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label (catalog number Virus 313). The line-up is credited as Kirilola (previously known as Kirilo), Chapple and Keikos. Zorek is only on the front cover of the album but played on the tour, after Keikos departed. Some tracks feature previous band members Fuzuki (drums). Keikos later returned to the band after Zorek departed. As usual, the album was produced by the band's mentor and collaborator,

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Track listing

# "E-SA-YA" (Lyrics: Kirilola / Music: Kirilola,

) – 5:24 # "Hettakorii no Ottokotou" (Lyrics: Kirilola / Music: Kamiyama, Kirilola) – 5:13 # "Pretty You Ugly" (Lyrics: Fuzuki, Kirilola, Keikos / Music: Kamiyama, Kirilola) – 3:57 # "Pujeva" (Lyrics: Kirilola / Music: Kamiyama) – 4:47 # "New Pulse" (Lyrics: Kirilola / Music: Kamiyama) – 3:47 # "Venus vs. Gas Onna" (Lyrics: Kirilola, Keikos / Music: Kamiyama) – 4:35 # "Rocket Keronian" (Lyrics: Kirilola, Keikos / Music: Kamiyama, Kirilola) – 4:29 # "Resonance" (Lyrics: Kirilola / Music: Kamiyama) – 5:37 # "Endangered Species" (Music: Kamiyama) – 0:39 # "Dodo" (Lyrics: Kirilola / Music: Kamiyama) – 3:35 # "The Letter from Mr. Triscuits" (Lyrics: Kirilola / Music: Kamiyama) – 7:34

Personnel

* Kirilola –

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synthesizer. * Chapple – vocals,

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. * Zorek – front cover photo * Keikos – vocals, guitar. * Fuzuki – vocals (1, 3, 4), drums. *

– Digital President, ass hole box, slide geisha, scum tape from the garbage, okama belcanto, gram pot. * Steve Eto –

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(1). * Yoshihiko Eida –

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(1). * Midori Eida – violin (1). * Yuji Yamada – violin (1). * Yoshihiko Maeda –

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(1).

Production

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. * Yoshiaki Kondo –

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and mixing at GOK Sound Studio, Tokyo. * Masayo Takise – mastering at M's Disc, Tokyo. * GORO –

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. * Miki Ishida –

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. * Fumio Takanezawa – Frog King design. * Renge – Frog King manufacture. * Yukalin, Miho, Renge, Dake-chan, Naomi –

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