The First Question Award

The First Question Award (ザ・ファースト・クエスチョン・アワード) is the debut solo album by the Japanese recording artist Cornelius. It was released in 1994 and charted at number four on the Japanese Oricon album chart.[1] The First Question Award includes the singles "The Sun Is My Enemy", "Perfect Rainbow", "(You Can't Always Get) What You Want" and "Moon Light Story".

The First Question Award
Studio album by Cornelius
Released	25 February 1994
Genre	Shibuya-kei
Length	52:10
Label	Trattoria Records, Polystar
Producer	Keigo Oyamada
Cornelius chronology
Holidays in the Sun EP (1993) The First Question Award (1994) 69/96 (1995)
Singles from The First Question Award
"The Sun Is My Enemy" Released: 1 September 1993 "Perfect Rainbow" Released: 10 November 1993 "(You Can't Always Get) What You Want" Released: 26 January 1994 "Moon Light Story" Released: 25 June 1994
LP Cover

Track listing

All songs written, arranged and produced by Keigo Oyamada.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Sun Is My Enemy"	5:47
2.	"(You Can't Always Get) What You Want"	4:00
3.	"Silent Snow Stream"	6:32
4.	"Perfect Rainbow"	4:21
5.	"Bad Moon Rising"	5:28

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Cannabis"	4:37
7.	"Raise Your Hand Together"	6:01
8.	"The Back Door To Heaven"	6:27
9.	"Theme From First Question Award"	1:11
10.	"The Love Parade"	3:34
11.	"Moon Light Story"	4:10

Personnel

• Keigo Oyamada - Writing, Arrangements, Producer
• Makimura Ken - Executive Producer

Cornelius

• Keigo Oyamada - Vocals, Guitar

Cornelius Rock 'n' Roll Orchestral Circus

Toda Yoshié - Drums, Percussion Mishima Toyoaki - Synthesizer Kawai Daisuke - Keyboards (2, 4 to 6, 9 to 11) Kume Daisaku - Keyboards (1, 3, 7) Mecken - Bass (2, 5, 7, 9) Watanabe Hitoshi - Bass (4, 6, 10, 11) ASKA Strings - Strings (5, 7, 10, 11) Nomiya Maki - Chorus (10) Otomo Mami - Chorus (4) Asa-chang - Percussion (4)

Kobayashi Masahiro - Trumpet (3, 5, 6, 8 to 11) Araki Toshio - Trumpet (1, 7) Fuchino Shigeo - Saxophone, Flute (5, 6) Takeno Masakuni - Saxophone, Flute (5 to 7) Yoshinaga Hisashi - Saxophone, Flute (6, 9) Honda Masato - Saxophone (9) Matsumoto Osamu - Trombone (5, 6, 8) Yagi Nobuo - Harmonica (4) Imanari Riki - Synthesizer Operation

Technical and visual

Takayama Tohru - Mixing Engineer (1 to 4, 7, 8, 10, 11) Hirose Osamu - Mixing Engineer (5, 9) Mori Tatsuhiko - Mixing Engineer (6) Yoshida Zin - Mixing Engineer (1) Koizumi Yuka - Mastering Engineer Katou Yoshiaki - Coordinator Oko Ichiro - Recording Director Okeda Ken-ichi - Director Arakawa Yasunobu - Recording Jammer

Sakuragi Kei - A&R Takeda Kenji - Public Relation Staff Hattori Kentaro - Public Relation Manager Contemporary Production - Design Shindo & Tajjiemax - Photographer Umeyama Hiroko - Stylist Fukuda Michio - Hair, Makeup

Charts

Album

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Japan Oricon Album Chart[1]	4

Single

Year	Title	Chart	Peak position
1993	"The Sun Is My Enemy"	Japan Oricon Singles Chart[2]	15
	"Perfect Rainbow"	Japan Oricon Singles Chart[2]	29
1994	"(You Can't Always Get) What You Want"	Japan Oricon Singles Chart[2]	27
	"Moon Light Story"	Japan Oricon Singles Chart[2]	40

References

1. "Japan: Album positions". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
2. "Japan: singles positions". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-04-20.