Two You Four You
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"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
2wenty 2wo
2wenty 2wo is Tackey & Tsubasa's debut album to be released under avex trax. The album was released on April 28, 2004 in two formats, limited edition and regular edition.-Overview:...

", and contains a total of four previously released singles.

Overview

Two You Four You is the second original studio album released by duo Tackey & Tsubasa. The album contains four singles: Serenade
Serenade (song)
-Overview:Serenade is Tackey & Tsubasa's fourth single, and currently their lowest selling and lowest ranking single. The a-side song "Serenade" was used as the Olympus "μDigital" commercial song...

, Kamen/Mirai Koukai, Venus
Venus (Tackey and Tsubasa song)
-Overview:"Venus" is Tackey & Tsubasa's sixth single, and currently their best selling single, reaching the 300,000 copies sold mark. The a-side song "Venus" was used in commercials for the ringtone service site, Mu-Mo...

, and Ho! Summer
Ho! SUMMER
"Ho! Summer" is a single by Tackey & Tsubasa."Ho! Summer" is Tackey & Tsubasa's seventh single under the Avex Trax label, and is their first single to be dedicated to summer. The regular version of the CD came with a bonus track, the limited version came with a special key ring, and the CD+DVD...

 (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.

Regular CD Format - Jacket C

  1. "" (Akio Shimizu) — 4:24
  2. "Venus" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:08
  3. ": Album version" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 3:50
  4. "" (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. "" (Hideyuki Obata, Mikio Sakai
    Mikio Sakai
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter. His real name is . He made his debut with the single .He has composed, written and performed numerous songs for several anime, including Fantastic Children, Tsubasa Chronicle, the Gorō Taniguchi-directed Sunrise productions, Planetes, s-CRY-ed, Code Geass, as well...

    ) — 5:07
  9. "Rainy Memories" (Makoto Seiden, Susumu Kawaguchi) — 3:43
  10. "" (Makoto Koshinaka, LaVenDer) — 4:47
  11. "" (Hitoshi Haba) — 4:58
  12. "Hey!! Listen to the Music" (Kenn Kato, Hiroshi Hibino) — 4:13
  13. "" (Kousuke Morimoto) — 4:40
  14. "Venus: Eurobeat Remix" (Remix: Dave Rodgers) — 4:48
  15. ": Christmas Version" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:53
  16. "" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:18

Disc 1

  1. "" (Akio Shimizu) — 4:24
  2. "Venus" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:08
  3. ": Album version" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 3:50
  4. "" (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. "" (Hideyuki Obata, Mikio Sakai) — 5:07
  9. "Rainy Memories" (Makoto Seiden, Susumu Kawaguchi) — 3:43
  10. "" (Makoto Koshinaka, LaVenDer) — 4:47
  11. "" (Hitoshi Haba) — 4:58
  12. "Hey!! Listen to the Music" (Kenn Kato, Hiroshi Hibino) — 4:13
  13. "" (Kousuke Morimoto) — 4:40
  14. "Venus: Eurobeat Remix" (Remix: Dave Rodgers) — 4:48
  15. ": Christmas Version" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:53

Disc 2

  1. ": karaoke"
  2. "Venus: karaoke"
  3. ":Album version: karaoke"
  4. ": karaoke"
  5. "Slave of Love: karaoke"
  6. "Mermaid: karaoke"
  7. ": karaoke"
  8. ": karaoke"
  9. ": karaoke"
  10. "Hey!! Listen to the Music: karaoke"
  11. ": karaoke"
  12. ": karaoke"
  13. "Special Radio Show 1"
  14. "Special Radio Show 2"

CD Portion

  1. "" (Akio Shimizu) — 4:24
  2. "Venus" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:08
  3. ": Album version" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 3:50
  4. "" (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. "" (Hideyuki Obata, Mikio Sakai) — 5:07
  9. "Rainy Memories" (Makoto Seiden, Susumu Kawaguchi) — 3:43
  10. "" (Makoto Koshinaka, LaVenDer) — 4:47
  11. "" (Hitoshi Haba) — 4:58
  12. "Hey!! Listen to the Music" (Kenn Kato, Hiroshi Hibino) — 4:13
  13. "" (Kousuke Morimoto) — 4:40
  14. "Venus: Eurobeat Remix" (Remix: Dave Rodgers) — 4:48
  15. ": Christmas Version" (Hitoshi Haneda) — 4:53

Production

  • Art Direction & Design - White Phat Graphics
  • Photograph - Tomojiro Kamiya
  • Styling - Akiko Yanagita
  • Hair & Make up - Yoshimi Michinaka
  • Creative Direction - Masahiro Ujie
  • Creative Coordinate - Hayato Mori
  • Location Coordinate - Mariana Resort

Charts

Album - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
15 November 2006 Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 3 73,211 93,011 7 weeks


Singles - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Release Single Chart Peak Position
3 November 2004 "Serenade" Oricon Daily Singles Chart ?
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 3
4 May 2005 "Kamen / Mirai Koukai" Oricon Daily Singles Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 1
18 January 2006 "Venus" Oricon Daily Singles Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 1
9 August 2006 "Ho! Summer" Oricon Daily Singles Chart 2
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 2

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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