Back to the Mono Kero

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Back to the Mono Kero
Studio album by eX-Girl
Released	May 29, 2001 (2001-05-29)
Recorded	August/October 2000
Length	55:13 (US release)
Label
Producer	Hoppy Kamiyama
EX-Girl chronology
Big When Far, Small When Close (2000) Back to the Mono Kero (2001) Endangered Species (2004)

Back to the Mono Kero is the fourth studio album by the Japanese girl band eX-Girl, released by HIBOOM in Japan, Ipecac Recording in the US (IPC-15), 62 TV Records in Belgium, Valve Records in Australia, and Levy-yhtiö in Finland.

The line-up consisted of Chihiro, Kirilo and Fuzuki, and the album was produced by Hoppy Kamiyama.

Track listing[]

1. "Waving Scientist @ Frog King" (Lyrics: eX-Girl / Music: Hoppy Kamiyama, eX-Girl) – 3:58.
2. "Tozka" (Lyrics: Chihiro / Music: Kamiyama, eX-Girl) – 5:05.
3. "Aji Fry (Fried Horse Mackerel)" (Lyrics: eX-Girl, Kamiyama / Music: Kamiyama, eX-Girl) – 4:11.
4. "Pop Muzik" (Lyrics & Music: Robin Scott) – 4:51.
5. "Gween-Kong-Zee" (Lyrics: Kirilo / Music: Kamiyama, eX-Girl) – 4:57.
6. "Cucumber Surrender" (Lyrics: Kirilo / Music: Kamiyama, eX-Girl) – 5:47.
7. "Wipe Out #3" (Music: Kamiyama) – 2:12.
8. "Solid States Kerok'n'Roll" (Lyrics: eX-Girl / Music: Kamiyama, eX-Girl) – 4:22.
9. "Zero Gravity" (Lyrics: Fuzuki / Music: Kamiyama, eX-Girl) – 4:35.
10. "Crime of the Century" (Music: Kamiyama, eX-Girl) – 9:46.
11. "Sasuke" (Lyrics: Kirilo, Kamiyama / Music: Kamiyama, eX-Girl) – 5:25.

Bonus tracks[]

• "Let My Name Be Swallow" – track 12 (Japanese release).
• "Swanky*Spunky*Slinky" – track 12 (Belgian release).

Personnel[]

• Chihiro – vocals, guitar, sitar.
• Kirilo – vocals, bass, Casiotone.
• Fuzuki – vocals, drums, percussion.
• Steve Eto – tom-tom (M-6).
• Hoppy Kamiyama – Digital President, asshole box, scum tape from garbage, Slide Geisha, metal, gram pot.

Production[]

• Hoppy Kamiyama – producer.
• Yoshiaki Kondo – engineering, mixing at GOK Sound Studio, Tokyo, August/October 2000.
• Masayo Takise – mastering at M's Disc, Tokyo.
• Patricia de Ruijter, Saguaro – photos.
• Kazunori Akita, Robeert Farrell – eX-Girl logos.
• Naomi Hamada, Yukari Terakawa, Reiko – costumes.
• Tomoko Kobayasi – hairdresser.