Perfect Man (Shinhwa album)

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Perfect Man
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Perfect Man cover
Studio album by
Shinhwa
ReleasedMarch 29, 2002 (2002-03-29)
Recorded2001–2002
StudioSM Studios (Seoul)
Genre
Length45:12
Language Korean
Label SM
Shinhwa chronology
My Choice
(2002)		Perfect Man
(2002)		 Wedding
(2002)
Singles from Perfect Man
  1. "Perfect Man"
    Released: March 29, 2002
  2. "I Pray 4 U"
    Released: March 29, 2002

Perfect Man is the fifth Korean studio album by South Korean boy band Shinhwa. It was released on March 29, 2002, by SM Entertainment. [1] [2] The title track "Perfect Man", includes lyrics with a persuasive love theme, [3] it was followed by second single entitled, "I Pray 4 U".

Contents

The album debuted at number one on the monthly Korean Chart, becoming Shinhwa's second number-one album. It sold 355,333 copies, [4] and remained on the chart for a total of 23 weeks. The album placed at No. 14 on the year-end chart "Top 100 Albums in 2002".

Music videos

For their music video "Perfect Man", Shinhwa each held a bouquet of yellow flowers. Each members in the music video portray different people, with Lee Min-woo walking and singing first, holding his bouquet of yellow flowers and transition into Kim Dong-wan, who drove an ATV. Dongwan later changed into Andy, who is a businessman in the music video, when he enters an elevator. Andy later change into Jun Jin while doing push ups in the gym, and then change into Shin Hye-sung while he sat in a car. Hyesung walks behind a glass door that blurs his figure, and the music video switches to where Shinhwa is dancing, each with a microphone stand before them. Eric is shown rapping, and he then walks out from the other side of the glass door which Hyesung had stepped in from. The music video ended with the members throwing their bouquet of yellow flowers and dancing on a stage with a crowd screaming.

Their music video for "I Pray 4 U" was much more simple, showing the members singing around a boat (owned by Minwoo in the music video). It also showed the members playing basketball against each other.

Andy's return

Andy, who did not participate in their fourth album Hey, Come On!, came back to participate in this one. Despite him not participating in the fourth album, whenever Shinhwa performs one of their song from the fourth album, Andy was given a line that was previously either Eric's or Jun Jin's. One such example was Hey, Come On!. Originally, Jun Jin was the one who was rapping in the beginning but whenever they perform the song at their concert or such, Andy was given the task to rap it.

Accolades

Awards and nominations for Perfect Man
YearOrganizationCategoryResultRef.
2002 Golden Disc Awards Album Bonsang (Main Prize)Won [5]
Album Daesang (Grand Prize)Nominated
Mnet Music Video Festival Best Dance Performance Nominated [6]
Best Male Group Won
Music program awards
SongProgramDate
"Perfect Man" Inkigayo April 21, 2002
April 28, 2002
May 5, 2002
Music Camp May 4, 2002
"I Pray 4 U"July 13, 2002

Track listing

Perfect Man track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."I Pray 4 U" Young H. Kim, Eric Mun Kim Younghoo, William PyonKim Younghoo3:50
2."Perfect Man" Yoo Young-jin, E. Mun Yoo Young-jin Yoo Young-jin 3:25
3."Shout"Jamie, E. MunPark sung-sooPark sung-soo3:30
4."Free" Lee Min-woo, E. MunM.W. LeeM.W. Lee4:30
5."Fly High, E. Mun"Hong Ji-yooThomas Asserholt, Lee Joon-hoJ.H. Lee3:24
6."Endless Love"Kim Jong-sook, E. Mun, Jun Jin, Andy Lee Kim Jin-hoonJ.H. Kim4:02
7."Comeback To My Life"Lee Jin-kyung, E. MunS.J. HwangS.J. Hwang3:30
8."Honestly"Ji Kook-hyeon, E. MunK.H. JiK.H. Ji3:44
9."Red Angel"Han Hyeon-kyeong, E. Mun, Lee Sang-baekKim Hyeong-gyuH.G. Kim3:45
10."Last Zone"Kim Nam-hui, E. MunNo Young-joo, Lee Jeong-hoonY.J. No, J.H. Lee3:16
11."Reason"Jeong Han-jong, Rhymer, E. MunLee Chang-hyeonC.H. Lee3:51
12."In Your Love" (Korean: 너 사랑 안에, romanized: Neo Sarang Aneh)Choi Yoo-won, E. MunY.W. ChoiPark Moon-soo4:25

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes. [7]

Charts

Sales

CountrySales
South Korea (RIAK)365,739 [12] [13]

Release history

CountryDateDistributing labelFormat
South KoreaMarch 30, 2002 SM Entertainment CD (SM-033) [14]
Cassette (SM-034) [14]
JapanSeptember 4, 2002 Avex Trax CD (AVCD-18036) [15]

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