Dress to Kill (After School album)

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Dress to kill
After School, Dress to Kill cover.png
Studio album by
After School
ReleasedMarch 19, 2014
Recorded2012–2014
Genre
Label Avex Trax
After School chronology
First Love
(2013)		Dress to kill
(2014)		 Best
(2015)
Singles from Dress to Kill
  1. "Heaven"
    Released: October 2, 2013
  2. "Shh"
    Released: January 29, 2014

Dress to Kill is the second and latest Japanese album of South Korean girl group After School, released on March 19, 2014, in Japan under Avex Trax. [1] The album was released in three versions, a CD & DVD Limited Press Edition, a CD Edition (mu-mo Version) and a regular CD Edition. It was preceded by the singles "Heaven" and "Shh". It was the last album released by After School before going on an indefinite hiatus. [2]

Contents

Editions

The album was released in three different editions: CD & DVD Limited Press Edition, CD Edition (mu-mo Version), and the Regular CD Edition. The CD & DVD Limited Press Edition contains the CD album, and a DVD containing the music video for Heaven, two music videos for Shh (the regular music video and a Dance edit music video) and group performances from the Play Girlz Japan Fan Meeting 2013 at Shinkiba Studio Coast show including "Diva", "Flashback, "Heaven", "Crazy Driver" and "Slow Love".[ citation needed ]

The regular CD edition of Dress to Kill contains only the album itself along with a Japanese Version of "Flashback" as a bonus track. The CD Edition (mu-mo Version) of Dress to Kill contains only the album itself along with a previously unreleased song titled "Lucky Girl" as a bonus track.[ citation needed ]

Commercial performance

In its first week, Dress to Kill charted at number 33 with 4,252 copies sold, a large dip from the sales of their first album.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Dress code ～Theme of “Dress to kill”～" Tak Miyazawa0:30
2."Dress to kill"Reika YuukiJon Levine / Pam Sheyne / Ross Golan3:21
3."Ms.Independent"Kanata OkajimaAlbi Albertsson,Johanna Elkesdotter3:39
4."Triangle"Kyasu MorizukiT-SK / Liv NERVO / Mim NERVO / tesung kim3:41
5."Crazy Driver"MutsumiLubo Slavicek3:29
6."Shh"Kyasu MorizukiShinichi Osawa4:58
7."Yes No Yes"Kanata OkajimaAndreas Oberg / Kevin Charge / Kanata Okajima3:36
8."Heaven"MutsumiShinichi Osawa4:44
9."in the moonlight"KAJI KATSURAAndreas Oberg / Maria Marcus / Julimar Santos3:41
10."rock it!"KAJI KATSURAErik Nyholm / Eric Palmqwist3:41
11."Spotlight"Kyasu MorizukiCaroline Gustavsson / Hanna Söderberg3:43
12."Killing eyes ～End of “Dress to kill”～" Tak Miyazawa0:27
DVD: Music videos & Play Girlz Japan FAN MEETING 2013 Performances
No.TitleLength
1."Heaven" (Music video) 
2."Shh" (Music video) 
3."Shh" (Dance Edit Music video) 
4."Diva" 
5."FLASHBACK" 
6."Heaven" 
7."Crazy Driver" 
8."SLOW LOVE" 
9."Making Movie" 
Bonus tracks (CD Only Edition)
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
13."Flashback (JPN Ver.)"H.U.B.TEXU a.k.a saint binary3:15
Bonus tracks (CD Only (mu-mo Version) Edition)
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
13."Lucky Girl"KAJI KATSURAMats Tarnfors / Marica Linde3:51

Charts

Oricon charts

Released Oricon ChartPeakDebut salesSales total
March 19, 2014Daily Album Chart144,2524,252
Weekly Album Chart33

Other charts

ChartPeak
position
Billboard Japan Top Albums35

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Japan March 19, 2014CD+DVD Limited Edition, CD only Avex Trax

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References

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  2. ↑ "[N인터뷰]④ 박수아 "애프터스쿨 서로 응원ing…정아 아들 임신 5개월차"". News1. Naver. May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
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