Splurge (Puffy album)
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Splurge is an album by PUFFY
Puffy
Puffy can refer to one of the following:* Puffy or Puffy AmiYumi , a Japanese pop duo** Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, animation series about fictional adventures of Puffy AmiYumi** Puffy: P.S...

 that was released on June 28, 2006 in Japan. It was released in the US on July 25, 2006, after their East Coast Tour. The album is no longer available on the iTunes Store
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. The album peaked at #19 in Japan. The CD went discontinued in the U.S. in late 2007 with the closure of Tofu Records
Tofu Records
was a US record label of Sony Music Entertainment Japan that was launched in 2003 to distribute Japanese Sony artists in the United States, and that closed in 2007. Their first signed artist was T.M.Revolution, and they used the anime fandom community to spread the word. T.M.Revolution's U.S...

.

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.

Japan release

Track naming from Japanese edition of album, with translated English in brackets.
  1. "Radio Tokyo" (Butch Walker
    Butch Walker
    Butch Walker is an American recording artist, songwriter, and record producer. He was the lead guitarist for the metal band SouthGang from the late 80s to early 90s as well as the lead vocalist and guitarist for rock band Marvelous 3 from 1997 until 2001.-Career:Walker grew up in Cartersville,...

    )
  2. "ナイスバディ
    Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy
    is a single by Puffy AmiYumi released in 2005."Hajimari no uta" was used as the ending theme song for the Japanese version of Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and several ads for Daihatsu in their "Move Latte" campaign - Track listing :...

     (Nice Buddy)" (lyrics: Puffy / music: Andy Sturmer
    Andy Sturmer
    Marvin Andrew Sturmer is an American musical artist, writer and producer. He was one of the founding members of the band Beatnik Beatch, which led to the formation of Jellyfish.- Jellyfish :...

     and Andy Thompson)
  3. "Tokyo I'm on My Way" (Dexter Holland
    Dexter Holland
    Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland is the singer and rhythm guitarist for the California punk rock band The Offspring...

    )
  4. "Shall We Dance?" (Butch Walker)
  5. "恋のエチュード (Love's Etude)" (Masamune Kusano
    Spitz (band)
    is a Japanese rock band formed in 1987. They gained remarkable commercial success in the mid and late 1990s, and are known for their abstract and eccentric songs penned by primary singer-songwriter and guitarist Masamune Kusano....

    )
  6. "女マシンガン (Girl Machine Gun)" (lyrics: Seiji
    Guitar Wolf
    Guitar Wolf is a Japanese garage punk power trio founded in Nagasaki, Nagasaki in 1987. The band is known for songs with piercing vocals and an extremely loud style of noise-influenced punk which emphasizes heavy distortion and feedback...

     / music: Jon Spencer)
  7. "Sunday in the Park" (Charley Drayton
    Charley Drayton
    Charley Drayton is an American multi-instrumental musician and producer, who has played as a drummer and bass guitarist for many bands and artists and is currently the drummer in Australian rock bands Divinyls and Cold Chisel....

    , Tamio Okuda
    Tamio Okuda
    is a singer, songwriter, and producer. He started his career in 1986 as a member of the band Unicorn. After Unicorn broke up, Okuda moved on to a solo career in 1994 with the single "Ai no Tame ni." He has written and composed many songs for various artists, particularly Puffy...

    )
  8. "モグラライク
    Mogura Like
    "Mogura Like" is a single by Puffy AmiYumi that was released on 12 April 2006, from the album Splurge....

     (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
    The Merrymakers
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    )
  11. "モグラ (Mole)" (Kohmoto Hiroto
    The High-Lows
    were a popular Japanese punk rock band that was formed in 1995. The band stopped all activities in November 2005 and broke up.-Members:* Hiroto Kōmoto – vocals* Masatoshi Mashima –guitar* Sakito Shirabe – bass* Kenji Ōshima – drums* Mikio Shirai – keyboards...

    )
  12. "らくだの国 (Camel Country/Camel Land)" (Kazuyoshi Saito)
  13. "Security Blanket" (lyrics: Ami Onuki
    Ami Onuki
    is a member of the pop group PUFFY.She has co-hosted several Japanese TV shows with the "cool" half of PUFFY, Yumi Yoshimura, including the talk show Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy, part of a morning show called Saku-Saku, and the 2006 series Hi Hi Puffy Bu, in which Ami and Yumi perform one given task each...

     / music: Ken Yokoyama
    Ken Yokoyama
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    )
  14. "はじまりのうた
    Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy
    is a single by Puffy AmiYumi released in 2005."Hajimari no uta" was used as the ending theme song for the Japanese version of Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and several ads for Daihatsu in their "Move Latte" campaign - Track listing :...

     (Song of Origin/Beginnings)" (lyrics: Puffy / music: Andy Sturmer & Bleu)
  15. "Basket Case
    Basket Case (song)
    "Basket Case" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the third single from their third album, Dookie. The song spent five weeks at the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart.Rolling Stone Readers ranked it No...

    " (lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
    Billie Joe Armstrong
    Billie Joe Armstrong is an American rock musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter and lead guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day...

     / music: Green Day
    Green Day
    Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...

    )


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
    Polysics
    is a Japanese new wave and rock band from Tokyo, who dubs its unique style as "technicolor pogo punk". It was named after a brand of synthesizer, the Korg Polysix. The band started in 1997, but got their big break in 1998 at a concert in Tokyo...

    ' 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
Oricon
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19
World Albums 9
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