E.G. Time

E.G. Time is the third studio album by the Japanese girl group E-girls. It was released on December 24, 2014, digitally and January 1, 2015, physically. It came in five different editions.^[1]

Background

The album features three previously unreleased songs, while the rest of the album featured songs previously released as singles or B-sides. The album also includes new E.G. Time versions of the group's single "Follow Me" from their debut album, Lesson 1 and "Gomennasai no Kissing You" from their second album, Colorful Pop, along with a "Dream & E-girls" version of the Dream song "Kibō no Hikari: Mirai o Shinjite". Two songs in this albums are covers by E-girls: "Odoru Pompokolin" from B.B.Queens, and "Ureshii! Tanoshii! Daisuki!" (うれしい！たのしい！大好き！, "Happy! Fun! Love!!") from Dreams Come True. (This E-girls version is also on the album Me and Dreams Come True: Dreams Come True 25th Anniversary Best Covers (私とドリカム -DREAMS COME TRUE 25th ANNIVERSARY BEST COVERS-)

Singles

Three songs from the album were released as official singles, with one promotional single:

"E.G. Anthem: We Are Venus" is the first single from the album and ninth overall. It was released digitally on June 12, 2014 and physically on July 9, 2014. It features vocals from all of the group's vocalists. The single sold 49,207 in its first week.^[2]
"Odoru Ponpokorin" is the second single from the album and tenth overall. It was first released as a digital single on June 6, 2014 titled "Odoru Ponpokorin (TV Size)". The official single was released digitally on July 16, 2014 and physically on August 13, 2014. It features vocals from Dream's Ami, Flower's Reina, Happiness's Karen, and Rabbits member Yuzuna. The single sold 31,777 in its first week.^[3]
"Highschool Love" is the third single from the album and eleventh overall. It was released on September 10, 2014 in four editions: CD Only Version, CD+DVD Version, One Coin CD Version and Music Card editions for each member. It features vocals from Dream's Shizuka and Ami, Flower's Reina, Happiness's Karen, and Rabbits member Yuzuna. The single sold 61,046 in its first week.^[4]
"Mr. Snowman" is the fourth single from the album and twelfth overall. It was released on November 26, 2014 in four editions: CD Only Version, CD+DVD Version, One Coin CD Version and Music Card editions for each member. It features vocals from Dream's Shizuka and Ami, Flower's Reina, and Happiness's Karen. The single sold 43,653 in its first week.^[5]

Track listing

All editions tracklist^[1]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction"	0:17
2.	"E.G. Anthem: We Are Venus"	3:24
3.	"Mr.Snowman"	3:49
4.	"Music Flyer"	3:40
5.	"Move It! Dream & E-girls Time"	3:40
6.	"Rock 'n' Roll Widow" (ロックンロール・ウィドウ)	4:25
7.	"Highschool Love"	3:57
8.	"Odoru Ponpokorin" (おどるポンポコリン;)	3:26
9.	"Jiyū no Megami: Yuvuraia" (自由の女神 ~ユーヴライア~; "Statue of Liberty: Yuvuraia")	3:54
10.	"Ureshii! Tanoshii! Daisuki!" (うれしい！たのしい！大好き！; "Happy! Fun! Love!!")	4:04
11.	"Again"	4:13
12.	"Chocolat" (ショコラ;)	5:01
13.	"Gomennasai no Kissing You" (E.G. Time Version)	3:43
14.	"Follow Me" (E.G. Time Version)	4:06
15.	"Kibō no Hikari: Mirai o Shinjite" (希望の光 ~未来を信じて~; "Ray of Hope: Believe in the Future")	6:35
Total length:		58:40

DVD/Blu-ray ^[6]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Move It! Dream & E-girls Time" (Music video)
2.	"E.G. Anthem: We Are Venus" (Music video)
3.	"Highschool ♡ Love" (Music video)
4.	"Mr.Snowman" (Music video)
5.	"Odoru Ponpokorin" (Music video)
6.	"Odoru Ponpokorin" (Animation Clip)
7.	"E-girls Live Tour 2014 "Colorful Land"" (Documentary)

Limited Edition Bonus CD 2 Tracklist ^[6]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rydeen: Dance All Night (M-flo Remix)"
2.	"Rydeen: Dance All Night (DJ Daruma & Chaki Zulu Remix)"
3.	"Rydeen: Dance All Night (Yellow Claw Remix)"
4.	"Rydeen: Dance All Night (Habanero Posse Remix)"
5.	"Rydeen: Dance All Night (Watapachi Remix)"
6.	"Rydeen: Dance All Night (M-flo DnB Remix)"

