- Sexy 8 Beat
Infobox Album
Name = Sexy 8 Beat
Type = studio
Artist =Morning Musume
Caption = Front cover of regular edition.
Released =March 21 ,2007 (JP)April 27 ,2007 (TW)
Recorded =
Genre =Japanese pop
Length = 48:15
Label =Zetima Records (JP)
EPCE-5458~9 (CD+DVD)
EPCE-5460 (regular edition)Forward Music (TW)
07-20482 (CD+DVD)
07-20482-1 (regular edition)
Producer =Tsunku
Reviews = *MotokoAoyama.com Rating|5|5 [http://www.motokoaoyama.com/2007/03/25/review-morning-musume-sexy-8-beat/ link]
Last album = "7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! "
(EP)
(2006)
This album = "Sexy 8 Beat"
(2007)
Next album =
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Limited edition with DVD
Type = studio
Lower caption = Front cover of limited edition."Sexy 8 Beat" is the eighth studio album by the
J-pop idol groupMorning Musume . It is the first album to feature 8th generation memberAika Mitsui and the last full-length studio release to feature 4th generation memberHitomi Yoshizawa as the group's leader and 6th generation memberMiki Fujimoto as both the group's subleader. [cite web | url= http://www.up-front-works.jp/discography/zetima/29/a_17/index.html | title= Up-Front Works: Sexy 8 Beat information page | accessdate= 2007-03-01 | language= Japanese] The album was released onMarch 21 ,2007 .The album features the band's previous four singles "
Aruiteru " (which also appeared on the EP "7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! " in December 2006), "Egao Yes Nude ", "Sexy Boy ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~ " and "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan ". Also, as with "Rainbow 7 " and "7.5 Fuyu Fuyu...", tracks by four different sub-factions of the group are featured, including a solo track by Yoshizawa and the third pairing of Sayumi Michishige and Koharu Kusumi as their alter-egos "Shige-pinku" and "Koha-pinku" (first established on "Rainbow 7"' s "Rainbow Pink").The limited edition of the album includes a DVD; a bonus CD was also rumored for this edition but never materialized. [cite web | url= http://ikimasshoi.jphip.net/index.php/2007/02/23/sexy-8-beat-starts-the-pimping/ | title= Ikimasshoi: Sexy 8 Beat starts the pimping | date=
2007-02-23 | accessdate= 2007-02-25]Track listing
All songs are written and composed by
Tsunku .
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#* "Performed byEri Kamei andAika Mitsui ."
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#* "Performed byHitomi Yoshizawa with Morning Musume."
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#* "Performed byAi Takahashi ,Miki Fujimoto ,Risa Niigaki , andReina Tanaka ."
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#* "Performed bySayumi Michishige andKoharu Kusumi ."
#Bonus DVD (Limited edition only)
Tracks 2 and 3 on the DVD were recorded live at Hello! Project's 2007 Winter Wonderful Hearts Otome Gokoro concert.
#nihongo|Egao Yes Nude (Close-up Ver.)|笑顔Yesヌード (Close-up Ver.)
#nihongo|Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan |Ambitious!野心的でいいじゃん
#Do it! Now Musical personnel
Vocals *
Hitomi Yoshizawa – except tracks 5, 9 and 10
*Ai Takahashi – except tracks 5 and 10
*Risa Niigaki – except tracks 5 and 10
*Miki Fujimoto – except tracks 5 and 10
*Eri Kamei – except tracks 9 and 10
*Sayumi Michishige – except tracks 5 and 9
*Reina Tanaka – except tracks 5 and 10
*Koharu Kusumi – except tracks 5 and 9
*Aika Mitsui – except tracks 2, 6, 7, 8 and 10
*Asami Konno – tracks 6 and 7, uncredited
*Makoto Ogawa – tracks 6 and 7, uncredited
*Tsunku – chorus (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11)
*Hiroaki Takeuchi – chorus (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, and 11)
* Chino – chorals (tracks 5 and 9)
= Arrangers =*
Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki – tracks 1 and 2; programming andguitar
*Shōichirō Hirata – track 3; programming
*Hiroshi Matsui – track 4 and 11; programming andkeyboards
*Yuichi Takahashi – tracks 5 and 6; programming and guitar
*Kōichi Yuasa – track 7; programming
* – track 8; programming
*Takashi Morio – track 9; programming
*Shunsuke Suzuki – track 10; programming and guitarInstruments
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Yoshinari Takejō –tenor saxophone (track 2)
* Kōji – guitar (tracks 7 and 9)
*Akio Suzuki –saxophone (track 11)
*Kōichi Korenaga – guitar (tracks 4 and 11)Oricon Rank and SalesTotal sales: 31,819*
References
External links
* [http://www.up-front-works.jp/discography/zetima/29/a_17/index.html Sexy 8 Beat] entry at Up-Front Works official website
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