Playgirlz

Playgirlz
Studio album by After School
Released March 14, 2012
Recorded 2011-2012
Genre Pop, dance
Length 39:46
Label Avex Trax
Producer Masato Matsuura (executive)
After School chronology
Virgin
(2011)		 Playgirlz
(2012)		 The Best of After School 2009-2012
(2013)
Singles from Playgirlz
  1. "Bang!"
    Released: August 17, 2011
  2. "Diva"
    Released: November 23, 2011
  3. "Rambling Girls/Because of You"
    Released: January 25, 2012

Playgirlz is the debut Japanese album of South Korean girl group After School, released on March 14, 2012 in Japan under Avex Trax.[1] The album was released in three versions, a CD & DVD Limited Press Edition, a CD & DVD Edition and a regular CD Edition.[2][3] It was preceded by the singles "Bang!", "Diva" and double A-side "Rambling Girls/Because of You".

Editions

The album was released in three different editions: CD & DVD Limited Press Edition, CD & DVD Edition, and the Regular CD Edition.

The CD & DVD Limited Press Edition contains the CD album, and a DVD containing the "Japan Premium Party -Bang! Bang! Bang!- Live at AKASAKA BLITZ" show, along with Playcards[4] and 1 trading card randomly selected out of 9 different styles.

The CD & DVD Edition contains the CD album and a DVD containing the 5 Original Japanese Version music videos, and three Japanese Dance Edit Version music videos of Bang!, Diva and Rambling Girls. It all comes in a cardboard slipcase, once again including 1 trading card out of 9 different styles along with other trading cards. The DVD also includes Bonus Content including the original Shanghai Romance Korean music video, and miscellaneous After School special footage.[5]

The CD Regular Edition of Playgirlz contains only the CD album itself, along with a Japanese Version of Orange Caramel's "Shanghai Romance" as a bonus track.[3]

Track listing

CD
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Rip off"  H.U.B.Joleen Belle, William "Bleu" McAuley, Windy Wagner 2:58
2. "Rambling girls"  HarumiAno Bhagavan, Peter Wennerberg, Mathias Venge, Gary Jangfeldt 3:29
3. "Broken Heart (Feat. Jung-A, Raina, Nana, E-Young)"  Kaji KatsuraMichelle Lewis, Khris Lorenz 3:21
4. "Diva" (Japanese Version)MizueBrave Brothers 3:21
5. "Just In Time"  HanaiYusuke Itagaki 3:30
6. "Shampoo" (Japanese Version)Maika Sato, KaoruDaishi Dance 4:38
7. "Because of You" (Japanese Version)Mutsumi, Kana YabukiBrave Brothers 4:09
8. "Gimme Love"  HarumiFraktal, Masamichi Kono 3:42
9. "Miss Futuristic (Feat. Kahi, Juyeon, U-ie, Lizzy)"  Shoko FujibayashiNao Tanaka 3:11
10. "Bang!" (Japanese Version)H.U.B., BekahKim Tae Hyun 3:22
11. "Tell Me"  Kanata OkajimaYusuke Itagaki 4:09
Total length:
 39:46

Chart performance

Oricon chart

Released Oricon Chart Peak Debut Sales Sales Total Chart Run
March 14, 2012 Daily Album Chart 6 16,286 (Weekly)
22,737 (Monthly)		 28,489 14 weeks
Weekly Album Chart 8
Monthly Album Chart 28

Other charts

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Japan Top Albums [6] 8

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Japan[3] March 14, 2012 CD+DVD Limited Edition, CD+DVD, CD only Avex Trax
Hong Kong May 8, 2012 CD+DVD, CD only
Taiwan

References

  1. ↑ http://www.after--school.jp/discography/index.html
  2. ↑ "After School to release first Japanese album "Playgirlz"". koreaboo.com. Retrieved 06/07/2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. 1 2 3 "Playgirls AFTERSCHOOL (CD)". CD Japan. Retrieved 06/07/2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Playgirlz AFTERSCHOOL (w/ DVD, Limited Edition)". CD Japan. Retrieved 06/07/2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ↑ "Playgirlz AFTERSCHOOL (CD+DVD)". CD Japan. Retrieved 06/07/2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. ↑ "Top Albums 2012/03/26付け" (in Japanese). Hanshin Contents Link. March 26, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
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