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