Sexy 8 Beat

Infobox Album
Name = Sexy 8 Beat
Type = studio
Artist = Morning Musume


Caption = Front cover of regular edition.
Released = March 21, 2007 (JP)
April 27, 2007 (TW)
Recorded =
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
Reviews = *MotokoAoyama.com Rating|5|5 [http://www.motokoaoyama.com/2007/03/25/review-morning-musume-sexy-8-beat/ link]
Last album = "7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini!"
(EP)
(2006)
This album = "Sexy 8 Beat"
(2007)
Next album =
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Limited edition with DVD
Type = studio


Lower caption = 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. [cite web | url= http://www.up-front-works.jp/discography/zetima/29/a_17/index.html | title= Up-Front Works: Sexy 8 Beat information page | accessdate= 2007-03-01 | language= Japanese] 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. [cite web | url= http://ikimasshoi.jphip.net/index.php/2007/02/23/sexy-8-beat-starts-the-pimping/ | title= Ikimasshoi: Sexy 8 Beat starts the pimping | date= 2007-02-23 | accessdate= 2007-02-25]

Track listing

All songs are written and composed by Tsunku.
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#* "Performed by Eri Kamei and Aika Mitsui."
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#* "Performed by Hitomi Yoshizawa with Morning Musume."
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#* "Performed by Ai Takahashi, Miki Fujimoto, Risa Niigaki, and Reina Tanaka."
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#* "Performed by Sayumi Michishige and Koharu Kusumi."
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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.
#nihongo|Egao Yes Nude (Close-up Ver.)|笑顔Yesヌード (Close-up Ver.)
#nihongo|Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan|Ambitious!野心的でいいじゃん
#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
* 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
* – 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)

Oricon Rank and Sales

Total sales: 31,819*

References

External links

* [http://www.up-front-works.jp/discography/zetima/29/a_17/index.html Sexy 8 Beat] entry at Up-Front Works official website
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