Ai no Album 8

Ai no Album 8 (愛のアルバム⑧, Ai no Arubamu Hachi) is the 8th album by the Japanese girl idol group Berryz Kobo, released on February 22, 2012 in Japan on the record label Piccolo Town.^[1]^[2]^[3]

As usual, it is entirely written and produced by Tsunku.

The album contains the title tracks from three previously released hit singles: "Ai no Dangan", "Aa, Yo ga Akeru", and "Amazuppai Haru ni Sakura Saku", the latter recorded in collaboration with Cute.^[1]^[2] In total there are 10 tracks on the album.^[1]

There is also a Berryz Kobo version of "Seishun Gekijō", a track that has already been published on the compilation album Petit Best 12, performed there by the unit Berryz Kobo×Cute.

Ai no Album 8 will be available in 2 editions: regular (PKCP-5203) and limited (PKCP-5201/2). The limited edition comes with a DVD that includes a live performance of the group's upcoming single "Be Genki <Naseba Naru!>" and the album jacket making-of.

The album debuted at number 10 in the Oricon Daily Albums Chart and ranked 25th for the week.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Tsunku.

CD
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Mythology ~Ai no Album~" (Mythology～愛のアルバム～)
2.	"Yo no Naka no Barairo" (世の中薔薇色)
3.	"Shy Boy" (Shy boy)
4.	"Because Happiness" (Because happiness)
5.	"Ren'ai Moyō" (恋愛模様)	Chinami Tokunaga, Maasa Sudo, Yurina Kumai, Risako Sugaya
6.	"Ai no Dangan" (愛の弾丸)
7.	"Amazuppai Haru ni Sakura Saku" (甘酸っぱい春にサクラサク)	Berryz Kobo×Cute
8.	"Atarashii Hibi" (新しい日々)	Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki
9.	"Aa, Yo ga Akeru" (ああ、夜が明ける)
10.	"Seishun Gekijō (Berryz Kōbō Ver.)" (青春劇場（Berryz工房Ver.）)

Limited Edition DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Be Genki <Naseba Naru!> (Live Ver.)" (Be 元気＜成せば成るっ！＞(Live Ver.))
2.	"Be Genki <Naseba Naru!> (Shimizu Saki Solo Live Ver.)" (Be 元気＜成せば成るっ！＞(清水佐紀 Solo Live Ver.))
3.	"Be Genki <Naseba Naru!> (Tsugunaga Momoko Solo Live Ver.)" (Be 元気＜成せば成るっ！＞(嗣永桃子 Solo Live Ver.))
4.	"Be Genki <Naseba Naru!> (Tokunaga Chinami Solo Live Ver.)" (Be 元気＜成せば成るっ！＞(徳永千奈美 Solo Live Ver.))
5.	"Be Genki <Naseba Naru!> (Sudō Māsa Solo Live Ver.)" (Be 元気＜成せば成るっ！＞(須藤茉麻 Solo Live Ver.))
6.	"Be Genki <Naseba Naru!> (Natsuyaki Miyabi Solo Live Ver.)" (Be 元気＜成せば成るっ！＞(夏焼雅 Solo Live Ver.))
7.	"Be Genki <Naseba Naru!> (Kumai Yurina Solo Live Ver.)" (Be 元気＜成せば成るっ！＞(熊井友理奈 Solo Live Ver.))
8.	"Be Genki <Naseba Naru!> (Sugaya Risako Solo Live Ver.)" (Be 元気＜成せば成るっ！＞(菅谷梨沙子 Solo Live Ver.))
9.	"Album Jacket Satsuei Making" (アルバムジャケット撮影メイキング, "Album jacket photography making-of")

Notes

Tracks 2–8 were recorded live during the Hello! Project 2012 WINTER Hello Pro Tengoku ~Rock-chan~ concert tour at the Nakano Sun Plaza

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position	Sales
Chart (2012)	Peak position	First week	Total
Oricon Daily Albums Chart	10
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	25	5,666^[4]
Billboard Japan Top Albums^[5]	24

References

1 2 3 "Berryz工房、アルバム＆シングルを2カ月連続リリース" (in Japanese). Natalie.mu (Natasha, Inc.). 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
1 2 "注目の新譜： Berryz工房　さまざまな魅力を封じ込めた8枚目のアルバム" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun Digital Co., Ltd. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
↑ "愛のアルバム８Ｂｅｒｒｙｚ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 2012-02-16.
1 2 "CD Album Weekly Ranking - ORICON STYLE Ranking (2012-03-05)" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
↑ "Top Albums｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN (2012-03-05)" (in Japanese). Hanshin Contents Link Corporation & Prometheus Global Media, LLC. Retrieved 2012-03-06.

External links

Profile on the Up-Front Works website (Japanese)
Profile on the Hello! Project website (Japanese)
First Press Limited Edition, profile on the Oricon website (Japanese)
Regular Edition, profile on the Oricon website (Japanese)

Berryz Kobo

Saki Shimizu Momoko Tsugunaga Chinami Tokunaga Maasa Sudo Miyabi Natsuyaki Yurina Kumai Risako Sugaya Maiha Ishimura

Singles	"Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai" "Fighting Pose wa Date ja Nai!" "Piriri to Yukō!" "Happiness (Kofuku Kangei!)" "Koi no Jubaku" "Special Generation" "Nanchū Koi o Yatterū You Know?" "21ji made no Cinderella" "Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai" "Jiriri Kiteru" "Waratchaō yo Boyfriend" "Munasawagi Scarlet" "Very Beauty" "Kokuhaku no Funsui Hiroba" "Tsukiatteru no ni Kataomoi" "Dschinghis Khan" "Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance" "Madayade" "Dakishimete Dakishimete" "Seishun Bus Guide / Rival" "Watashi no Mirai no Danna-sama / Ryūsei Boy" "Otakebi Boy Wao! / Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda!" "Maji Bomber!!" "Shining Power" "Heroine ni Narō ka!" "Ai no Dangan" "Aa, Yo ga Akeru" "Be Genki (Naseba Naru!)" "Cha Cha Sing" "Want!" "Asian Celebration" "Golden Chinatown / Sayonara Usotsuki no Watashi" "Motto Zutto Issho ni Itakatta / Rock Érotique" "Otona na no yo! / 1oku 3zenman Sō Diet Ōkoku" "Ai wa Itsumo Kimi no Naka ni / Futsū, Idol 10nen Yatterannai Desho!?" "Romance o Katatte / Towa no Uta"

Albums	1st Chō Berryz Dai 2 Seichōki Special! Best Mini: 2.5 Maime no Kare 3 Natsu Natsu Mini Berryz 4th Ai no Nanchara Shisū 5 (Five) Berryz Kobo Special Best Vol. 1 6th Otakebi Album 7 Berryz Times Ai no Album 8 Berryz Mansion 9kai Berryz Kobo Special Best Vol. 2 Kanjuku Berryz Kōbō The Final Completion Box

Berryz Kobo × Cute singles	"Amazuppai Haru ni Sakura Saku" "Chō Happy Song "

Other collaboration singles	"Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku" by Hello! Project Mobekimasu "Makeru na Wasshoi!" by Bekimasu

Related articles	Berryz Kobo discography Aa! Buono! Cute Hello! Project Hello! Project Kids Morning Musume Angerme (S/mileage) Tsunku ZYX

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