2wenty 2wo
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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

2wenty 2wo is the debut original studio album released by duo singers Tackey & Tsubasa. The album was released in two formats, limited and regular edition. The limited edition came with a photo booklet. The title of the album, is to commemorate the fact that both of the singers were 22-years-old when the album was released.

The remixed version of the song "Sotsugyou: Sayonara wa Ashita no Tameni" on the album is the version that was used as an insert song for the anime
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Regular CD Format

  1. "" – 4:54
  2. "" – 4:31
  3. "Pride the End" – 4:02
  4. "" – 3:48
  5. "" – 4:40
  6. "Go On" – 3:45
  7. "Diamond" – 3:54
  8. "" – 4:50
  9. "" – 4:03
  10. "Love&Tough" – 4:31
  11. "" – 4:26
  12. "" – 4:27
  13. "One Day, One Dream" – 4:21
  14. "You & I" – 4:55
  15. " (One Version)" – 6:34

Limited CD Format

  1. ""
  2. ""
  3. "Pride the End"
  4. ""
  5. ""
  6. "Go On"
  7. "Diamond"
  8. ""
  9. "Love&Tough"
  10. ""
  11. ""
  12. "One Day, One Dream"
  13. "You & I"
  14. " (One Version)"

Personnel

  • Takizawa Hideaki – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Imai Tsubasa – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Yoshihiko Chino – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s (Track #1, #7 & #13) & chorus (Track #7, #9 & #14)
  • Takeshi Taneda – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (Track #1, #9, #13, & #14)
  • Masami Yoshikawa – chorus (Track #1)
  • Jun Abe – keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

     (Track #2)
  • Kenji Suzuki – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s (Track #2)
  • Tetsuo Sakurai – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (Track #2)
  • Tetsuya Takahashi – chorus (Track #2, #5, #7 & #13)
  • Yu Takami – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s (Track #3 & #11) & bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (Track #3)
  • Kosaku Tanaka – chorus (Track #3, #7, #10 & #13)
  • Eiko Kubo – female chorus (Track #3 & #4)
  • Ayuko Tanaka – female chorus (Track #3)
  • Chokkaku – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s (Track #4)
  • Hidetoshi Suzuki – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s (Track #5)
  • Yasutaka Kume – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s (Track #6 & #10)
  • Masayuki Iwata – chorus (Track #6)
  • Seiji Akiyama – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s (Track #8)
  • Spin – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (Track #8)
  • Mika Watanabe – AC guitar (Track #9)
  • Kosei Kubo – E guitar (Track #9)
  • Yoshiaki Muto – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s (Track #11)
  • Audio Highs – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (Track #11)
  • Minoru Komorita – chorus (Track #12)
  • Isao Sakuma – trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

     (Track #12)
  • Hajime Yamamoto – saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

     (Track #12)
  • Hiroyuki Nomura – trombone
    Trombone
    The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

     (Track #12)
  • Tetsuya Ochiai – violin
    Violin
    The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

    (Track #14)


Note: The order of the track numbers is based on the regular edition of the album.

Production

  • Art Direction & Design – Kenji Kiyama
  • Photograph – Kenji Oyama
  • Styling – Akiko Yanagida
  • Hair & Make up – Hiromi Michinaka
  • Creative Direction – Masahiro Ujie
  • Creative Coordinate – Kanako Shino
  • Location Coordinate – Tsuyoshi Kato

Charts

Album – Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
28 April 2004 Oricon Daily Albums Chart
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 2 100,000

RIAJ Certification

As of June 2004, "2wenty 2wo" has been certified gold for shipments of over 100,000 by the RIAJ.
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