Personnel

Participating vocalists

"E.G. Anthem: We Are Venus" – Shizuka (Dream), Aya (Dream), Ami (Dream), Erie (Dream), Karen (Happiness), Ruri (Happiness), Reina (Flower), Chiharu (Flower), Kyoka (Flower), Yuzuna (Rabbits)
"Mr. Snowman" – Shizuka (Dream), Ami (Dream), Karen (Happiness), Reina (Flower)
"Music Flyer" – Shizuka (Dream), Aya (Dream), Ami (Dream), Erie (Dream), Karen (Happiness), Ruri (Happiness), Reina (Flower), Chiharu (Flower), Kyoka (Flower), Yuzuna (Rabbits)
"Move It! Dream & E-girls Time-" – Shizuka (Dream), Aya (Dream), Ami (Dream), Erie (Dream)
"Rock 'n' Roll Widow" – Shizuka (Dream), Erie (Dream), Reina (Flower)
"Highschool Love" – Shizuka (Dream), Ami (Dream), Karen (Happiness), Reina (Flower), Yuzuna (Rabbits)
"Odoru Ponpokorin" – Ami (Dream), Karen (Happiness), Reina (Flower), Yuzuna (Rabbits)
"Jiyū no Megami: Yuvuraia" – Shizuka (Dream), Ami (Dream), Karen (Happiness), Reina (Flower)
"Ureshii! Tanoshii! Daisuki!" – Shizuka (Dream), Aya (Dream), Ami (Dream), Erie (Dream), Karen (Happiness), Ruri (Happiness), Reina (Flower), Chiharu (Flower), Kyoka (Flower), Yuzuna (Rabbits)
"Again" – Aya (Dream), Ruri (Happiness), Kyoka (Flower)
"Chocolat" – Shizuka (Dream), Aya (Dream), Ami (Dream), Erie (Dream), Karen (Happiness), Ruri (Happiness), Reina (Flower), Chiharu (Flower), Kyoka (Flower), Yuzuna (Rabbits)
"Kibō no Hikari: Mirai o Shinjite" – Karen (Happiness), Ruri (Happiness), Reina (Flower), Kyoka (Flower), Yuzuna (Rabbits)

Chart performance

The album debuted at number two on Oricon's Weekly Chart with 64,396 copies sold in the first week with just four days of sales. It then rose to number one with a further 75,950 copies sold, and has been certified Platinum by the RIAJ.^[7]

Oricon

Oricon Chart	Peak	Sales total
Daily albums chart	1	245,905
Weekly albums chart^[8]	1
Monthly albums chart^[9]	5
Yearly Albums Chart	-

Sales and certifications

Chart	Sales
RIAJ physical shipping certification^[10]	Platinum (250,000+)

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Japan	December 24, 2014	Digital download	Rhythm Zone
Japan	January 1, 2015	CD	Rhythm Zone

References

1 2 "E.G. TIME E-girls ORICON STYLE". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-03-02.
↑ "E.G.Anthem -WE ARE VENUS-(DVD付) E-girls ORICON STYLE". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-03-02.
↑ "おどるポンポコリン(DVD付) E-girls ORICON STYLE". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-03-02.
↑ "Higschool Love(DVD付) E-girls ORICON STYLE". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-03-02.
↑ "Mr.Snowman (DVD付) E-girls ORICON STYLE". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-03-02.
1 2 "Amazon.com: COLORFUL POP (ALBUM+DVD) (初回生産限定盤)". Amazon Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-03-02.
↑ "一般社団法人日本レコード協会｜各種統計". riaj.or.jp. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
↑ "オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2014年12月29日～2015年01月04日 ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
↑ "オリコン月間 CDアルバムランキング 2015年01月度 ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
↑ ゴールドディスク認定作品一覧　2015年1月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (January 2015)]. RIAJ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-03-03.

E-girls

Members

Dream	Shizuka Nishida Aya Takamoto Ami Nakashima Erie Abe

Happiness	Sayaka Nagatomo Kaede Dobashi Karen Fujii Miyuu Ariiso Yurino Suzuki Anna Suda Ruri Kawamoto

Flower	Shuuka Fujii Manami Shigetome Mio Nakajima Reina Washio Nozomi Bando Harumi Sato

E-girls	Anna Ishii Nonoka Yamaguchi

Undebuted members

Rabbits	Takebe Yuzuna Hagio Misato Inagaki Rio Ikuta Risa Watanabe Marina Hanayama Mizuki Nishizumi Rio Ono Nanako Hagiwara Yuuki Gushiken Sae Araki Futaba Nishimura Yuumi

Bunnies	Nakajima Momoka Ishii Chino Naka Nokoa Ogawa Miyu Yoshimura Reo Fujii Rino Nakamoto Muziki

Former members

Sayaka Yamamoto
Mimu Hioki
Runa Yamamoto
Mira Watts
Miyuu Oishi
Reina Kizu
Elina Mizuno
Mayu Sugieda
Kyoka Takeda
Chiharu Muto
Kyoka Ichiki

Albums

Best Albums

E.G. Smile: E-girls Best

Singles

"Celebration!"
"One Two Three"
"Follow Me"
"The Never Ending Story"
"Candy Smile"
"Gomennasai no Kissing You"
"Kurukuru"
"Diamond Only"
"E.G. Anthem: We Are Venus"
"Odoru Ponpokorin"
"Highschool Love"
"Mr.Snowman"
"Anniversary!!"
"Dance Dance Dance"
"Merry×Merry Xmas"
"Dance With Me Now!"
"E.G. Summer Rider"
"Pink Champagne"
"Go Go! Let's Go!"

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