''Girl, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy'' is the second studio album by Japanese

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band

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. It was released on January 26, 2000, by

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Background

The title of the album represents the members of the band - three "girls" (Mami, Akiko, Satomi) and two "boys" (Makoto, Kazunobu). The album consist of three previously released singles, such as ''Digital Music Power'', ''Picnic'' and ''Koisuru Betty'' (). Koisuru Betty was released two weeks before the album. B-side track ''Under the Skin'' from second single was included in this album as well. ''Digital Music Power'' and ''Picnic'' were re-recorded from the original songs ''Snap'' and ''picnic'' which were performed in

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and included in their first and second indies albums ''

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'' and '' Sunny, Cloudy, Rain''.

Charting

The album reached #24 on

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in its first week and sold 13,410 copies. It charted for 2 weeks and sold 17,490 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD booklet of ''Girl, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy''.Rumania Montevideo (2000). Girl, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy (CD Album; Booklet). Rumania Montevideo. Japan: Giza Studio. GZCA-1017. *Mami Miyoshi – vocals, songwriting, drums *

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- producer, guitar, arranging, composing *Satomi Makoshi - bass, backing vocals *Akiko Matsuda - keyboards, backing vocals *Kazunobu Mashima - guitar *Yoshinori Akai - recording, mixing, manipulating *Tatsuya Okada - assistant engineering * Secil Minami - backing vocals *

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(

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) - keyboard, arranging *Keisuke Kurumatani (

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) - drums *

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– backing vocals *Nobuyasu Hirohara: organ *Maho Furukawa (

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): backing vocals *Takumi Ito: backing vocals *Gan Kojima – art direction *Rockaku - producing

In media

*Digital Music Power: ending theme for Anime television series ''

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'' *Picnic: opening theme for Anime television series ''

'' *Koisuru Betty: streaming song for older corners of

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program ''Express''

References

{{Authority control 2000 albums Rumania Montevideo albums Albums produced by Daiko Nagato Giza Studio albums Japanese-language albums