''Remember'' is the second Korean studio album by South Korean boy band

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, released by

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on November 5, 2008.Big Bang 2nd album release; new MV: Sunset Glow
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, served as the title track for the album.Teaser to Big Bang 2nd album 'Remember'
. ''K Bites''. October 20, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2010. During the 2008 KBS Music Festival, BigBang performed the hit together with Lee Moon-sae. " Strong Baby",

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's solo track, was released as the second single. The music video was released January 1, 2009.Strong Baby MV released
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a month later, the album received the Best Album Award.

Promotion

Two music videos from the album were released for "Sunset Glow" and "Strong Baby." "Sunset Glow" was promoted with the entire group, while member Seungri performed "Strong Baby" solo.Big Bang Seung Ri's first solo act
. ''AllKpop''. December 29, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2010. The music video for "Sunset Glow" was filmed at various locations in

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, along the west coast, with the BigBang members spreading the message "Let's go West!" throughout the video.빅뱅, 태안의 '붉은노을' 담았다
한국경제신문. November 5, 2008. At the time, the Taean region was recovering from the ecological and economic effects the

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had on what used to be an abundant fishing industry and scenic beach tourism destination.South Korea faces 'sea of oil'
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Commercial performance

On the year-end Hanteo albums charts for 2008, ''Remember'' was ranked as the 4th best-selling album in South Korea with sales of cover 135,000 copies on the chart. In April 2010, the album along with several of BigBang's other releases re-charted on the

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, with ''Remember'' peaking at number 5 on the weekly chart and number 19 on the monthly issue.

Accolades

Track listing

Sample credits *"Oh. Ah. Oh." contains samples from

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*"Sunset Glow" contains samples from "Sunset Glow" by

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Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

References

External links

Big Bang Official website
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