is the tenth studio album released by

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on April 7, 2004, which became the 2nd best selling album in 2004. Its

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includes a documentary

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on the making of the album and an interview with the band. The song "Tagatame" was originally made as a

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-style song, but the band re-arranged the song as a rock song because

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felt that the lyric of the song didn't match the original arrangement.

Track listing

# # "Paddle" # # # # # # # "Any" # # # "Hero"

References

2004 albums Mr. Children albums Albums produced by Takeshi Kobayashi Japanese-language albums {{2004-rock-album-stub