is the eleventh studio album by Japanese girl group

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. The album was released on December 1, 2010, in a normal and limited edition, the first press of the normal edition coming with a photocard, and the limited edition coming with a bonus DVD (containing solo shots of each member for the " Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game" PV, and the graduation announcement) and a different cover. The album, their second album release in less than a year, was the last to feature sixth-generation member

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and eighth-generation members Junjun and

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prior to their December 15 graduation.

Writing and development

The album's concept, as stated by writer and producer

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, is "a mixture of fantasy and reality". The album's songs represent various genres, from rock and pop to Motown. The opening song, "Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game", is described as the "prologue" to the album. The album features two solos: "Ai no Honō", performed by

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, and "Denwa de ne", performed by

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. While these are the only solos, other members are allocated main vocals on some songs:

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on "Fantasy ga Hajimaru",

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on "Onna Gokoro to Nan to Yara", and

on "Itoshiku Kurushii Kono Yoru ni". Similarly to the group's previous album, '' 10 My Me'', the eighth generation,

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, Junjun and

are heavily featured on the same track: track 7, "Sungoi My Birthday". Ai Takahashi and Eri Kamei provide almost all of the chorus vocals on the album; Kamei is featured in the chorus of all but two songs, Tanaka and Takahashi's solos, and Takahashi is featured on all songs except tracks 5 and 9. Producer Tsunku also appears in the chorus for track 2, "Bravo!".

Singles

The album only features two singles, a rarity for the group. It also does not include " Appare Kaiten Zushi!", a promotional song released under the name "Muten Musume". The first single from the album, " Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game", was released on November 27, 2010 as the group's 44th single. Although it was a graduation single it charted relatively poorly, peaking at #6 on the Oricon singles chart, despite a reported total of 42,405 copies in its first week. The second and final single to be featured on the album, " Seishun Collection", was released on June 6, 2010. The single, their 43rd, reached a weekly peak of #3 on the

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singles charts, making it one of the group's more successful singles of recent years.

Track listing

Chart performance

The album peaked at #16 on the weekly

music charts and charted for three weeks, selling 10,554 copies in its first week.

Personnel

*Kazuyoshi Araki - A&R coordination *Yutaka Asahina - produced assistant (TNX) *Shirohide Azuma - art direction & design (W.PG) *Chino - chorus (5) *Dolls House Japan - special thanks *Misako Fukuda - sales promotion *Shin Hashimoto - label manager *Akane Ichishima - hair & make-up *Miyuki Ito - promotion * Junjun - vocal, chorus (6, 7) *Koji Kamada - director (TNX) *

- vocal, chorus (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11) *Kantaro Kawada - management *Kazuhiko Kawata - sales promotion *Ayuchi Kenmochi - recording coordination desk (TNX) *Shintaro Kikuchi - special thanks (No Fake No Fade) *Saki Kimura - produced assistant (TNX) *Shinnosuke Kobayashi - recording coordination (TNX) *Yusuke Kozuka - photographer *

- vocal, chorus (6, 7) *Yasuji Yasman Maeda - mastering engineer (Berine Grundman Mastering) *Kazumi Matsui - mixing engineer (3, 4, 6, 9), recording engineer *Keigo Mikami - special thanks (Popholic) *

- vocal, chorus (7) *Shuhei Miyaichi - promotion *Masayuki Miyazaki - management *Natsuki Mukai - promotion desk *Yoji Mochida - artist producer *Tomoko Nakamura - promotion *Hitomi Nakano - producer's management desk (TNX) *

- vocal, chorus (3, 4) *Yoshitake Ogawa - producer's chief management (TNX) *Yusuke Ogawa - assistant engineer *Toshiya Ohta - hair & make-up (Maroon Brand) *Naoya Ohtani - chief promotion *Satoshi Oka - special thanks (Supa Love) *Haruka Okayasu - chief promotion *Mitsuhiro Sagara - producer's management (TNX) *Hiroharu Saito - hair & make-up *Yukina Saito - management *Yukio Seto - label producer *Hiromi Sugusawa - sales promotion desk *Satoru Takase - stylist *

- vocal, chorus (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11) *Kyoko Takeuchi - art direction & design (W.PG) *Sho Takimoto - management *Sugie Tokiwa - chief producer *

- producer, chorus (2) *Shiina Ueki - A&R coordination desk *Nobuyasu Umemoto - producer's assistant (TNX) *Ryo Wakizaka - mixing engineer (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), recording engineer *Chihiro Watanabe - promotion *Eiko Watanabe - hair & make-up *Kazuya Yamazawa - producer's management (TNX) *Nsoki Yamazaki - executive producer *Takeshi Yanagisawa - recording engineer *Sayaka Yoshida - promotion desk

References

External links

Official comments
by Tsunku

at the official Hello! Project discography

at the official Up-Front Works discography
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