Deulgukhwa 1st Album 들국화 1집
1985. 09. 10
Side A
1. 행진 / Parade
2. 그것만이 내 세상 / That's Only My World
3. 세계로 가는 기차 / The Train to the World
4. 더 이상 내게 / No More to Me
5. 축복합니다 / Blessing You
Side B
1. 사랑일 뿐이야 / It Is Just Love
2. 매일 그대와 / Everyday With You
3. 오후만 있던 일요일 / Sunday with Only Afternoon
4. 아침이 밝아올 때까지 / Until the Morning Becomes Bright
5. 우리의 소원 / Our Wish
"Deulgukhwa" means a wild camomile in Korea. Their first debut album, which is going to be introduced with this post, was awarded in the 1st place on 100 best Korean pop albums. After they made their first album, as it has been sold for about one million copies, Deulgukhwa made not only a huge economic success, but also tremendous influence on 'major stream' of Korean pop music.
The reason why their first debut album has been considered as one of the legendary albums of Korea is because this album has not only featured the tracks with perfect quality, but also made a significant cornerstone on Korean pop music industry. By 1980s, as most of them haven't made a huge success, rock music in Korea have been regarded as minority. However, after this debut album of Deulgukhwa has national-widely become famous, finally Korean rock music could cast away from underground.
They made immense influence on Korean pop history, not just because of a economic success, as mentioned, because of their own distinctive music style too. With shouting vocal and guitars, which sound trying to appeal to listeners, they could successfully represent resistance against the era of dictatorship in 1980s. Considering the time period when this album was published, the album also encouraged most people at that time, with positive messages featured in this album. One of the most well-known track, Parade (행진) shows this special 'appealing' characteristic of the album very well as the lyric of the song insists that even though we have bad memories and unknown futures, we should do marching. Also, their songs rejoin two different styles very well which can be represented by sharp and 'shouting' sound by the vocalist, Jeon Ingwon(전인권) with tendered and calm sound of piano and bass.
Considering all the things above, it is evident that this album deserves to be considered as the best album on the history of Korean pop music.
Considering all the things above, it is evident that this album deserves to be considered as the best album on the history of Korean pop music.
(Deulgukhwa - 그것만이 내 세상 / That's Only My World)
Album Cover
Maniadb (http://www.maniadb.com/)
References
Naver Music (http://music.naver.com/todayMusic/index.nhn?startDate=20081227)
Weiv (http://weiv.co.kr/review_view.html?code=album&num=1955)
Maniadb (hhttp://www.maniadb.com/album.asp?a=121188, http://www.maniadb.com/artist.asp?p=103419)
Wikipedia (http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%95%ED%83%9C%EC%B6%98, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Democracy_Movement)
Maniadb (http://www.maniadb.com/)
References
Naver Music (http://music.naver.com/todayMusic/index.nhn?startDate=20081227)
Weiv (http://weiv.co.kr/review_view.html?code=album&num=1955)
Maniadb (hhttp://www.maniadb.com/album.asp?a=121188, http://www.maniadb.com/artist.asp?p=103419)
Wikipedia (http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%95%ED%83%9C%EC%B6%98, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Democracy_Movement)
Excellent blog! A friend told me about this group and said they were very good. I couldn't agree more! The album has a good blend of rock songs and ballads. Have you heard their other albums? I plan to get them soon.
답글삭제