''Flavor of Life'' is the first and only studio album by Japanese pop unit

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. It was released on October 3, 2001, through

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Background

The album consists of three previous released singles, such as "Safety Love", "Lonesome Tonight ~Kimi dake Mitsumeteru~" () and "Baby Sweet Sunshine". The lyricist and keyboardist of Japanese pop band

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and Giza composer

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were involved with the album production. The single ''Safety Love'' was released in the Giza Studio's compilation album ''Giza Studio Masterpiece Blend 2001'', it was released again in compilation album ''GIZA studio presents -Girls-'' which released in 2011. This is their last music release. In 2002, they disbanded.

Charting performance

The album charted at #28 on the Oricon charts in its first week. Charted for 3 weeks and sold more than 13,280 copies.

Track listing

All the songs were arranged by Hiroshi Terao

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD booklet of ''Flavor of Life"''.Soul Crusaders (2001). Flavor of Life (CD Album; Booklet). Soul Crusaders. Japan: Giza Studio. GZCA-5003. *Tomomi Morishita – vocalist, lyricist *King Opal – lyricist, rap *Hiroshi Terao – composing, arranging, backing vocals, keyboard *

– composing *

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) – composing *Sayaka Takasaki – composing *Dr.Terachi&Dj Me-Ya – programming, keyboard *

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(Dimension) – guitar * Secil Minami – backing vocals *Mika Katsuta – backing vocals *Rika Takeuchi – backing vocals *Toshihide Nakai – backing vocals *Sawako Ryuko – mixing, digital sound design *Tatsuya Okada – recording *Masahiro Shimada – mastering *Birdman Mastering – mastering *Toshiyuki Ebihara – artist repertory *Shinichi Takagi – artist relation *Emi Akuzawa – artist relation *Makoto Iwasawa – artist relation *Ayako Asada – production management *Toshinobu Iwata – artist management *Takehiko Kawasaki – artist management *Katsuyuki Yoshimatsu – assistant engineering *Gan Kojima – art direction, design *Kanonji – producing

References

{{Authority control 2001 debut albums Being Inc. albums Japanese-language albums Giza Studio albums Albums produced by Daiko Nagato