Monday, 21 January 2019

Super Junior - Twins

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안녕하세요 
(Annyeonghaseyo)
こんにちは 
(Konnichiwa)
你好
(Ni Hao)



I'm back with another Super Junior post, but this time we're heading back in time to 2005 and their debut full length album Twins.

In early 2005, Lee Soo-Man announced that he had been preparing for an all-boy project group of twelve members to debut at the end of the year. He called this singing group to be "the gateway to stardom of Asia", as most of the members were chosen for their experiences as actors, MC's, models and radio hosts prior to debut. Inspired by the rotational concept of Japan's girl group Morning Musume, Lee Soo-Man said that his new group would also experience line-up changes, with new members replacing selected members every year to keep the group constantly young and all-rounded.
For a while they were rumoured to be called O.V.E.R, which was an acronym for Obey the Voice foe Each Rhythm. Before the group settled with their current name, they were simply referred to as Juniors.
After the members showcased their different talents to their company at a picnic, the company finalised their group name to Super Junior, and officially became Super Junior 05, the 1st generation of Super Junior.

Super Junior 05 made their pre-debut performance on the Korean channel Mnet on the 11th of September 2005.
On the 8th of November 2005, their debut M/V Twins (Knock Out) was released, along with the digital release of the song.
 On the 5th of December 2005, their debut full length album Twins was released both physically and digitally. On the 12th of February 2006, an M/V was released for their 2nd single Miracle, Miracle was the last track to be promoted from the album.
Owned by SM Entertainment
As promotions ended, the company prepared for the next line-up of the group, but due to fans demanding that they be kept as a permanent line-up and group, SM abandoned the rotational concept and added 13th member Kyuhyun, they dropped the suffix 05 and became Super Junior.

As soon as the album was released, it hit No.1 and stayed at that position throughout the whole week on Korea's Hanteo Weekly Chart. Although Twins was a commercial success after the much anticipated debut of the group in November 2005, the album failed to reach No.1 on the MIAK K-pop Monthly Charts, debuting at No.3, selling 28,536 copies. Twins stayed in the charts throughout 2006, selling an extra 26,510 copies, it sold 10,408 more copies in 2007 and sold 86,659 copies by mid-2008. The album remained within the Top 60 best-selling albums from 2005 - 2008.

Twins peaked at No.3 on the Gaon Albums Chart and No.16 on the Taiwan G-Music Albums Chart.
Gaon Sales:
124,299
*YouTube views correct at time of writing post*
The M/V for Twins (Knock Out) has so far gained 4,274,446 million views, with the M/V for Miracle gaining 1,829,870 million views, the views for both M/V's continue to increase.

The album is set out in a jewel Cd case, with a clear slipcase, the album comes with the Cd and fold-out lyric sheet, with each of the members on. The slipcase also contains some of the members on the front and back, so all the members are shown on the covers.

Track List:
Miracle
Twins (Knock Out)
You Are the One
Rock This House
차근차근 (Way for Love) (Carefully (Way for Love))
So I
Over
Keep in Touch
L.O.V.E
Believe
Twins (Knock Out) Inst.
     














When I first listened to this album I was transported back to the 90's, I got the feeling of 90's boy band, which I think not only shows how far Super Junior have come since their debut but how far SM Entertainment and K-pop in general has come since 2005. I think even the fashion and hairstyles looked very 90's too. I always like to go back and listen to Super Junior's debut track and I love to stick on this album as it makes me smile, I love that each track is different from the track before it and showcases each of the members vocals in singing as well as rapping. I also love that we have a mixture of upbeat tracks as well as slower tracks that gives the album a nice little balance, personally for me the only fault is that I wish Kyuhyun had been part of the line-up from debut but overall it's a nice introduction to the powerhouse that is Super Junior.

Miracle

Twins (Knock Out)

You Are the One

Rock This House

차근차근 (Way for Love) (Carefully (Way for Love))

So I

Over

Keep in Touch

L.O.V.E

Believe

At times I feel proud of the K-ELF (Korean fans) because we have the Super Junior we have today because those fans in those early days fought for them to be a permanent group, I sit and wonder how the members feel celebrating each anniversary knowing they were never meant to still be a team all these years down the line. I've read that once Kyuhyun completes his military enlistment that Super Junior are planning a group comeback, which is said to also include Sungmin and Kangin, which while one member deserved the time out, the other didn't but all in all I've missed both their voices with the rest of the group and I hope it's true and we do see the return of Sungmin and Kangin.

Have you been an ELF since debut?
Do you feel any nostalgia with this album?
Do you have a favourite track?
Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!


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(Annyeong)
さようなら
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