Best A.I. (Limited SHM Pressing)

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Tracklist

1SHM-CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Story
recording engineer:
Aaron Belinfanti
drums (drum set) programming:
Aaron Belinfanti
assistant engineer:
Geoff Rice (engineer)
producer:
2 SOUL
mixer:
Rich Keller (engineer)
bass guitar:
Dave Burnett
classical guitar and electric guitar:
Wilson Montuori
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Aaron Belinfanti
keyboard and synthesizer:
Kenneth Kobori
piano:
James Spears
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
arranger:
2 SOUL
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2005)
recorded at:
prime sound studio form in Higashiyama, Meguro (Meguro-ku), Tokyo, Japan
mixed at:
Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
music videos:
Story (music video) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and Story (2025 ver.) (music video) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
recording of:
Story
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
2 SOUL
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI4:50
2Believe
music videos:
Believe (music video) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
recording of:
Believe
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter), JiN (Japanese composer) and DJ YUTAKA
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment), フジパシフィック音楽出版 (Fujipacific Music inc.) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
AI5:14
3ONE
music videos:
ONE (music video) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
recording of:
ONE
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
松本俊明 (Toshiaki Matsumoto)
publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
AI5:04
4YOU ARE MY STAR
producer:
UTA (Yuta Watanabe, Japanese producer)
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2009)
music videos:
YOU ARE MY STAR (music video) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
recording of:
YOU ARE MY STAR
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
UTA (Yuta Watanabe, Japanese producer)
publisher:
トゥーフェイス (Two Face)
AI4:39
5So Special (Version AI)
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and EXILE ATSUSHI (member of EXILE)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2008)
music videos:
So Special (Version Ai) (music video) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
recording of:
So Special
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and EXILE ATSUSHI (member of EXILE)
composer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter), EXILE ATSUSHI (member of EXILE) and UTA (Yuta Watanabe, Japanese producer)
publisher:
日本テレビ音楽 (Nippon Television Music Corporation)
AI+EXILE ATSUSHI4:14
6大切なもの
recording of:
大切なもの (Taisetsuna Mono)
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and THE COMPANY (Japan)
publisher:
日本テレビ音楽 (Nippon Television Music Corporation)
AI5:18
7おくりびと
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
arranger:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2008)
music videos:
おくりびと (music video) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
recording of:
おくりびと
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
ワンダーシティ (Wonder City) and 日音 (NICHION INC.)
AI3:40
8I’ll Remember You
engineer:
Tom Coyne (mastering engineer) (task: mastering)
producer:
Jonas Jeberg
mixer:
D.O.I. (Japanese mix engineer)
guitar:
Thomas Anderson
instruments:
Jonas Jeberg
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2007)
music videos:
I'll Remember You (PV) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
recording of:
I'll Remember You
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter), Anders Bagge, Sylvia Bennett-Smith, Jonas Jeberg and Marcellus Smith
publisher:
BMG RM (SC) AB (B), First Avenue Music Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Music of Windswept, Reservoir Media Management (UK) Limited and トゥーフェイス (Two Face)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.), フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
AI4:00
9My Friend
recording of:
My Friend
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and Kazunori Fujimoto
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI4:27
10MUSIC
engineer:
Tom Coyne (mastering engineer) (task: mastering)
producer and mixer:
T-Kura
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2006)
recording of:
MUSIC
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
T-Kura
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI3:59
11I Wanna Know
producer:
DJ Watarai and JiN (Japanese composer)
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2006)
music videos:
I Wanna Know (music video) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
recording of:
I Wanna Know
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter), JiN (Japanese composer) and DJ WATARAI
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI4:15
12LIFE
drums (drum set) programming:
Steph Pockets
engineer:
Michael Fountain, Chris Gehringer (task: mastering), Carlos Martinez (Sound engineer) and Steph Pockets
co-producer:
Michael Fountain
producer:
Steph Pockets
bass guitar:
John Kegler
flute and piano:
Damon Bennett
guitar:
Frank Romano (producer/guitarist)
turntable:
Eric Harvey
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Def Jam Japan (in 2003)
recorded at and mixed at:
Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
recording of:
LIFE
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and Steph Pockets
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI4:56
13E.O.
producer:
2 SOUL
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2004)
music videos:
E.O. (PV) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
recording of:
E.O
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
2 SOUL
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI4:01
14Another Day
recording engineer:
Taiji Okuda
programming and producer:
ICEDOWN
mixer:
D.O.I. (Japanese mix engineer)
instruments:
ICEDOWN
background vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter), Daniel O. Morgan and Ebony Fay
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2005)
recorded at:
prime sound studio form in Higashiyama, Meguro (Meguro-ku), Tokyo, Japan
mixed at:
Daimonion Recordings in Higashi, Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan
recording of:
Another Day
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
Daniel O. Morgan and ICEDOWN
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI5:27
15365
recording engineer:
Yasufumi Maruyama
producer:
AQUARIUS (Japanese hip-hop)
guest vocals:
DELI (Japanese rapper Miki Yukihito)
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2005)
recorded at:
Magnet Studio in Roppongi, Minato (Minato-ku), Tokyo, Japan
mixed at:
Daimonion Recordings in Higashi, Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan
music videos:
365 (music video) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) feat. DELI (Japanese rapper Miki Yukihito)
recording of:
365
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and DELI (Japanese rapper Miki Yukihito)
composer:
Yakko
publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and よしもとミュージックパブリッシング (Yoshimoto Music Publishing Co., Ltd.)
AI feat. DELI4:10
16最終宣告
engineer and mixer:
Bob Horn (engineer)
producer:
Desert Storm (credit used for Desert Storm Records‐affiliated artists), Lofey and Skane
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Def Jam Japan (in 2002)
recorded at and mixed at:
Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
music videos:
最終宣告 (Last Words, music video) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
recording of:
最終宣告 (Last Words)
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
Lofey
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI3:26
17All for you (Movie Short Version)
AI2:01
18Story (Re‐born)
remix of:
Story by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
music videos:
Story [Re-born] (music video) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
recording of:
Story
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
2 SOUL
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI5:32