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M01
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: CREA + D·A·I
arrangement: CMJK
Programming & Guitar: CMJK
Guitar: Yoshiyuki Yatsuhashi
B.G.Vocal: Junko Hirotani, D·A·I chorus family
Mixed by: Koji Morimoto

M02
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
arrangement: HΛL
Programming & All Instrument: HΛL
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

M03
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: Kunio Tago
arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

M04
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
arrangement: tasuku
Programming & Guitar: tasuku
Mixed by Yasuo Matsumoto

M05
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: D·A·I
arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, D·A·I
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Guitar: Masayoshi Furukawa
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

M06
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: CREA + D·A·I
arrangement: CMJK
Programming: CMJK
Guitar: Yoshiyuki Yatsuhashi
B.G.Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Mixed by Yasuo Matsumoto

M07
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: CREA
arrangement: HΛL (Toshiharu Umesaki, Takehito Shimizu, Yuta Nakano)
Programming & All Instrument: HΛL
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

M08 - TV Anime "Inuyasha" 3rd Ending Theme
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: CREA + D·A·I
arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
B.G.Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Mixed by Noriki Inada

M09
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: CREA
arrangement: HΛL (Toshiharu Umesaki, Takehito Shimizu, Yuta Nakano)
Programming: HΛL
Strings Arrangement: Yuta Nakano
Violin & Viola: Yuko Kajitani
Cello: Miyuki Onuma
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

M10
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: D·A·I
arrangement: Naoto Suzuki
Keyboards: Naoto Suzuki
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
B.G.Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

M11
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: CREA + D·A·I
arrangement: Ken Shima
Piano, Synth Bass & Wind Chime: Ken Shima
Rhythm Operation: Genta Egawa
Guitar: Hirokazu Ogura
Strings: Gen Ittetsu Group
B.G.Vocal: Junko Hirotani, Yasuhiro Kido, Andrea L. Hopkins, Daniel Morgan
Programming: Takahiro Iida, Yoshinori Kadoya
Mixed by Yasuo Matsumoto

M12
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
arrangement: Shingo Kobayashi
Programming & Piano: Shingo Kobayashi
Wurlitzer: Yoshihiro Tomonari
Drums: Nobuo Eguchi
Bass: Enrique
Guitar: Yoshio Nomura
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

M13
words: ayumi hamasaki
music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
arrangement: CMJK
Programming: CMJK
Piano: Shinichi Kusama
Guitar: Yoshiyuki Yatsuhashi
B.G.Vocal: Junko Hirotani, Yasuhiro Kido, Kiyoshi Hiyama
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

M14
words & music: Yumi Arai
arrangement: tasuku
Programming: tasuku + Koji Yamaoka
Rhodes Suitcase: Daisuke Kawai
Mixed by Yasuo Matsumoto


produced by max matsuura

A&R + DIrected by Yasuyuki Tomita (avex trax)

Sound Producer: Naoto Suzuki
Production Assistant: Yuka Akiyama (prime direction inc.) on tr3,5,8,10

Recordist: Koji Morimoto, Motohiro Tsuji, Satoshi Kumasaka (prime direction inc.)
                Yasuo Matsumoto (ZeeQ), Atsushi Hattori, Noriki Inada (Hi Five)
                Hiroyuki Shiotsuki (Sony Music Studios Tokyo), Yuichi Nagayama

2nd Engineers: Takahiro Mikami (avex studio)
                       Fuyuhiko Inui, Kazuo Saimoto, Yukie Sugimoto,
                       Kiyoko Asai (STUDIO SOUND DALI)
                       Satoshi Sasamoto (prime direction inc.)
                       Teruyuki Takatsu (JVC VICTOR STUDIO)
                       Isamu Hanashima (CRESENTE STUDIO)
                       Yusuke Abe (BAYBRIDGE STUDIO)
                       Mamiko Katakura (ON AIR AZABU STUDIO)

Recorded at prime sound studio, CRESENTE STUDIO, prime sound studio form
                  ON AIR AZABU STUDIO

Mixed at prime sound studio form, avex studio azabu, JVC VICTOR STUDIO
             STUDIO SOUND DALI, BAYBRIDGE STUDIO

Mastered by Shigeo Miyamoto at FLAIR