Splurge

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Splurge
Splurge album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 28, 2006
Genre Pop, rock
Label Ki/oon Records (JA)
KSCL-1010
Tofu Records (US)
TOF-031 [1]
PUFFY/Puffy AmiYumi chronology
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
(2004)
Splurge
(2006)
Honeycreeper
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Splurge is a Japanese-language pop album by Puffy Amiyumi that was released on June 28, 2006 in Japan. It was released in the US on July 25, 2006, after their East Coast Tour.

Contents

On tracks 12 and 13, "Camel Country" and "Security Blanket", the vocal parts are sung by Yumi Yoshimura and Ami Onuki solo, respectively. A promo EP was released in Japan on July 25, 2006. [3]

Track listing

Japan release

Track naming from Japanese edition of album, with translated English in brackets.

  1. "Radio Tokyo" (Butch Walker)
  2. "ナイスバディ (Nice Buddy)" (lyrics: Puffy / music: Andy Sturmer and Andy Thompson)
  3. "Tokyo I'm on My Way" (Andy Sturmer)
  4. "Shall We Dance?" (Butch Walker)
  5. "恋のエチュード (Love's Etude)" (Masamune Kusano)
  6. "女マシンガン (Girl Machine Gun)" (lyrics: Seiji / music: Jon Spencer)
  7. "Sunday in the Park" (Charley Drayton, Tamio Okuda)
  8. "モグラライク (Mole-Like)" (Tamio Okuda)
  9. "Missing You Baby" (lyrics: Puffy / music: Andy Sturmer)
  10. "早春物語 (Early Spring Story)" (lyrics: Puffy / music: Anders Hellgren & David Myhr)
  11. "モグラ (Mole)" (Kohmoto Hiroto)
  12. "らくだの国 (Camel Country/Camel Land)" (Kazuyoshi Saito)
  13. "Security Blanket" (lyrics: Ami Onuki / music: Ken Yokoyama)
  14. "はじまりのうた (Song of Origin/Beginnings)" (lyrics: Puffy / music: Andy Sturmer & Bleu)
  15. "Basket Case" (lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong / music: Green Day)

US release

  1. "Call Me What You Like (If You Like Rock-n-Roll)"
  2. "Nice Buddy"
  3. "Tokyo I'm on My Way"
  4. "Radio Tokyo"
  5. "Mole-Like"
  6. "Etude"
  7. "Go Baby Power Now"
  8. "Sunday in the Park"
  9. "Missing You Baby"
  10. "The Story"
  11. "Mole"
  12. "Cameland"
  13. "Security Blanket"
  14. "Beginnings"
Bonus tracks:
  1. "Friends Forever ~FICKLE Remix~"
  2. "Teen Titans Theme ~POLYSICS' CR-06 MIX~"

Splurge EP

  1. Call Me What You Like
  2. Security Blanket
  3. Tokyo I'm On My Way
  4. Go Baby Power Now
  5. Basket Case

Chart performance

In Japan it peaked at # 19 and stayed in the chart for 5 weeks, in the world chart peaked at number 9 and stayed in the chart for 2 weeks.

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Japanese Albums Chart [4] 19
World Albums [5] 9

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References

  1. "Music: Tofu Records". tofurecords.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. Sendra, Tim. "Allmusic review: Splurge". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  3. Official Site
  4. Oricon Style
  5. Billboard: World Albums