Two You Four You

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Two You Four You
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 15, 2006
StudioAvex Studio, Folio Sound Studio, On Air Azabu Studio, Johnny's Studio, Prime Sound Studio Form, Sunrise Studio, Warner Studio
Genre J-pop
Length71:04 (CD)
66:46 (Limited CD)
66:46 (CD+DVD)
Label avex trax
Producer Johnny H. Kitagawa, Jun-ichi "Randy" Tsuchiya, Shinji Hayashi, Katsuro Oshita, Tomoaki Sato, Shintaro Higuchi, Michiharu Sato, Masato "Max" Matsuura
Tackey & Tsubasa chronology
yourmothersatwat
(2004)
Two You Four You
(2006)

Two You Four You is Tackey & Tsubasa's 2nd album to be released under avex trax. The album was released on November 15, 2006, over two and a half years after their debut album "2wenty 2wo", and contains a total of four previously released singles.

Contents

Overview

Two You Four You is the second original studio album released by duo Tackey & Tsubasa. The album contains four singles: Serenade, Kamen/Mirai Koukai, Venus, and Ho! Summer (Mirai Koukai was not included on the album for unknown reasons). In all, the regular album contained a total of 16 songs, while the limited and CD+DVD only contained 15 songs.

The regular version of the album comes with a bonus track as with most of their singles. The limited pressing of the album comes with a bonus CD that will contain karaoke versions of most of the album's songs, along with a sticker. The DVD version of the album comes with a DVD containing backstage and concert footage from their "Takitsuba Izumo Concert" and behind-the-scenes footage for "Venus" and "Ho! Summer".

The title of the album is a play on the fact that both singers are 24 years old.

Track listing

Regular CD Format - Jacket C

  1. "Love Lucky (ラブラッキー)" (Akio Shimizu) — 4:24
  2. "Venus" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:08
  3. "Ho! Summer (サマー): Album version" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 3:50
  4. "Natsu no Kaze (夏の風)" (Susumu Kawaguchi, Makoto Atoji) — 5:16
  5. "Black Butterfly" (Bounceback, Paul Rein, Daniel Eklund) — 3:27
  6. "Slave of Love" (Kenn Kato, Face 2 Fake) — 3:56
  7. "Mermaid" (Kouji Ite, Makoto Sakuma) — 4:36
  8. "Kamen (仮面)" (Hideyuki Obata, Mikio Sakai) — 5:07
  9. "Rainy Memories" (Makoto Seiden, Susumu Kawaguchi) — 3:43
  10. "Juunigatsu no Hana (12月の花)" (Makoto Koshinaka, LaVenDer) — 4:47
  11. "Serenade (愛想曲 (セレナーデ))" (Hitoshi Haba) — 4:58
  12. "Hey!! Listen to the Music" (Kenn Kato, Hiroshi Hibino) — 4:13
  13. "Sayonara no Mukou (サヨナラの向こう)" (Kousuke Morimoto) — 4:40
  14. "Venus: Eurobeat Remix" (Remix: Dave Rodgers) — 4:48
  15. "Yume Monogatari (夢物語): Christmas Version" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:53
  16. "Kakko Tsukanai Tonight (カッコつかないTonight)" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:18

