, stylised as RADWIMPS 2 ~Hatten Tojō~, is Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Radwimps

Radwimps

is a Japanese rock band, who debuted independently in 2003 and later on major label Toshiba EMI in 2005. The band achieved great commercial success in 2006 album their album Radwimps 4: Okazu no Gohan, and are best known for their later singles "Order Made" and "Dada" , both of which hit number...

' second album under independent label Newtraxx, released on March 8, 2005.

Background and development

The album was the first to feature the band's current line-up, after their reformation in 2004. The band first recorded and released the single "Kiseki" in 2004. Two months after the album's release, the band released their final independent release, the double A-side "Hexun/Kanashi."

The album was created by recording song after song, until the band had enough material for an album. This technique was regretted by the band members, as it made album recording feel like work. The album was recorded with each member recording their instruments separately, a technique they no longer used in their next album. Immediately after the release of the album, vocalist and songwriter Yojiro Noda regretted the album's release, and wanted to make a new record as quickly as possible afterwards.

Commercial reception

The album did not chart on Oricon's top 300 albums chart until May 2006. The album was a very gradual seller, charting for 106 weeks, and peaking at number 80. The album reached this peak in early 2007, and has only spent a single week in the top 100. Despite charting longer than the band's debut album and selling more units of it, it has not been officially recognised by the RIAJ as a gold certified album.

Track listing

Chart rankings

Chart (2007)	Peak position
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... weekly albums	80

Sales

Chart	Amount
Oricon physical sales	98,000

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Distributing Label
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...		CD	Newtraxx
		Rental CD