Special! Best Mini: 2.5 Maime no Kare
Special! Best Mini ~2.5 Maime no Kare~ | ||||
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EP by Berryz Kobo | ||||
Released | December 7, 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
Genre | J-pop | |||
Length | 22:50 | |||
Label | Piccolo Town | |||
Producer | Tsunku | |||
Berryz Kobo chronology | ||||
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Singles from Special! Best Mini: 2.5 Maime no Kare | ||||
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Music videos | ||||
Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai on YouTube | ||||
Piriri to Yukō! on YouTube | ||||
Special Generation on YouTube | ||||
21ji made no Cinderella on YouTube | ||||
Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai on YouTube | ||||
Special! Best Mini: 2.5 Maime no Kare (スッペシャル!ベストミニ ~2.5枚目の彼~, Supesharu! Besuto Mini ~Ni-ten-go Maime no Kare~) is an extended play CD released by girl idol group Berryz Kobo on December 7, 2005.[1] It is the third of three releases issued by the band in the space of four weeks, along with their second album Dai 2 Seichōki and the ninth single "Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai". "2.5" is pronounced nī ten go.
The EP contains five previously released tracks in the aforementioned ninth single's A-side, plus four earlier single sides. Only one track, "Arigatō! Tomodachi", is exclusive to the EP.
Former band member Maiha Ishimura appears, but is not credited, on tracks 3 to 6.
The album debuted at number 45 in the Oricon Weekly Album chart,[2] remaining in the list for 2 weeks.[1]
Track listing
- Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai
- Arigatō! Tomodachi (ありがとう!おともだち。, "Thank You! Friends.")
- Special Generation (スッペシャル ジェネレ~ション)
- 21ji made no Cinderella (21時までのシンデレラ, "Cinderella Until 9 PM")
- Piriri to Yukō!
- Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai
Personnel
- Saki Shimizu - vocals and band leader
- Momoko Tsugunaga - vocals
- Chinami Tokunaga - vocals
- Miyabi Natsuyaki - vocals
- Maasa Sudo - vocals
- Yurina Kumai - vocals
- Risako Sugaya - vocals
- Maiha Ishimura - vocals (Tracks 3-6, uncredited)
- Yuichi Takahasi - keyboard and MIDI programming, guitar
- Kaoru Kubota - backing vocals
- Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki - keyboard and MIDI programming, guitar
- Hiroaki Takeuchi - chorus
- Koji Makaino - keyboard and MIDI programming
- Shinsuke Suzuki - guitar
- Hideyuki Komatsu - bass
- Horishi Iida - percussion
- Masato Yamao - organ
- Tsunku - backing vocals
- Amazons - backing vocals
- Takao Konishi - keyboard and MIDI programming
- Yasuo Asai - guitar
- Yasushi Sasamoto - bass
- Masanori Suzuki - trumpet
- Yoshinari Takegami - saxophone
- Satoshi Mizota - trombone
- Shoichiro Hirata - keyboard and MIDI programming
- Keiko "Chibi" Furuya - backing vocals
- Akira - guitar, bass, keyboards, MIDI programming, backing vocals
- Nobuyasu Umemoto - recording coordination
- Kazumi Matsui - recording engineer, mix engineer
- Ryo Wakizawa - recording engineer, mix engineer
- Shinnosuke Kobayashi - recording engineer
- Masakazu Kimura - mix engineer
- Naoki Yamada - mix engineer
- Yuji Yamashita - mix engineer
- Tsunku - mix engineer
- Yuichi Ohtsubo - 2nd engineer
- Hirofumi Hiraki - 2nd engineer
- Yōhei Horiuchi - 2nd engineer
- Mitsuko Koike - mastering engineer
Charts
Chart (2005) | Peak position | Sales | |
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First week | Total | ||
Japan (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) | 14 | ||
Japan (Oricon Weekly Albums Chart) | 45[3] | 6,071[2] | 7,072 |
References
- ^ a b "スッペシャル!ベストミニ~2、5枚目の彼~ Berryz工房のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ a b "Oricon CD Album Weekly Ranking - ORICON STYLE Ranking (2005-12-19)" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ "Berryz工房のCDアルバムランキング、Berryz工房のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
External links
- Up-Front Works site entry
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- "Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai"
- "Fighting Pose wa Date ja Nai!"
- "Piriri to Yukō!"
- "Happiness (Kofuku Kangei!)"
- "Koi no Jubaku"
- "Special Generation"
- "Nanchū Koi o Yatterū You Know?"
- "21ji made no Cinderella"
- "Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai"
- "Jiriri Kiteru"
- "Waratchaō yo Boyfriend"
- "Munasawagi Scarlet"
- "Very Beauty"
- "Kokuhaku no Funsui Hiroba"
- "Tsukiatteru no ni Kataomoi"
- "Dschinghis Khan"
- "Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance"
- "Madayade"
- "Dakishimete Dakishimete"
- "Seishun Bus Guide / Rival"
- "Watashi no Mirai no Danna-sama / Ryūsei Boy"
- "Otakebi Boy Wao! / Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda!"
- "Maji Bomber!!"
- "Shining Power"
- "Heroine ni Narō ka!"
- "Ai no Dangan"
- "Ā, Yo ga Akeru"
- "Be Genki (Naseba Naru!)"
- "Cha Cha Sing"
- "Want!"
- "Asian Celebration"
- "Golden Chinatown / Sayonara Usotsuki no Watashi"
- "Motto Zutto Issho ni Itakatta / Rock Érotique"
- "Otona na no yo! / 1oku 3zenman Sō Diet Ōkoku"
- "Ai wa Itsumo Kimi no Naka ni / Futsū, Idol 10nen Yatterannai Desho!?"
- "Romance o Katatte / Towa no Uta"
- 1st Chō Berryz
- Dai 2 Seichōki
- Special! Best Mini: 2.5 Maime no Kare
- 3 Natsu Natsu Mini Berryz
- 4th Ai no Nanchara Shisū
- 5 (Five)
- Berryz Kobo Special Best Vol. 1
- 6th Otakebi Album
- 7 Berryz Times
- Ai no Album 8
- Berryz Mansion 9kai
- Berryz Kobo Special Best Vol. 2
- Kanjuku Berryz Kōbō The Final Completion Box
- "Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku" by Hello! Project Mobekimasu
- "Makeru na Wasshoi!" by Bekimasu
- Berryz Kobo discography
- Aa!
- Buono!
- Cute
- Hello! Project
- Hello! Project Kids
- Morning Musume
- Angerme (S/mileage)
- Tsunku
- ZYX