Limited CD Format - Jacket B

Disc 1

  1. "Love Lucky (ラブラッキー)" (Akio Shimizu) — 4:24
  2. "Venus" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:08
  3. "Ho! Summer (サマー): Album version" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 3:50
  4. "Natsu no Kaze (夏の風)" (Susumu Kawaguchi, Makoto Atoji) — 5:16
  5. "Black Butterfly" (Bounceback, Paul Rein, Daniel Eklund) — 3:27
  6. "Slave of Love" (Kenn Kato, Face 2 Fake) — 3:56
  7. "Mermaid" (Kouji Ite, Makoto Sakuma) — 4:36
  8. "Kamen (仮面)" (Hideyuki Obata, Mikio Sakai) — 5:07
  9. "Rainy Memories" (Makoto Seiden, Susumu Kawaguchi) — 3:43
  10. "Juunigatsu no Hana (12月の花)" (Makoto Koshinaka, LaVenDer) — 4:47
  11. "Serenade (愛想曲 (セレナーデ))" (Hitoshi Haba) — 4:58
  12. "Hey!! Listen to the Music" (Kenn Kato, Hiroshi Hibino) — 4:13
  13. "Sayonara no Mukou (サヨナラの向こう)" (Kousuke Morimoto) — 4:40
  14. "Venus: Eurobeat Remix" (Remix: Dave Rodgers) — 4:48
  15. "Yume Monogatari (夢物語): Christmas Version" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:53

Disc 2

  1. "Love Lucky (ラブラッキー): karaoke"
  2. "Venus: karaoke"
  3. "Ho! Summer (Ho!サマー):Album version: karaoke"
  4. "Natsu no Kaze (夏の風): karaoke"
  5. "Slave of Love: karaoke"
  6. "Mermaid: karaoke"
  7. "Kamen (仮面): karaoke"
  8. "Juunigatsu no Hana (12月の花): karaoke"
  9. "Serenade (愛想曲 (セレナーデ)): karaoke"
  10. "Hey!! Listen to the Music: karaoke"
  11. "Sayonara no Mukou (サヨナラの向こう): karaoke"
  12. "Kakko Tsukanai Tonight (カッコつかないTonight): karaoke"
  13. "Special Radio Show 1"
  14. "Special Radio Show 2"

CD+DVD Format - Jacket A

CD Portion

  1. "Love Lucky (ラブラッキー)" (Akio Shimizu) — 4:24
  2. "Venus" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:08
  3. "Ho! Summer (サマー): Album version" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 3:50
  4. "Natsu no Kaze (夏の風)" (Susumu Kawaguchi, Makoto Atoji) — 5:16
  5. "Black Butterfly" (Bounceback, Paul Rein, Daniel Eklund) — 3:27
  6. "Slave of Love" (Kenn Kato, Face 2 Fake) — 3:56
  7. "Mermaid" (Kouji Ite, Makoto Sakuma) — 4:36
  8. "Kamen (仮面)" (Hideyuki Obata, Mikio Sakai) — 5:07
  9. "Rainy Memories" (Makoto Seiden, Susumu Kawaguchi) — 3:43
  10. "Juunigatsu no Hana (12月の花)" (Makoto Koshinaka, LaVenDer) — 4:47
  11. "Serenade (愛想曲 (セレナーデ))" (Hitoshi Haba) — 4:58
  12. "Hey!! Listen to the Music" (Kenn Kato, Hiroshi Hibino) — 4:13
  13. "Sayonara no Mukou (サヨナラの向こう)" (Kousuke Morimoto) — 4:40
  14. "Venus: Eurobeat Remix" (Remix: Dave Rodgers) — 4:48
  15. "Yume Monogatari (夢物語): Christmas Version" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:53

DVD Portion

  1. "滝翼出雲魂咲会跳 (Off-Shot & Concert)"
  2. "Venus (Off-Shot)"
  3. "Ho! サマー (Off-Shot)"

Production

Charts

Album - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

ReleaseChartPeak positionFirst week salesSales total
15 November 2006Oricon Daily Albums Chart1
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart373,21193,011

Singles - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

ReleaseSingleChartPeak Position
3 November 2004"Serenade"Oricon Daily Singles Chart?
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart3
4 May 2005"Kamen / Mirai Koukai"Oricon Daily Singles Chart1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart1
18 January 2006"Venus"Oricon Daily Singles Chart1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart1
9 August 2006"Ho! Summer"Oricon Daily Singles Chart2
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart2

RIAJ Certification

As of December 2006, "Two You Four You" has been certified gold for shipments of over 100,000 by the RIAJ.

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References

^ "Recording Industry Association of Japan" . Retrieved December 17, 2006.