Seo Taiji and Boys (album)


Seo Taiji and Boys is the debut studio album by Korean musical group Seo Taiji and Boys. The album brought the group major success, which would continue through the band's next three albums and even frontman Seo Taiji's solo career. With over 1.8 million copies sold, it is one of the best-selling albums in South Korea. It spawned Taiji's first big hit and now signature song, "Nan Arayo".

Reception

Seo Taiji and Boys won a Golden Disc Award for "Nan Arayo" in 1992.
In April 1996, Billboard reported that the album had sold over 1.6 million copies.
The album has sold over 1.8 million copies.
Kyunghyang Shinmun ranked the album number 24 on its 2007 list of the Top 100 Pop Albums.
Spin named "Nan Arayo" number 4 on their 2012 list of the 21 Greatest K-Pop Songs of All Time.
Mnet chose "Nan Arayo" as the number 1 song on their 2014 countdown Legend 100 Songs, a list of the most influential songs in Korean pop music history.
In 2015, Rolling Stone named the same song number 36 on its list of the 50 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time.

2007 Rerelease

The album was released in a special 15th Anniversary Edition with bonus tracks in 2007, which includes live tracks and remixes, as well as the video mix of Nan Arayo.
The 2007 edition is also available internationally in digital form through venues such as Amazon and iTunes, with official English titles used by the Seotaiji Company. However, in international territories, the digital version does not include Rock 'n Roll Dance in either its original or remixed form, due to licensing issues with using samples from AC/DC's "Back in Black".

Track listing

English titles are based on the official translations provided by the Seotaiji Company for international markets.

Personnel