Girl, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy Explained

Girl,girl,boy,girl,boy
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rumania Montevideo
Cover:	File:Rumania Montevideo Girl, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy Album Cover.jpg
Recorded:	1999–2000
Genre:	J-pop rock country
Length:	51:57
Label:	Giza
Producer:	Makoto Miyoshi Rockaku
Prev Title:	Rumaniamania
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Mo' Better Tracks
Next Year:	2002

Girl, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy is the second studio album by Japanese J-pop band Rumania Montevideo. It was released on January 26, 2000, by Giza Studio.

Background

The title of the album represents the members of the band - three "girls" (Mami, Akiko, Satomi) and two "boys" (Makoto, Kazunobu).

The album consist of three previously released singles, such as Digital Music Power, Picnic and Koisuru Betty . Koisuru Betty was released two weeks before the album.

B-side track Under the Skin from second single was included in this album as well.^[1]

Digital Music Power and Picnic were re-recorded from the original songs Snap and picnic which were performed in English and included in their first and second indies albums Jet Plane and Sunny, Cloudy, Rain.^{[2] [3]}

Charting

The album reached #24 on Oricon in its first week and sold 13,410 copies. It charted for 2 weeks and sold 17,490 copies.^[4]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD booklet of Girl, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy.^[5]

• Mami Miyoshi – vocals, songwriting, drums
• Makoto Miyoshi - producer, guitar, arranging, composing
• Satomi Makoshi - bass, backing vocals
• Akiko Matsuda - keyboards, backing vocals
• Kazunobu Mashima - guitar
• Yoshinori Akai - recording, mixing, manipulating
• Tatsuya Okada - assistant engineering
• Secil Minami - backing vocals
• Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow) - keyboard, arranging
• Keisuke Kurumatani (New Cinema Tokage) - drums
• Aika Ohno – backing vocals
• Nobuyasu Hirohara: organ
• Maho Furukawa (4D-JAM): backing vocals
• Takumi Ito: backing vocals
• Gan Kojima – art direction
• Rockaku - producing

In media

• Digital Music Power: ending theme for Anime television series Monster Rancher
• Picnic: opening theme for Anime television series Monster Rancher
• Koisuru Betty: streaming song for older corners of Tokyo Broadcasting System Television program Express

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rumania Montevideo discography. Rumania Montevideo Official Website.
2. Web site: rumania montevideo 『JETPLANE』. https://web.archive.org/web/20010422173432/http://gizagiza.com:80/audio/icr_002/index.html. dead. 2001-04-22. gizagiza.com (archived).
3. Web site: rumania montevideo 『Sunny,cloudy,rain』. https://web.archive.org/web/20010422172050/http://gizagiza.com:80/audio/icr_004/index.html. dead. 2001-04-22. gizagiza.com (archived).
4. Web site: Girl, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy (Rumania Montevideo). Oricon News.
5. Rumania Montevideo (2000). Girl, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy (CD Album; Booklet). Rumania Montevideo. Japan: Giza Studio. GZCA-1017.