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Musicians
 | Ayumi Hamasaki bvoc, *1978 JP words by, album by |
 | Naoto Suzuki , arranged by, keyboards |
 | Naoki Hayashibe g, *1965 JP guitar |
| Takahiro Iida , programmed by |
 | CMJK , *1967 JP arranged by, programmed by, guitar |
 | Chiharu Mikuzuki b, JP bass |
| Shojiro Konishi , drums |
 | Shigekazu Aida g, JP guitar, additional |
 | Yuta Saito , piano |
 | Ittetsu Gen Strings , strings |
 | HAL , arranged by, programmed by, guitar |
 | Hikari , *1973 JP arranged by, programmed by, guitar |
 | Takehito Shimizu g, guitar |
 | Junichi Matsuda , arranged by |
 | Naoto Takahashi vn, arranged by, strings |
 | Tasuku g, arranged by, programmed by, guitar |
 | Tomu Tamada dr, *1975 JP drums |
 | Mayuko Maruyama key, JP programmed by, additional |
 | Shingo Kobayashi key, *1958 JP arranged by, addtional backing vocals, piano, arranged by, additional backing vocals |
 | Nobuo Eguchi dr, drums |
 | Chokkaku , *1961 JP arranged by, programmed by, guitar, keyboards |
 | Yuta Nakano , arranged by, programmed by, arranged by, strings |
| KZB , arranged by, programmed by |
 | Kazuhito Kikuchi eg, acg, music by, guitar |
 | Enrique dr, bass |
 | Tetsu Mukaiyama dr, perc, *1955 JP drums |
 | Yoshio Nomura , guitar |
Producers
| Kentaro Furusawa a&r |
| Shinichi Hara art direction, design |
| Tomokazu Suzuki design |
| Brian Gardner mastered by |
| Koji Morimoto mixed by |
| Noriki Inada mixed by |
| Satoshi Kumasaka mixed by |
| Shojiro Watanabe mixed by |
| Yasuo Matsumoto mixed by |
| Kazuyoshi Shimomura photography by |
| Satoko Mitomi photography by, assistant |
| Max Matsuura producer |
| Junko Hirotani backing vocals, additional |
| Yoko Yamazaki backing vocals, additional |
| Kaori Nishina backing vocals, additional |
| D.A.I. Chorus Family backing vocals, additional |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Dearest | Ayumi Hamasaki | 5:35 | |
| 2 | | Carols | Ayumi Hamasaki | 5:31 | |
| 3 | | No Way To Say | Ayumi Hamasaki | 4:43 | |
| 4 | | Hanabi | Ayumi Hamasaki | 4:55 | |
| 5 | | Walking Proud | Ayumi Hamasaki | 5:16 | |
| 6 | | Free & Easy | Ayumi Hamasaki | 5:00 | |
| 7 | | Endless Sorrow | Ayumi Hamasaki | 5:28 | |
| 8 | | Because Of You | Ayumi Hamasaki | 5:22 | |
| 9 | | About You | Ayumi Hamasaki | 4:01 | |
| 10 | | Game | Ayumi Hamasaki | 4:15 | |
| 11 | | Is This Love? | Ayumi Hamasaki | 4:55 | |
| 12 | | Hanabi ~Episode II~ | Ayumi Hamasaki | 4:56 | |
| 13 | | Never Ever | Ayumi Hamasaki | 4:44 | |
| 14 | | Heaven | Ayumi Hamasaki | 4:21 | |
| 15 | Part Of Me | Ayumi Hamasaki | 4:29 | ||
| 16 | Memorial Address | Ayumi Hamasaki | 3:50 |
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