| Infinity Eighteen Vol.1 | ||||
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| Released | February 9, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
| Genre | J-Pop | |||
| Length | 56:25 | |||
| Label | True Kiss Disc | |||
| Producer | Tetsuya Komuro | |||
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| Singles from Infinity Eighteen Vol.1 | ||||
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Infinity Eighteen Vol.1 is the second studio album of Japanese recording artist Ami Suzuki, released on February 9, 2000, through True Kiss Disc. [1]
The album was released the same day of Suzuki's eighteenth birthday. The album was a commercial success in Japan, debuted at number one its first week on the Oricon charts, and selling over one million copies, her second best-selling album to date. The album charted for 14 weeks on the Japanese Oricon charts. All the singles released prior to the album were rearranged and were added vocoder effects on Suzuki's voice.
After a legal dispute between Suzuki and her manager in September 2000, Sony put the album out of print along with all other Ami Suzuki singles and albums released up to that point, and she was blacklisted from the J-pop music scene. However, after she re-debuted under Avex Trax in 2005, the album was re-released later that same year as part of her Bazooka 17 box set. It was later re-released in a remastered version on the Blu-spec CD 2 format on September 11, 2013, simultaneously with her debut album SA.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro: Identification Track" | T. Komuro | T. Komuro | 2:09 | |
| 2. | "Infinity 18" | T. Komuro, Mitsuko Komuro | T. Komuro | T. Komuro | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Be Together" (Shadow Dancing Mix) | M. Komuro | T. Komuro | T. Komuro | 4:13 |
| 4. | "Don't Need to Say Good Bye" | Suzuki, M. Komuro, T. Komuro | T. Komuro | T. Komuro | 5:33 |
| 5. | "Happy New Millennium" (2G Mix) | Suzuki, Takahiro Maeda | T. Komuro | Cozy Kubo, Chūken Kōbō | 4:07 |
| 6. | "My Wish (If You Wanna Be With Me)" | Suzuki, T. Komuro | T. Komuro | T. Komuro | 4:34 |
| 7. | "Our Days" (Orchestral Winter Mix) | M. Komuro, T. Komuro | T. Komuro | T. Komuro | 4:50 |
| 8. | "Ashita no Watashi ni Ai ni Kite" (あしたの私に会いに来て; Going to See My Tomorrow Self) | M. Komuro | Naoto Kine | Kōbō | 4:49 |
| 9. | "Winter Buzz" | Suzuki, Maeda | Cozy Kubo | Kubo, Chūken Kōbō | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Night Sky" | Marc Panther | Kubo | Kubo | 4:22 |
| 11. | "Evidence of Love" | Maeda | Kazuhiro Matsuo, T. Komuro | Matsuo, T. Komuro | 5:45 |
| 12. | "Breakin' My Heart" | M. Komuro, T. Komuro | T. Komuro | T. Komuro | 4:39 |
| 13. | "Outro (Vol. 2 Available in April)" | T. Komuro | T. Komuro | 3:02 |
| Date | Title | Peak position | Sales |
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| 14 July 1999 | "Be Together" | 1 | 870,000 |
| 29 September 1999 | "Our Days" | 1 | 467,000 |
| 22 December 1999 | "Happy New Millennium" | 2 | 364,000 |
| 26 January 2000 | "Don't Need to Say Good Bye" | 5 | 346,000 |
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