"O"-Jung.Ban.Hap. | ||||
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Released | September 29, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Studio | SM Digital Recording Studio (Seoul) | |||
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Length | 43:50 | |||
Language | Korean | |||
Label | SM | |||
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Singles from "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap. | ||||
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"O"-Jung.Ban.Hap. (stylized as "O"-正.反.合.), sometimes referred to as "O"-Union or just O, is the third Korean studio album (fourth overall) by South Korean boy group TVXQ, released through SM Entertainment on September 29, 2006. In a year when Korean music sales had slumped, it was the highest selling album in South Korea in 2006 and won the group several prominent awards in South Korea.[1] The album stayed charted within the top 50 throughout 2007, and sold over 480,000 copies in South Korea by 2022.
The album's name "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap, literally translated to "O"-Justice.Opposition.Solution, is based on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's theory of thesis, antithesis, synthesis. The album's lead single of the same name has lyrics that regard global conflicts with a plea for peace and resistance. The album contains a balance of fast tempo songs and ballads.