About Sexy_8_Beat

Sexy 8 Beat
Front cover of regular edition.
Studio album by Morning Musume
Released	March 21, 2007 (JP) April 27, 2007 (TW)
Genre	Japanese pop
Length	48:15
Label	Zetima Records (JP) EPCE-5458~9 (CD+DVD) EPCE-5460 (regular edition) Forward Music (TW) 07-20482 (CD+DVD) 07-20482-1 (regular edition)
Producer	Tsunku
Professional reviews
MotokoAoyama.com link
Morning Musume chronology
7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! (EP) (2006) Sexy 8 Beat (2007)
Limited edition with DVD
Front cover of limited edition.

Sexy 8 Beat is the eighth studio album by the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Track listing

All songs are written and composed by Tsunku.

1. Genki+ (元気＋, Genki+^?)
2. Aruiteru (Album Edit) (歩��る (Album Edit), Aruiteru (Album Edit)^?)
3. Mirai no Taiyou (未��太陽, Mirai no Taiyou^?)
4. Egao Yes Nude (Album Mix) (笑顔Yesヌード (Album Mix), Egao Yes Nude (Album Mix)^?)
5. Haru Beautiful Everyday (春 ビューティフル エブリディ, Haru Beautiful Everyday^?)
   • Performed by Eri Kamei and Aika Mitsui.
6. Sexy Boy ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~ (Sexy Boy～�よ風�寄り添��～, Sexy Boy ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~^?)
7. Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan (Ambitious!野心的����ゃん, Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan^?)
8. Sono Deai no Tame ni (��出会�����, Sono Deai no Tame ni^?)
   • Performed by Hitomi Yoshizawa with Morning Musume.
9. Shanimuni Paradise (シャニムニ パラダイス, Shanimuni Paradise^?)
   • Performed by Ai Takahashi, Miki Fujimoto, Risa Niigaki, and Reina Tanaka.
10. Takara no Hako (��箱, Takara no Hako^?)
    • Performed by Sayumi Michishige and Koharu Kusumi.
11. Be Positive! (Be �ジティブ!, Be Positive!^?)

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.

1. Egao Yes Nude (Close-up Ver.) (笑顔Yesヌード (Close-up Ver.), Egao Yes Nude (Close-up Ver.)^?)
2. Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan (Ambitious!野心的����ゃん, Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan^?)
3. Do it! Now

Musical personnel

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
• ShÅ�ichirÅ� Hirata – track 3; programming
• Hiroshi Matsui – track 4 and 11; programming and keyboards
• Yuichi Takahashi – tracks 5 and 6; programming and guitar
• KÅ�ichi Yuasa – track 7; programming
• Akira – track 8; programming
• Takashi Morio – track 9; programming
• Shunsuke Suzuki – track 10; programming and guitar

Instruments

• Yoshinari TakejÅ� – tenor saxophone (track 2)
• KÅ�ji – guitar (tracks 7 and 9)
• Akio Suzuki – saxophone (track 11)
• KÅ�ichi Korenaga – guitar (tracks 4 and 11)

Oricon Rank and Sales

Total sales: 31,819*

References

External links

• Sexy 8 Beat entry at Up-Front Works official website
• ThePPN: Sexy 8 Beat