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. The album peaked at No. 140 on

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Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Yoichi Tanoue, except track 1 by Shigeru Sakura and Tanoue, track 7 by F.A.B., and track 9 by Naoki Endō.

Personnel

*Queen.M – Lead vocals *Z.Z.T. – All instruments (except where indicated) with *Yoichi Tanoue – Guitar (2, 7, 11) *

– Guitar (2, 10) *

– Guitar (3) *

– Guitar (4) *

– Guitar (5) *Toru Meki – Guitar (6) *

– Guitar (8) * Masayoshi Yamashita – Bass (2–3) *Mr. Crowley – Bass (4, 7–8) *Tatsuhiro Yoshida – Bass (6) *Hirotsugu Homma – Drums (2–3) *Jumping Frog – all instruments (9) *Kohta Yoshizawa – Chorus (11)

Charts

References

External links

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