"3 Natsu Natsu Mini Berryz" (③夏夏ミニベリーズ, San Natsu Natsu Mini Berīzu, 3: Summer, Summer, Mini Berryz) is the third studio album (a mini-album) by the Japanese girl group Berryz Kobo.[1] It was released in Japan on July 5, 2006.[2] It's the group's third studio album (although this is a mini album), fourth non-single release, and fifteenth audio release overall.
| 3 Natsu Natsu Mini Berryz | ||||
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 Cover to the standard edition of the EP | ||||
| EP by | ||||
| Released | July 5, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | March–June, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Japanese Pop | |||
| Length | 24:27 | |||
| Label | Piccolo Town | |||
| Producer | Tsunku | |||
| Berryz Koubou chronology | ||||
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| Singles from 3 Natsu Natsu Mini Berryz | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| Jiriri Kiteru on YouTube | ||||
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 Front cover of Limited Edition Version | ||||
3 Natsu Natsu Mini Berryz is a concept album with a summer theme.[1] It is also Berryz' second seasonal-themed release (Their previous EP, Special! Best Mini: 2.5 Maime no Kare, featured a winter theme in its artwork but no winter-related songs) and features their previous single "Jiriri Kiteru" along with five tracks exclusive to the EP.
The EP is equally notable to Berryz fans for featuring separate members, or clusters of members, covering summer-related Hello! Project songs by Aya Matsuura, Coconuts Musume, and 3nin Matsuri.
The album debuted at number 20 in the Oricon Weekly Single Chart, remaining in the list for 3 weeks.[3]
Track listing
edit- Jiriri Kiteru (ジリリ キテル)
- Maji Natsu Sugiru (マジ夏すぎる) "It's so summer-like"
- Natsu Remember you (夏 Remember you) "Summer Remembers You"
- Yeah! Meccha Holiday (Yeah! めっちゃホリディ)
- Vocals: Risako Sugaya. Cover version of a song originally recorded and released by Aya Matsuura.
- Chu! Natsu Party (チュッ！夏パ～ティ) "Kiss! Summer Party"
- Vocals by Yurina Kumai, Miyabi Natsuyaki and Chinami Tokunaga. Cover version of a song originally recorded and released by 3nin Matsuri (Ai Kago, Rika Ishikawa and Aya Matsuura)
- Halation Summer (ハレーションサマー)
- Vocals by Saki Shimizu, Maasa Sudo and Momoko Tsugunaga. Cover version of a song originally recorded and released by Coconuts Musume.
Personnel
edit- Saki Shimizu – vocals and band captain
- Momoko Tsugunaga – vocals
- Chinami Tokunaga – vocals
- Miyabi Natsuyaki – vocals
- Maasa Sudou – vocals
- Yurina Kumai – vocals
- Risako Sugaya – vocals
- Koichi Yuasa – keyboard and MIDI programming, guitar
- Hiroshi Shibasaki – guitar
- Yukari Hashimoto – keyboard and MIDI programming
- Masato Ishinari – guitar
- Hiroshi Iida – percussion
- Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki – keyboard and MIDI programming, guitar
- Jun Yamazaki – keyboard and MIDI programming
- Shochiro Hirata – keyboard and MIDI programming
- Tsunku – backing vocals, songwriter
- Atsuko Inaba – backing vocals
- Hiroaki Takeuchi – backing vocals
Production
edit- Nobatsu Umemoto – recording coordination
- Asuka Ishikiri – production assistant
- Kazumi Matsui – recording and mix engineer
- Ryo Wakizaka – recording and mix engineer
- Takeshi Yanagisawa – mix engineer
- Shinnoskue Kobayashi – mix engineer
- Yuichi Ohtsubo – 2nd engineer
- Hirofumi Kiraki – 2nd engineer
- Youhei Koriuchi – 2nd engineer
- Mitsuo Koike – mastering engineer
Charts
edit| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
Weeks on chart |
Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First week |
Total | |||
| Japan (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) | 9 | |||
| Japan (Oricon Weekly Albums Chart) | 20 | 3[3] | 8,925 | 10,988 |
References
edit- ^ a b "[Berryz工房] 愛のなんちゃら指数＆菅谷写真集" (in Japanese). Natalie (Natasha, Inc.). 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
- ^ "3夏夏ミニベリーズ 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.
- ^ a b "Berryz工房のCDアルバムランキング、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.