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Orange Caramel is the debut (second overall) Japanese studio album by South Korean girl group After School sub-unit Orange Caramel. It was released on March 13, 2013, by Avex Trax. [1] The album was preceded by the singles "Yasashii Akuma" and "Lipstick/Lamu no Love Song".
"Yasashii Akuma" (やさしい悪魔), also known as "My Sweet Devil", was the first single released in Japan by the group. The song is a remake of 1970's pop group Candies' song "Yasashii Akuma". The B-side is a Japanese version of their Korean debut single, "Magic Girl". The single was released on September 5, 2012, peaking on the Oricon Weekly Chart at #10.
"Lipstick/Lamu no Love Song" was the dual-second single released in Japan. "Lipstick" is a Japanese remake of the Korean single from their first Korean album Lipstick . "Lamu no Love Song" is a cover of the opening theme for the popular anime series Urusei Yatsura . The song was released on December 12, 2012, and peaked on the Oricon Weekly Chart at #12.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "A-ing" (アイン♡; Japanese version) | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Magic Girl" (魔法少女; Japanese version) | 3:09 |
| 3. | "Cookies, Cream & Mint" (クッキークリーム&ミン) | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Bangkok City" (Japanese version) | 2:49 |
| 5. | "Lipstick" (Japanese version) | 3:21 |
| 6. | "The Angel's Wink" (天使のウィンク) | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Lamu no Love Song" (ラムのラブソング) | 2:41 |
| 8. | "My Sweet Devil" (やさしい悪魔) | 3:07 |
| 9. | "Shanghai Romance" (上海ロマンス; Japanese version) | 3:47 |
| 10. | "Red Shoes" (赤いくつ) | 3:48 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Cookies, Cream & Mint" (クッキークリーム&ミント) | |
| 2. | "Lamu no Love Song" (ラムのラブソング) | |
| 3. | "Lipstick" (Japanese version) | |
| 4. | "My Sweet Devil" (やさしい悪魔) | |
| 5. | "Bangkok City" (original version) | |
| 6. | "Shanghai Romance" (上海ロマンス; original version) | |
| 7. | "A-ing" (アイン□; original version) | |
| 8. | "Magic Girl" (魔法少女; original version) | |
| 9. | "Cookies, Cream & Mint" (クッキークリーム&ミント; dance edit version) | |
| 10. | "Cookies, Cream & Mint" (クッキークリーム&ミント; making movie) |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Orange Caramel Returns" (「オレキャラチャンネルReturns!! ～ワタシを♡♡♡につれてって～」) | |
| 2. | "Orange Caramel Returns" (オレキャラチャンネル making&未公開映像; making movie) |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 11. | "Sleeping Forest" (眠れる森; Nana solo) | 3:23 |
| 12. | "Sour Grapes" (すっぱい葡萄; Lizzy solo) | 2:49 |
| 13. | "Meteor and Piercing" (流星とピアス; Raina solo) | 4:54 |
Note: the digital track list is inconsistent. On Amazon Music, it includes all of the tracks, but on Spotify, the Japanese version of Lipstick, Lamu no Love Song, My Sweet Devil, and the Japanese version of Magic Girl are excluded. [2] [3]
| Charts (2013) | Peak position |
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| Japanese albums (Oricon)[ citation needed ] | 21 |
| Billboard Japan Top Albums [4] | 28 |
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