A Song for XX (Album)

A Song for XX is Ayumi Hamasaki's debut album on avex trax.
Data
Release Date: December 26, 1998 (promoted/in stores); January 1, 1999 (official)
Stock No.: AVCD-11691
Price: ¥3059
Track List
- Prologue 01:25
- A Song for XX 04:44
- Hana 04:06
- FRIEND 04:11
- FRIEND II 03:59
- poker face 04:40
- Wishing 04:29
- YOU 04:44
- As if... 05:35
- POWDER SNOW 05:26
- Trust 04:48
- Depend on you 04:20
- SIGNAL 04:25
- from your letter 04:37
- For My Dear... 04:32
- Present 04:30
Credits
Produced by max matsuura
Sound Produced by Naoto Suzuki
Musicians:
- Akimitsu Honma: keyboards
- Takahiro Iida: programming
- Hiroshi Kitashiro: programming
- Naoki Hayashibe: guitar
- Kaoru Kato: guitar
- Akio Togashi: MIDI programming, Background Vocal
- Junko Hirotani: Background Vocal
Recorded by Atsushi Hattori (STUDIO SOUND DALI) and Koji Morimoto (track16)
Recorded at Prime Sound Studio Aoyama, STUDIO SOUND DALI, Tower Side, Conway Studio LA
Mixed by Atsushi Hattori except track16 mixed by Koji Morimoto at STUDIO SOUND DALI, Bunkamura Studio, and Prime Sound Studio
Assisted by Noriki Inada, Satoshi Kumasaka, Shuichi Watanabe, Tony Flores
Production Assistant: Yuka Akiyama (Prime Direction)
Production Coordination in Los Angeles: Susan Brill (Musicwerks)
Mastered by Eddy Schreyer at Oasis Mastering, Studio City
Artist Management: Yuka Kikuchi, Junichi Kamitoku (axev inc.)
A&R Coordination: Yasuyuki Tomita (avex trax)
A&R Supervisor: Nobuhito Ikehata (avex trax)
Executive Supervisor: Katsuro Oshita (avex trax)
Artist Promotion: Tatsuya Ikeda (avex trax)
Sales Promotion: Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Setsuo Morikawa (avex distribution), Akihiro Terada, Kentaro Furusawa (avex trax)
Art Direction: Shinichi Hara
Design: Keiichi Yamashita (RICE)
Photography: Toru Kumazawa
Styling: Koji Matsumoto, Sumiko Kumagai
Hair & Make Up: Chu, Tamotsu (Too-RUSTIC)
Advisory Producers: Ryuzo Shoji (prime direction); Yasuo Shibata, Ryuhei Chiba, Ayumu Kurose (axev inc.)
General Producer: Shinji Hayashi (avex trax)
Specially coordinated by Tom Yoda (avex group)
Special Thanks to: Toyama, O-tsaka, sigechan, Johnny, ma-chan, Aneki, Natsuki, Rie, Dice, and my family...