Expo Expo Explained

Expo Expo
Type:Album
Artist:M-Flo
Cover:Mflo expo expo.jpg
Released:March 28, 2001
Recorded:2000–2001
Genre:J-Urban
Label:Rhythm Zone
Producer:M-Flo
Prev Title:The Replacement Percussionists
Prev Year:2000
Next Title:Expo Bōei Robot Gran Sonik
Next Year:2001

Expo Expo is the second studio album by Japanese hip-hop group M-Flo. The thematic concept of the record is set at a virtual world expo, with Coldfeet of Lori Fine and narrator Mako Hattori participating in the interlude. Six singles were spawned off of the album, including "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Again", which were both certified by the RIAJ in different categories. Remixes of songs from this album were released as Expo Bouei Robot Gran Sonik.

Reception

Following its release, Expo Expo experienced commercial success in Japan. It peaked at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart, becoming the group's first top-five entry. Within days of its release, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for having surpassed 400,000 units in physical shipments. It sold 557,000 copies by the end of the year, and was ranked the 35th best-selling album in the country on the year-end Oricon chart.

Track listing

  1. "正門" (Seimon; Front Gate)
  2. "Prism"
  3. "東門" (Higashimon; East Gate)
  4. "Expo Expo"
  5. "What It Is"
  6. "Orbit-3"
  7. "南門" (Minamimon; South Gate)
  8. "Dispatch"
  9. "Magenta Rain"
  10. "中央タワー" (Chuo Tower; Central Tower)
  11. "Come Again"
  12. "西門" (Nishimon; West Gate)
  13. "Yours Only"
  14. "How You Like Me Now?"
  15. "アリガトウ" (Arigatou; Thank You)
  16. "The Bandwagon"

Charts and sales

Album

Album chart positions! Chart (2001)! Peak
position
Japanese Weekly Albums (Oricon)[1] 3
Japanese Yearly Albums (Oricon)35

Singles

Release dateTitlePeak
position
Sales/certifications
September 6, 2000"How You Like Me Now?"9224,000 (gold)[2] [3]
January 17, 2001"Come Again"4390,000 (platinum)
March 14, 2001"Orbit-3"964,000
May 9, 2001"Prism"1526,000
July 25, 2001"Dispatch"3410,000
October 31, 2001"Yours Only, / Lies"2520,000

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cosmicolor m-flo . Oricon News . December 7, 2021 . ja . March 28, 2007.
  2. Web site: ja:オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 . Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' . http://ranking.oricon.co.jp . . subscription . ja . January 27, 2014.
  3. Web site: ja:m-floのシングル作品 . m-flo singles list . https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27559/products/single/ . Oricon News . December 7, 2021 . ja.