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, released in 2000. It was their first album without founding member

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Critical reception

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wrote that the album "starts out in a familiarly lo-fi punk vein, with the buzzsaw guitars and cute, nonsensical lyrics of 'Buggy Bug' defiantly signaling business as usual for the Osaka pop-punk group."

Track listing

All songs written by Naoko Yamano, except "Mosquitoes" by Naoko Yamano/Atsuko Yamano. #"Side 1" #"Buggy Bug" #"Wild Life" #"Nya Nya" #"Gokiburu" (Cockroach Mannerism) #"Super Big Black Bass" #"CM Song" (Commercial Message Song) #"Side 2" #"Punk Rock Star" #"Sesame" #"Kaiki Game" (Mysterious Game) #"Chinese Disco" #"Mosquitoes" #"Mayonnaise Addiction" #"Synthesizer (Bubble Houkai)" (Bubble Collapse) #"untitled" ('Side ___' out-take)

Personnel

* Naoko Yamano - guitar, vocals *

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- bass, drums backing vocals

References

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