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

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".

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. 1 2 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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