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| Released | November 2, 2021 | |||
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| Language | Korean | |||
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Countdown (stylized as COUNTDOWN) is the first Korean studio album of South Korean pop duo Super Junior-D&E,a subgroup of the boy band Super Junior. [2] The album was released on November 2,2021. [3]
On September 27,2021,the group announced they would be releasing their first Korean full-length album. [2] They dropped a concept spoiler at the same day on their official Twitter account. [4] Before the official release of the album,the members released their solo singles. The first single,California Love,the solo singles by member Donghae,was released on October 13,2021. [5] A week later,Eunhyuk released his solo singles,be,on October 20,2021. [6]
On December 10,2021,the group released an epilogue version of the album,with an additional new track,"Need U'". [7] Both members involved in lyrics writing of the track.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "ZERO" |
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| 3:26 |
| 2. | "Beautiful Liar" | Zaya (153/Joombas) |
| Joony (153/Joombas) | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Far Away (멀리)" | Rick Bridges |
| Deevan | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Feel That Feelin’ (느낌적인 느낌)" |
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| Brock (153/Joombas) | 2:59 |
| 5. | "La La La" | Lee Ji Yeon |
| Cesar Da Emperor | 3:23 |
| 6. | "Have a Nice Day" | Lee Hye-yum |
| Nicolas Farmakalidis (NUMBER K) | 3:28 |
| 7. | "Muse" | Rick Bridges |
| Rian Ball | 3:25 |
| 8. | "Share My Love" | danke (lalala studio) |
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| 3:22 |
| 9. | "Home" |
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| JDUB | 3:58 |
| 10. | "ZERO (English ver.)" |
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| 3:26 |
| Total length: | 34:09 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 11. | "Need U" |
| Erik Lidbom | 3:31 | |
| Total length: | 37:40 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "be" | Eunhyuk |
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| 3:49 |
| 2. | "Red Muhly" | Eunhyuk |
| basecamp | 3:33 |
| 3. | "Beautiful Liar" | Zaya (153/Joombas) |
| Joony (153/Joombas) | 3:18 |
| 4. | "Far Away (멀리)" | Rick Bridges |
| Deevan | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Feel That Feelin’ (느낌적인 느낌)" |
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| Brock (153/Joombas) | 2:59 |
| 6. | "La La La" | Lee Ji Yeon |
| Cesar Da Emperor | 3:23 |
| 7. | "Have a Nice Day" | Lee Hye-yum |
| Nicolas Farmakalidis (NUMBER K) | 3:28 |
| 8. | "Muse" | Rick Bridges |
| Rian Ball | 3:25 |
| 9. | "Share My Love" | danke (lalala studio) |
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| 3:22 |
| 10. | "Home" |
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| JDUB | 3:58 |
| Total length: | 34:39 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "California Love" (Feat. Jeno of NCT ) |
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| JDUB | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Blue Moon" (Feat. Miyeon of (G)I-dle ) |
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| G-High (MonoTree) | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Beautiful Liar" | Zaya (153/Joombas) |
| Joony (153/Joombas) | 3:18 |
| 4. | "Far Away (멀리)" | Rick Bridges |
| Deevan | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Feel That Feelin’ (느낌적인 느낌)" |
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| Brock (153/Joombas) | 2:59 |
| 6. | "La La La" | Lee Ji Yeon |
| Cesar Da Emperor | 3:23 |
| 7. | "Have a Nice Day" | Lee Hye-yum |
| Nicolas Farmakalidis (NUMBER K) | 3:28 |
| 8. | "Muse" | Rick Bridges |
| Rian Ball | 3:25 |
| 9. | "Share My Love" | danke (lalala studio) |
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| 3:22 |
| 10. | "Home" |
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| JDUB | 3:58 |
| 11. | "California Love" (Solo ver.) |
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| JDUB | 3:48 |
| Total length: | 38:18 | ||||
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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| South Korean Albums (Gaon) [8] | 4 |
| Japan (Oricon) [9] | 8 |
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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| South Korean Albums (Gaon) [10] | 7 |
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