Playgirlz

Playgirlz is the debut Japanese studio album of South Korean girl group After School, released on March 14, 2012 in Japan under Avex Trax.[1] The album was released in three versions, a CD & DVD Limited Press Edition, a CD & DVD Edition and a regular CD Edition.[2][3] It was preceded by the singles "Bang!", "Diva" and double A-side "Rambling Girls/Because of You".

Playgirlz
Studio album by
After School
ReleasedMarch 14, 2012
Recorded2011-2012
GenreDance-pop
LabelAvex Trax
ProducerMasato Matsuura (exec.)
After School chronology
Happy Pledis 2nd Album
(2011)		 Playgirlz
(2012)		 Flashback
(2012)
Singles from Playgirlz
  1. "Bang!"
    Released: August 17, 2011
  2. "Diva"
    Released: November 23, 2011
  3. "Rambling Girls/Because of You"
    Released: January 25, 2012

Editions

The album was released in three different editions: CD & DVD Limited Press Edition, CD & DVD Edition, and the Regular CD Edition.

The CD & DVD Limited Press Edition contains the CD album, and a DVD containing the "Japan Premium Party -Bang! Bang! Bang!- Live at AKASAKA BLITZ" show, along with Playcards[4] and 1 trading card randomly selected out of 9 different styles.

The CD & DVD Edition contains the CD album and a DVD containing the 5 Original Japanese Version music videos, and three Japanese Dance Edit Version music videos of Bang!, Diva and Rambling Girls. It all comes in a cardboard slipcase, once again including 1 trading card out of 9 different styles along with other trading cards. The DVD also includes Bonus Content including the original Shanghai Romance Korean music video, and miscellaneous After School special footage.[5]

The CD Regular Edition of Playgirlz contains only the CD album itself, along with a Japanese Version of Orange Caramel's "Shanghai Romance" as a bonus track.[3]

Track listing
CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Rip off"H.U.B.Joleen Belle, William "Bleu" McAuley, Windy Wagner2:58
2."Rambling girls"HarumiAno Bhagavan, Peter Wennerberg, Mathias Venge, Gary Jangfeldt3:29
3."Broken Heart" (featuring Jung-A, Raina, Nana and E-Young)Kaji KatsuraMichelle Lewis, Khris Lorenz3:21
4."Diva" (Japanese Version)MizueBrave Brothers3:21
5."Just In Time"HanaiYusuke Itagaki3:30
6."Shampoo" (Japanese Version)Maika Sato, KaoruDaishi Dance4:38
7."Because of You" (Japanese Version)Mutsumi, Kana YabukiBrave Brothers4:09
8."Gimme Love"HarumiFraktal, Masamichi Kono3:42
9."Miss Futuristic" (featuring Kahi, Juyeon, U-ie and Lizzy)Shoko FujibayashiNao Tanaka3:11
10."Bang!" (Japanese Version)H.U.B., BekahKim Tae Hyun3:22
11."Tell Me"Kanata OkajimaYusuke Itagaki4:09
Total length:39:46
DVD (Version A): Japan Premium Party -Bang! Bang! Bang!- Live at AKASAKA BLITZ
No.TitleLength
1."OPENING"2:27
2."Shampoo" (Korean Version)4:22
3."Because of You" (Korean Version)4:00
4."Lady"3:34
5."Talk Corner"21:59
6."AH"3:07
7."Diva" (Korean Version)3:18
8."Someone is you"4:07
9."Let's Do It!" (Japanese Version)1:28
10."Bang!" (Japanese Version)3:23
DVD (Version B)
No.TitleLength
1."Let's Do It" (Japanese Original Version)1:33
2."Bang" (Japanese Original Version)3:30
3."Tap Slap" (Japanese Original Version)1:50
4."Diva" (Japanese Original Version)3:32
5."Rambling Girls" (Japanese Original Version)3:41
6."Bang" (Japanese Dance Edit Version)3:24
7."Diva" (Japanese Dance Edit Version)3:22
8."Rambling Girls" (Japanese Dance Edit Version)3:32
9."Shanghai Romance" (Korean Version)3:50
10."Special footage of AFTERSCHOOL"2:06
Bonus tracks (Version C)[lower-alpha 1]
No.TitleLength
12."Shanghai Romance" (Japanese Version)3:47

Chart performance

Oricon chart
Released Oricon Chart Peak Debut Sales Sales Total Chart Run
March 14, 2012 Daily Album Chart 6 16,286 (Weekly)
22,737 (Monthly)		 28,489 14 weeks
Weekly Album Chart 8
Monthly Album Chart 28

Other charts
Chart Peak
position
Billboard Japan Top Albums [8] 8

Release history
CountryDateFormatLabel
Japan[3] March 14, 2012 CD+DVD Limited Edition, CD+DVD, CD only Avex Trax
Hong Kong May 8, 2012 CD+DVD, CD only
Taiwan

Notes
  1. also available on some streaming service.[6][7]

References
  1. http://www.after--school.jp/discography/index.html
  2. "After School to release first Japanese album "Playgirlz"". koreaboo.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  3. "Playgirls AFTERSCHOOL (CD)". CD Japan. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  4. "Playgirlz AFTERSCHOOL (w/ DVD, Limited Edition)". CD Japan. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  5. "Playgirlz AFTERSCHOOL (CD+DVD)". CD Japan. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  6. "Playgirlz". Amazon.
  7. "Playgirlz". Spotify. 8 April 2012.
  8. "Top Albums 2012/03/26付け" (in Japanese). Hanshin Contents Link. March 26, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
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