Sexy 8 Beat

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Length 48:15 Release date 21 March 2007 Label Zetima		Artist Morning Musume Producer Tsunku
Released March 21, 2007 (JP)April 27, 2007 (TW) Sexy 8 Beat(2007) Morning Musume All Singles Complete 10th Anniversary(2007) Songs SEXY BOY~Soyokaze ni yorisotte~, Ambitious! Yashinteki de ijan Genres J-pop, Dance music, Electronica, Pop rock, Contemporary R&B, Dance-rock Similar Morning Musume albums, J-pop albums

Sexy 8 Beat is the eighth studio album by the J-pop idol group Morning Musume.

Overview

It is the first album to feature 8th generation member Aika Mitsui and the last full-length studio release to feature 4th generation member Hitomi Yoshizawa as the group's leader and 6th generation member Miki Fujimoto as both the group's subleader. The album was released on March 21, 2007.

The album features the band's previous four singles "Aruiteru" (which also appeared on the EP 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! in December 2006), "Egao Yes Nude", "Sexy Boy: Soyokaze ni Yorisotte" and "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan". Also, as with Rainbow 7 and 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu..., tracks by four different sub-factions of the group are featured, including a solo track by Yoshizawa and the third pairing of Sayumi Michishige and Koharu Kusumi as their alter-egos "Shige-pinku" and "Koha-pinku" (first established on Rainbow 7's "Rainbow Pink").

The limited edition of the album includes a DVD; a bonus CD was also rumored for this edition but never materialized. The first pressing of the regular edition came with two photo cards.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tsunku.

Bonus DVD (Limited edition only)

Tracks 2 and 3 on the DVD were recorded live at Hello! Project's 2007 Winter Wonderful Hearts Otome Gokoro concert.

Vocals

Hitomi Yoshizawa – except tracks 5, 9 and 10

Ai Takahashi – except tracks 5 and 10

Risa Niigaki – except tracks 5 and 10

Miki Fujimoto – except tracks 5 and 10

Eri Kamei – except tracks 9 and 10

Sayumi Michishige – except tracks 5 and 9

Reina Tanaka – except tracks 5 and 10

Koharu Kusumi – except tracks 5 and 9

Aika Mitsui – except tracks 2, 6, 7, 8 and 10

Asami Konno – tracks 6 and 7, uncredited

Makoto Ogawa – tracks 6 and 7, uncredited

Tsunku – chorus (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11)

Hiroaki Takeuchi – chorus (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, and 11)

Chino – chorals (tracks 5 and 9)

Arrangers

Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki – tracks 1 and 2; programming and guitar

Shōichirō Hirata – track 3; programming

Hiroshi Matsui – track 4 and 11; programming and keyboards

Yuichi Takahashi – tracks 5 and 6; programming and guitar

Kōichi Yuasa – track 7; programming

Akira – track 8; programming

Takashi Morio – track 9; programming

Shunsuke Suzuki – track 10; programming and guitar

Instruments

Yoshinari Takejō – tenor saxophone (track 2)

Kōji – guitar (tracks 7 and 9)

Akio Suzuki – saxophone (track 11)

Kōichi Korenaga – guitar (tracks 4 and 11)

References

Sexy 8 Beat Wikipedia

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