So Beast is the first Japanese album from the South Korean boy group Beast. It was released in Japan on August 10, 2011 in 3 formats: A CD+DVD A coming with a DVD, 72-page photobook, 22-page lyric booklet and comes in a digipak with a sleeve over it, CD+DVD B comes with a DVD with different contents and a 32-page photobook and CD only just featuring a lyric booklet and its CD. It contains 12 tracks, some tracks in Korean and some tracks are Japanese versions from their previously released albums. It ranked no. 3 in Oricon's Weekly albums chart with 50,819 copies sold in the first week.
Composition The album includes Japanese versions of songs which were previously released in Korean. Most notably, "Fiction" and "Fiction (Orchestra Version)" from their first full album "Fiction and Fact", "Mystery" on the EP "Beast Is the B2ST" and also their first two Japanese singles "Shock" and "Bad Girl". It also includes a few Korean songs.
Singles The first single from the album (and also their debut in Japan) is a Japanese version of the song "Shock". It was released on March 16, 2011, and ranked no. 2 in Oricon's Weekly chart. It sold more than 56,000 copies.
The second single from the album is a Japanese version of the song "Bad Girl", which is also their debut single in South Korea. It was released on June 15, 2011, and ranked no. 3 in Oricon's Weekly chart. At that date, it sold more than 50,000 copies.
Track listing
The song "Rainbow" is a Korean remake of the song "Niji" by Masaharu Fukuyama.
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2011) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 3 South Korean Albums (Gaon) 28 South Korean International Albums (Gaon) 5
Year-end charts Chart (2011) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 87 South Korean International Albums (Gaon) 36
Chart (2012) Position South Korean International Albums (Gaon) 90
Release history Country Date Format Label Japan August 10, 2011 Digital download, CD Far Eastern Tribe Records South Korea October 24, 2011 Cube Entertainment
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