Special! Best Mini ～2.5 Maime no Kare～
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| Special! Best Mini ~2.5 Maime no Kare~ | |||||
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| EP by Berryz Koubou | |||||
| Released | December 7, 2005 | ||||
| Recorded | 2004—2005 | ||||
| Genre | Japanese pop | ||||
| Length | 22:50 | ||||
| Label | Piccolo Town | ||||
| Producer | Tsunku | ||||
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"Special! Best Mini ~2.5 Maime no Kare~" (スッペシャル!ベストミニ ～2.5枚目の彼～?) is an extended play CD released by pre-teen Japanese pop band Berryz Koubou. It is the third of three releases issued by the band in the space of four weeks, along with their second album Dai 2 Seichouki and tenth single "Gag 100 Kaibun Aishitekudasai". "2.5" is pronounced as nī ten go.
The EP contains five previously released tracks in the aforementioned tenth single's A-side, plus four earlier single sides. Only one track, "Arigatou! Tomodachi", is exclusive to the EP.
The EP's release is apparently tied to the Christmas gift-giving season, as the EP's outer tray liner and booklet back cover depicts the band members standing in a light snowfall, while the inside tray liner and the CD's label depicts a cartoon snowman.
Former band member Maiha Ishimura appears but is not credited on the four previously released closing tracks on the EP.
[edit] Track listing
- ギャグ100回分愛してください (Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai)
- ありがとう！おともだち。(Arigatou! Tomodachi)
- スッペシャル ジェネレ～ション (Special Generation)
- ２１時までのシンデレラ (21ji made no Cinderella)
- ピリリと行こう！ (Piriri to Yukou!)
- あなたなしでは生きてゆけない (Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai)
[edit] Musical personnel
- Saki Shimizu - vocals and band leader
- Momoko Tsugunaga - vocals
- Chinami Tokunaga - vocals
- Miyabi Natsuyaki - vocals
- Maasa Sudou - vocals
- Yurina Kumai - vocals
- Risako Sugaya - vocals
- Maiha Ishimura - vocals (Tracks 3-6, uncredited)
- Yuichi Takahasi - keyboard and MIDI programming, guitar
- Kaoru Kubota] - backing vocals
- Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki - keyboard and MIDI programming, guitar
- Hiroaki Takeuchi - chorus
- Koji Makaino - keyboard and MIDI programming
- Shinsuke Suzuki - guitar
- Hideyuki Komatsu - bass
- Horishi Iida - percussion
- Masato Yamao - organ
- Tsunku - backing vocals
- Amazons - backing vocals
- Takao Konishi - keyboard and MIDI programming
- Yasuo Asai - guitar
- Yasushi Sasamoto - bass
- Masanori Suzuki - trumpet
- Yoshinari Takegami - saxophone
- Satoshi Mizota - trombone
- Shoichiro Hirata - keyboard and MIDI programming
- Keiko "Chibi" Furuya - backing vocals
- Akira - guitar, bass, keyboards, MIDI programming, backing vocals
[edit] Recording personnel
- Nobuyasu Umemoto - recording coordination
- Kazumi Matsui - recording engineer, mix engineer
- Ryo Wakizawa - recording engineer, mix engineer
- Shinnosuke Kobayashi - recording engineer
- Masakazu Kimura - mix engineer
- Naoki Yamada - mix engineer
- Yuji Yamashita - mix engineer
- Tsunku - mix engineer
- Yuichi Ohtsubo - 2nd engineer
- Hirofumi Hiraki - 2nd engineer
- Youhei Horiuchi - 2nd engineer
- Mitsuko Koike - mastering engineer
