| Outside Castle | ||||
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| Released | September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29) | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Studio | SM Digital Recording Studios, Seoul | |||
| Genre | K-pop | |||
| Length | 59:15 | |||
| Language | Korean | |||
| Label | SM | |||
| H.O.T. chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Outside Castle | ||||
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Outside Castle is the fifth and final studio album by South Korean boy group H.O.T., released on through SM Entertainment on September 29, 2000.[1] The album spawned three singles: the title track "Outside Castle", "We Can Do It", and "A Song For a Lady".
Outside Castle debuted at number one on the MIAK monthly album chart and sold nearly 880,000 copies in 2000, and was the year's fifth best-selling album. The single "Outside Castle" won Best Popular Music Video (Daesang) at the 2000 Mnet Music Video Festivalโthe group's second consecutive win in the category.
Background
[edit]The proportion of self-composed songs, which had been gradually increasing, reached 100% for the album as all of the record's tracks were written or produced by the group members.
Commercial performance
[edit]On September 25, 2000, SM Entertainment revealed that the album received over 800,000 pre-orders, with sales expected to surpass โฉ3 billion within the month.[2] Released physically on October 2, the album debuted at number one on the monthly MIAK album charts for October with sales of over 840,000 copies.[3] MIAK ranked Outside Castle the fifth best-selling album of 2000 with nearly 880,000 copies sold.[4]
Accolades
[edit]| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mnet Music Video Festival | 2000 | Best Popular Music Video (Daesang) | Won | [5] |
| Best Male Group | Nominated | |||
| Best Dance Performance | Nominated |
| Program | Date |
|---|---|
| Inkigayo | October 22, 2000 |
| October 29, 2000 | |
| November 5, 2000 | |
| Music Camp | October 28, 2000 |
| November 4, 2000 | |
| November 11, 2000 | |
| Music Bank | November 9, 2000 |
| November 16, 2000 | |
| November 23, 2000 |
Promotion and live performances
[edit]2001 H.O.T. Live Concert
[edit]H.O.T. held their second concert at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium titled the "2001 H.O.T. Live Concert โ H.O.T. Forever". The concert took place on February 27, 2001, and attracted 45,000 fans.[6] A live album recording of the concert was released on April 27, 2001, which sold 138,616 copies.[7]
- Setlist
- "I Yah!"
- "Git It Up!" / "You Got Gun"
- Opening Ment
- "It's Been Raining Since You Left Me" / "Delight"
- "N.B.K. (Natural Born Killer)"
- "Time Will Tell"
- "Livin' La Vida Loca" (Tony solo)
- "Only You" (Kangta solo)
- "Right Here Waiting" (Kangta solo)
- "Full of Happiness" (with fan) (Kangta solo)
- "Let It Be" (Kangta solo)
- "Persia Black Hole ((Moon Hee-joon solo)
- "A Song For a Lady"
- "We Are the Future" / "OP.T (Operation Takeover)"
- "Scratch Show" (Woohyuk solo)
- "Good-bye For the Last" (with Tony) (Woohyuk solo)
- "Full of Happiness" / "Hope"
- "My Mother"
- Closing Ment
- "You & I"
- "We Can Do It"
- "Outside Castle"
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Outside Castle" | Moon Hee-joon | Moon Hee-joon |
| 5:23 |
| 2. | "Delight" (์ ๋น; Sinbi) | Kangta | Kangta | Kangta | 3:51 |
| 3. | "We Can Do It!" (๊ทธ๋! ๊ทธ๋ ๊ฒ!; Geulae! Geuleohge!) | Kangta | Kangta | Kangta | 4:05 |
| 4. | "My Mother" | Jang Woo-hyuk |
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| 3:49 |
| 5. | "Pray for You" (๊ฟ์ ๊ธฐ๋; Kkum-ui gido) | Kangta | Kangta | Kangta | 4:47 |
| 6. | "Wish of a Blue Bird" (ํ๋์์ ์์; Palangsaeui sowon) | Moon Hee-joon | Moon Hee-joon | Moon Hee-joon | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Time Will Tell" |
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| Lee Jae-won | 4:21 |
| 8. | "One Last Love" | Tony Ahn |
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| 3:35 |
| 9. | "Good-bye for the Last" (Goodbye ์ด์ ; Goodbye Ijen; lit. 'Goodbye For Now') | Jang Woo-hyuk |
| Jang Woo-hyuk | 4:16 |
| 10. | "A Song For Lady" (์ฐ๊ฐ) | Moon Hee-joon | Moon Hee-joon |
| 4:20 |
| 11. | "Illusion" | Kangta | Kangta | Kangta | 4:44 |
| 12. | "Natural Born Killer" | Tony Ahn | Tony Ahn |
| 3:43 |
| 13. | "Abandoned Children" (๋ฒ๋ ค์ง ์์ด๋ค; Beolyeojin aideul) | Lee Jae-won | Lee Jae-won | Lee Jae-won | 4:46 |
| 14. | "Always My Love" (๋ ์ง๊ธ์ฒ๋ผ; Neul jigeumcheoleom) | Kangta | Kangta | Kangta | 4:00 |
| Total length: | 59:15 | ||||
Credits and personnel
[edit]Credits are adapted from the album's booklet.[8]
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Charts
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Monthly charts[edit]
Year-end charts[edit]
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Sales[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ "HOT, 5์ง 'Outside Castle'๋ฐํโฆ์ปด๋ฐฑ" [HOT announces 5th album 'Outside Castle'...comeback]. Kookmin Ilbo (in Korean). Naver. September 27, 2000. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ "[์ฆ์๋ฃจ๋จธ์ถ์ ] ์์ค์ "HOT ์ ์๋ฐ 28์ผ ๋ฐ๋งค"" [[Stock market rumor tracking] SM 'HOT new album released on the 28th']. Money Today (in Korean). Naver. September 25, 2000. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ a b 2000.10์ โ ๊ฐ์ ์๋ฐ ํ๋งค๋ [2000.10 โ Sales volume] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on June 16, 2007. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ a b c 2000๋ ๊ฐ์์๋ฐํ๋งค๋ [2000 Album Sales Figures] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on May 16, 2007. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ "[๋จ์ ] ๋ฎค์ง๋น๋์ค ์ต์ฐ์์ '์์๋์' ๅค". Kukmin Ilbo (in Korean). Naver. November 26, 2000. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "HOT ์ ์ค์ฃผ๊ฒฝ๊ธฐ์ฅ์ ๊ณต์ฐ" [HOT Performance at Jamsil Main Stadium]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Naver. February 27, 2001. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ 2001.์๋ฐ๊ธฐ โ ๊ฐ์ ์๋ฐ ํ๋งค๋ [The first half of 2001 Album Sales]. Recording Industry Association Korea. Archived from the original on June 16, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ H.O.T. (2000). Outside Castle (Liner notes โ from Korean Wikipedia). South Korea: SM Entertainment.
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