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| Released | March 3, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Power pop | |||
| Length | 62:00 | |||
| Label | Platinum Records / PolyGram (1995) Warner Music Japan (2001) Toshiba EMI (2003) | |||
| Producer | Masahide Sakuma Masami Tsuchiya Yoshiki | |||
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