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{{Infobox album
| name = The First Question Award
| type = studio
| artist = [[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]]
| cover = The First Question Award cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1994|02|25}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Shibuya-kei]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4152186-a-beginners-guide--shibuya-kei|title=A Beginner's Guide: Shibuya Kei|website=[[Drowned in Sound]]|date=December 29, 2018|access-date=December 11, 2020|last=Rosean|first=Samuel|archive-date=June 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618084829/https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4152186-a-beginners-guide--shibuya-kei|url-status=dead}}</ref>|[[orchestral pop]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/return-to-the-planet-of-cornelius/|title=Return to the Planet of Cornelius|magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|date=August 4, 2016|access-date=December 11, 2020|last=Lindsay|first=Cam}}</ref>}}
| length = {{duration|m=52|s=08}}
| label = [[Trattoria Records|Trattoria]]
| producer = [[Cornelius (musician)|Keigo Oyamada]]
| prev_title = [[Holidays in the Sun (EP)|Holidays in the Sun]]
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = [[69/96]]
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The First Question Award
| type = studio
| single1 = The Sun Is My Enemy
| single1date = September 1, 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27220/products/207648/1/|title=太陽は僕の敵 {{!}} CORNELIUS|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=December 11, 2020|language=ja}}</ref>
| single2 = Perfect Rainbow
| single2date = November 10, 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27220/products/207666/1/|title=PERFECT RAINBOW {{!}} CORNELIUS|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=December 11, 2020|language=ja}}</ref>
| single3 = (You Can't Always Get) What You Want
| single3date = January 26, 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27220/products/207678/1/|title=ホワット・ユー・ウォント {{!}} CORNELIUS|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=December 11, 2020|language=ja}}</ref>
| single4 = Moon Light Story
| single4date = June 25, 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27220/products/207697/1/|title=Moon Light Story {{!}} CORNELIUS|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=December 11, 2020|language=ja}}</ref>
}}{{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = The First Question Award alt cover.jpg
| alt =
| caption = LP edition
}}
}}

{{Nihongo|'''''The First Question Award'''''|ザ・ファースト・クエスチョン・アワード}} is the debut solo [[studio album]] by Japanese musician [[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]]. It was released on February 25, 1994 by [[Trattoria Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27220/products/206308/1/|title=the first question award {{!}} CORNELIUS|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=December 11, 2020|language=ja}}</ref>

''The First Question Award'' peaked at number four on the [[Oricon Albums Chart]].<ref name=oricon/> Four singles were released from the album, all of which reached the top 40 on the [[Oricon Singles Chart]]: "The Sun Is My Enemy" (number 15), "Perfect Rainbow" (number 29), "(You Can't Always Get) What You Want" (number 27), and "Moon Light Story" (number 40).<ref>{{cite book|title=Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|last=Okamoto|first=Satoshi|publisher=[[Oricon]]|year=2006|isbn=978-4-87131-077-2}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Cornelius (musician)|Keigo Oyamada]]
| title1 = The Sun Is My Enemy
| length1 = 5:47
| title2 = (You Can't Always Get) What You Want
| length2 = 4:00
| title3 = Silent Snow Stream
| length3 = 6:32
| title4 = Perfect Rainbow
| length4 = 4:21
| title5 = Bad Moon Rising
| length5 = 5:28
| title6 = Cannabis
| length6 = 4:37
| title7 = Raise Your Hand Together
| length7 = 6:01
| title8 = The Back Door to Heaven
| length8 = 6:27
| title9 = Theme from First Question Award
| length9 = 1:11
| title10 = The Love Parade
| length10 = 3:34
| title11 = Moon Light Story
| length11 = 4:10
| total_length = 52:08
}}

==Personnel==
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The First Question Award|others=[[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]]|publisher=[[Trattoria Records]]|year=1994|id=Menu.29|type=liner notes}}</ref>

* [[Cornelius (musician)|Keigo Oyamada]] – vocals, guitar, [[arrangement]]

'''Additional musicians ("Cornelius Rock 'n' Roll Orchestral Circus")'''
{{div col}}
* Toshio Araki – trumpet (tracks 1, 7)
* Asa-Chang – percussion (track 4)
* Aska Strings – strings (tracks 5, 7, 10, 11)
* Shigeo Fuchino – saxophone, flute (tracks 5, 6)
* [[Masato Honda]] – saxophone (track 9)
* Riki Imanari – synthesizer operation
* Daisuke Kawai – keyboards (tracks 2, 4–6, 9–11)
* Masahiro Kobayashi – trumpet (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8–11)
* Daisaku Kume – keyboards (tracks 1, 3, 7)
* Osamu Matsumoto – trombone (tracks 5, 6, 8)
* Mecken – bass (tracks 2, 5, 7, 9)
* Toyoaki Mishima – synthesizer
* [[Maki Nomiya]] – vocals (track 10)
* Mami Otomo – vocals (track 4)
* Masakuni Takeno – saxophone, flute (tracks 5–7)
* Yoshié Toda – drums, percussion
* Hitoshi Watanabe – bass (tracks 4, 6, 10, 11)
* Nobuo Yagi – harmonica (track 4)
* Hisashi Yoshinaga – saxophone, flute (tracks 6, 9)
{{div col end}}

'''Production'''
{{div col}}
* Keigo Oyamada – [[record producer|production]]
* Yasunobu Arakawa – [[sound recording and reproduction|recording]] jammer
* Osamu Hirose – [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] (tracks 5, 9)
* Yoshiaki Katou – coordination
* Yuka Koizumi – [[mastering (audio)|mastering]]
* Ken Makimura – [[executive producer|executive production]]
* Tatsuhiko Mori – mixing (track 6)
* Ken-Ichi Okeda – direction
* Ichiro Oka – recording direction
* Tohru Takayama – mixing (tracks 1–4, 7, 8, 10, 11)
* Zin Yoshida – mixing (track 1)
{{div col end}}

'''Design'''
{{div col}}
* Contemporary Production – design
* Michio Fukuda – [[hairdresser|hair]], [[make-up artist|makeup]]
* Shindo & Tajjiemax – photography
* Hiroko Umeyama – styling
{{div col end}}

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
!scope="col"| Chart (1994)
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"| Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name=oricon>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/27220/ranking/cd_album/|title=CORNELIUSのアルバム売り上げランキング|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=December 11, 2020|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304092827/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/27220/ranking/cd_album/|archive-date=March 4, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 4
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|95941|The First Question Award}}
* {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=e90b1a98-3aa7-3c81-83df-7044c662c3b6|name=The First Question Award}}

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[[Category:1990s Japanese-language albums]]

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