Special! Best Mini: 2.5 Maime no Kare
| Special! Best Mini ~2.5 Maime no Kare~ | ||||
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| EP by Berryz Kobo | ||||
| Released | December 7, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 22:50 | |||
| Label | Piccolo Town | |||
| Producer | Tsunku | |||
| Berryz Kobo chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Special! Best Mini: 2.5 Maime no Kare | ||||
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| Music videos | ||||
| "Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai" on YouTube |
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| "Piriri to Yukō!" | ||||
| "Special Generation" | ||||
| "21ji made no Cinderella" | ||||
| "Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai" | ||||
"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～ Supesharu! Besuto Mini ~Ni-ten-go Maime no Kare~) is an extended play CD released by girl idol group Berryz Kobo on December 7, 2005.[1] It is the third of three releases issued by the band in the space of four weeks, along with their second album Dai 2 Seichōki and the ninth single "Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai". "2.5" is pronounced nī ten go.
The EP contains five previously released tracks in the aforementioned ninth single's A-side, plus four earlier single sides. Only one track, "Arigatō! 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 depict the band members standing in a light snowfall, while the inside tray liner and the CD's label depict a cartoon snowman.
Former band member Maiha Ishimura appears, but is not credited, on tracks 3 to 6.
The album debuted at number 45 in the Oricon Weekly Album chart,[2] remaining in the list for 2 weeks.[1]
Track listing
- Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai
- Arigatō! Tomodachi (ありがとう！おともだち。, "Thank You! Friends.")
- Special Generation (スッペシャル ジェネレ～ション)
- 21ji made no Cinderella (２１時までのシンデレラ, "Cinderella Until 9 PM")
- Piriri to Yukō!
- Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai
Musical personnel
- Saki Shimizu - vocals and band leader
- Momoko Tsugunaga - vocals
- Chinami Tokunaga - vocals
- Miyabi Natsuyaki - vocals
- Maasa Sudo - 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
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
- Yōhei Horiuchi - 2nd engineer
- Mitsuko Koike - mastering engineer
Charts
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
Weeks on chart |
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| Japan (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) | 14 | |||
| Japan (Oricon Weekly Albums Chart) | 45 | 2[1] | 6,071[2] | 7,072 |
References
- 1 2 3 "スッペシャル！ベストミニ～２、５枚目の彼～ Ｂｅｒｒｙｚ工房のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- 1 2 "Oricon CD Album Weekly Ranking - ORICON STYLE Ranking (2005-12-19)" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2012-02-17.