Holidays in the Sun (EP)

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Holidays in the Sun
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EP by
ReleasedSeptember 10, 1993 (1993-09-10)
Genre Shibuya-kei
Length27:15
Label Trattoria
Producer Keigo Oyamada
Cornelius chronology
Holidays in the Sun
(1993)
The First Question Award
(1994)

Holidays in the Sun is the debut EP by Japanese musician Cornelius. It was released on September 10, 1993 by Trattoria Records. [1] The EP peaked at number 13 on the Oricon Albums Chart. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Keigo Oyamada.

  1. "Raise Your Hand Together" (Cornelius mix) – 5:50
  2. "Raise Your Hand Together" (320 Light Years mix) – 6:46
  3. "Diamond Bossa" (featuring Cornelius Swingle Singers) – 3:20
  4. "The Sun Is My Enemy" (long edit) – 5:49
  5. "The Sun Is My Enemy" (Sunset Boo-Goo-Loo mix) – 5:30

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [2] 13

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References

  1. "Holidays in the sun e.p. | CORNELIUS" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "CORNELIUSのアルバム売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2020.