixing engineer
  • Sam Lee - guitar
  • Tommy Lee - guitar
  • Hong Joon-ho - guitar
  • Ko Tae-young - guitar
  • Lee Tae-yoon - bass
  • Im Seung-beom - keyboard
  • The String - strings

References[]

  1. ^ BRAND NEW SHINHWA (CD)
  2. ^ Lee, Nancy (7 June 2013). "M COUNTDOWN Hall of Fame: Shinhwa's 'Brand New'". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Brand New (Media notes). Good EMG. 2004.
  4. ^ "Album Sales For The Month Of November 2004". Recording Industry Association Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  5. ^ "Album Sales For The Month Of January 2005". Recording Industry Association Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 19, 2005. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  6. ^ "2004 Yearly Chart". Recording Industry Association Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  7. ^ "Brand New album info". Hanteo (in Korean). Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Brand New Special Edition album info". Hanteo (in Korean). Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Brand New album info (Japan)". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 March 2015.



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