The Shinee World(stylized asThe SHINee WORLD) is the first studio album recorded by South Korean boy bandShinee.It was released on August 28, 2008, underSM Entertainment.The album includes the lead single "Love Like Oxygen",the promotional single" The Shinee World (Doo-Bop) ", and debut song"Replay",previously released as the lead single from the EPof the same name.[1][2]On October 29, 2008, the album was re-released under the titleAmigowith three additional tracks.
For their first studio album, Shinee showed a more mature and masculine image compared to their debut concept. While the group maintained their characteristic style of high-top sneakers and skinny jeans, they sported darker colors for the promotional cycle, unlike the colorful fashion worn at debut.[3]Many top producers and songwriters such asYoo Young-jin,KenzieandWheesungparticipated in the production of the album. It includes 12 songs with different genres such as R&B, urban and pop. The lead single "Love Like Oxygen" is a remake of a song by DanishX FactorwinnerMartin Hoberg Hedegaard,originally titled "Show the World". It features a disco-based funky rhythm that is reminiscent ofMichael Jacksonand a drum pattern that commonly appears in American R&B music. The lyrics were written byYoung-hu Kim,the lyricist of "Replay" —they compare changes in love to ice, water, and oxygen in order to express the pain of letting go of someone.[1]Yoo Young-jin's song "The Shinee World (Doo-Bop)" is characterized by a powerful beat and melody.Jonghyun's first solo "Hyeya (Y Si Fuera Ella)" is a cover of "Y, ¿Si Fuera Ella?",originally sung by the Spanish singer-songwriterAlejandro Sanzin 1997.[4]"One for Me" is an urban R&B style song written by Wheesung.[5]
The Shinee Worldwas released on August 28, 2008.[1]With "Love Like Oxygen", the group took first place onM Countdownon September 18, 2008, which brought them their first win on aSouth Korean music showsince debut.[6]The single also topped several South Korean online music charts and received positive reviews.[7]
On October 29, 2008, the album was reissued under the titleAmigowith three additional tracks: the title track, a Korean cover ofCinema Bizarre's "Forever or Never"and a plugged version of" Love Should Go On ". In addition to meaning" friend "in Spanish," Amigo "(아.미.고;a.mi.go) is a shortened version of the Korean phrase "You will suffer if you love the beautifulness" (아름다운 미녀를 좋아하면 고생한다;areumdaun minyeoreul joahamyeon gosaenghanda).[8]"Amigo" was choreographed byMisha Gabriel,an American dancer, choreographer, and actor.[9]
The album was commercially successful in South Korea; it debuted at number three on the MIAK monthly music chart, selling 30,000 copies.[10][11]Since its release,The Shinee Worldhas sold over 80,000 copies.[12]The album was awarded Newcomer Album of the Year at the23rd Golden Disc Awardsin 2008.[13]
"Best Place" contains asamplefrom "Hope", a track fromConstruction Urban Flavacompilation series, which itself samples "One for U", as written and performed byDJ Okawari.
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^"샤이니, 22일 정규 1집 '산소 같은 너' 음원 선공개"[Shinee to pre-release "Love Like Oxygen" from their first full album on the 22nd].Star News(in Korean). August 20, 2008.Archivedfrom the original on February 14, 2009.RetrievedJanuary 19,2009.
^Kim Hyung-woo; Kim Myung-shin (August 25, 2008)."샤이니, 28일 정규 1집 'The SHINee World' 발표로 활동 돌입"[Shinee's first full-length album 'The Shinee World' will be released on the 28th].Joins(in Korean). Archived fromthe originalon September 3, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 19,2009.
^Kim Hyung-woo (October 26, 2008)."샤이니, 데뷔 4개월만에 첫 1위 '눈물 펑펑'"[Shinee wins first place four months after debut, sheds tears].Joins(in Korean). Archived fromthe originalon March 27, 2012.RetrievedJanuary 19,2009.
^Lee Seung-woo (September 5, 2009).'떳다 샤이니, 무서운 기세로 고공행진'[Shinee, flying high with terrifying momentum] (in Korean). Nate via Chosun. Archived fromthe originalon September 3, 2016.RetrievedSeptember 3,2016.
