''Sexy 8 Beat'' (stylized as ) is the eighth studio album by the

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girl group

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Overview

It is the first album to feature 8th generation member

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and the last full-length studio release to feature 4th generation member

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as the group's leader and 6th generation member

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as both the group's subleader. The album was released on March 21, 2007. The album features the band's previous four singles "

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" (which also appeared on the EP '' 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini!'' in December 2006), " Egao Yes Nude", " Sexy Boy: Soyokaze ni Yorisotte" and "

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". Also, as with ''

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'' and ''7.5 Fuyu Fuyu...'', tracks by four different sub-factions of the group are featured, including a solo track by Yoshizawa and the third pairing of Sayumi Michishige and Koharu Kusumi as their alter-egos "Shige-pinku" and "Koha-pinku" (first established on ''Rainbow 7'''s "Rainbow Pink"). The limited edition of the album includes a DVD; a bonus CD was also rumored for this edition but never materialized. The first pressing of the regular edition came with two photo cards.

Track listing

Bonus DVD (Limited edition only)

Tracks 2 and 3 on the DVD were recorded live at Hello! Project's ''2007 Winter Wonderful Hearts Otome Gokoro'' concert.

Personnel

Vocals

– except tracks 5, 9 and 10 *

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– except tracks 5 and 10 *

Risa Niigaki is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a fifth-generation member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2001 along with 3 others- Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa. She grew up in Yokohama after movin ...

– except tracks 5 and 10 *

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– except tracks 9 and 10 *

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– except tracks 5 and 9 *

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– except tracks 5 and 10 *

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– except tracks 5 and 9 *

– except tracks 2, 6, 7, 8 and 10 *

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– tracks 6 and 7, uncredited *

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– tracks 6 and 7, uncredited *

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–

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(tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11) * Hiroaki Takeuchi – chorus (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, and 11) * Chino – chorals (tracks 5 and 9)

Arrangers

* Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki – tracks 1 and 2; programming and

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* Shōichirō Hirata – track 3; programming * Hiroshi Matsui – track 4 and 11; programming and

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

* Yuichi Takahashi – tracks 5 and 6; programming and guitar * Kōichi Yuasa – track 7; programming * Akira – track 8; programming * Takashi Morio – track 9; programming * Shunsuke Suzuki – track 10; programming and guitar

Instruments

* Yoshinari Takejō –

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(track 2) * Kōji – guitar (tracks 7 and 9) * Akio Suzuki –

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(track 11) * Kōichi Korenaga – guitar (tracks 4 and 11)

Oricon ranks and sales

References

External links

Sexy 8 Beat
entry at Up-Front Works official website {{Authority control 2007 albums Morning Musume albums Zetima albums