Game (album)
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Game is the double platinum first original studio album (second overall) by J-pop
J-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

 group Perfume
Perfume (group)
Perfume is a Japanese all-girl trio from Hiroshima, Japan, consisting of Ayano Ōmoto, Yuka Kashino, and Ayaka Nishiwaki. They debuted locally in 2001 and made their transition to a major label in 2005, focusing more on electropop...

, and is their first album to feature wholly new material, as opposed to the previously released Perfume: Complete Best, which was a compilation. It was released on April 16, 2008 as a CD and as a CD+DVD set. When Game debuted at #1 on the Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts, the album became the first technopop album to reach at #1 since Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Sakamoto first worked with Hosono as a member of his live band in 1976, while Takahashi recruited Sakamoto to produce his debut solo recording in 1977 following the split of the Sadistic Mika Band...

 did so with their album Naughty Boys
Naughty Boys
- Translation notes :As on some other YMO albums, song titles are provided in both Japanese and English, and some have different translations all together:* "君に、胸キュン。" translates to "My Heart Beats for You."...

in 1983, making Perfume only the second technopop group ever to achieve this position.

"Ceramic Girl" was used as the ending theme of Sumire Jūrokusai!!, while "Butterfly" was used to promote Mugen no Frontier: Super Robot Wars OG Saga
Mugen no Frontier: Super Robot Wars OG Saga
is a video game of Banpresto, co-developed with Monolith Soft, the studio behind the Xenosaga series. It is a spin-off of the Super Robot Wars: Original Generation series...

.

Game sold a total of 467,203 copies in Japan and has been certified Double Platinum by RIAJ. The album is currently the group's highest selling album, as well as Nakata Yasutaka's highest-selling produced album or material in his career.

CD

  1. – 4:09
  2. Plastic smile – 4:36
  3. Game – 5:06
  4. Baby Cruising Love – 4:41
  5. – 3:46
  6. – 4:39
  7. – 4:34
  8. Take Me Take Me – 5:28
  9. – 4:57
  10. Butterfly – 5:41
  11. Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow
    Fan Service (sweet)
    is Perfume's ninth single. Single released from Perfume produced by capsule member Yasutaka Nakata. Includes bonus DVD with music videos for the A and B-sides plus deluxe pamphlet.- DVD track listing :# Video Clip#Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow Video Clip...

    – 3:49
  12. Puppy Love – 4:32

DVD

  1. Polyrhythm (Live at Liquidroom Nov.8 '07)
  2. Seventh Heaven (Live at Liquidroom Nov.8 '07)
  3. Macaroni: Original Version
  4. Ceramic Girl: Drama Another Version
  5. Macaroni: A-chan Version
  6. Macaroni: Kashiyuka Version
  7. Macaroni: Nocchi Version

Sales

Year Sales
2008 391,439
2009 61,415
2010 10,486
Total 467,203
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