Platinum 9 Disc Explained

Platinum 9 Disc
Type:	studio
Artist:	Morning Musume
Cover:	Morning Musume - Platinum 9 DISC.jpg
Caption:	Front cover of regular edition.
Released:	March 18, 2009 (JP) April 2, 2009 (TW)
Recorded:	2008
Length:	56:35
Label:	Zetima (JP) EPCE-5629 (CD+DVD) EPCE-5631 (regular edition) Forward Music (TW) 09-20623 (CD+DVD) 09-20623-1 (regular edition)
Producer:	Tsunku
Prev Title:	Cover You
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Morning Musume All Singles Coupling Collection
Next Year:	2009

is Morning Musume's ninth original studio album, released approximately two years after their previous album, Sexy 8 Beat. It was released on March 18, 2009 in both limited (EPCE-5629) and regular (EPCE-5631) editions. The limited edition comes with a bonus DVD.^[1] The regular edition include one of ten photo cards, there is one for each member and one for the whole group.

Track listing

Featured lineup

4th generation: Hitomi Yoshizawa (uncredited in Track 13)
5th generation: Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki
6th generation: Eri Kamei, Sayumi Michishige, Reina Tanaka, Miki Fujimoto (uncredited in Track 13)
7th generation: Koharu Kusumi
8th generation: Aika Mitsui, Junjun, Linlin

Personnel

Lyrics, Composition: Tsunku
Arrangement: Nao Tanaka (tracks 1, 4, 10), Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki (2, 8, 9), Koichi Yuasa (3, 6), Kaoru Okubo (5, 7), Kōtarō Egami (11, 12), Jun Yamazaki (13)
Tenor Saxophone: Yoshinari Takejō (2)
Saxophone: Akio Suzuki (11)
Guitar: Koji Kamata (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
Chorus: Chino (2, 3, 5, 11), Hiroaki Takeuchi (3), Atsuko Inaba (12)

Oricon ranks and sales

Chart	Position	Sales
Daily	10	19,143
Weekly	13	19,143

External links

Platinum 9 Disc entry on the Hello! Project official website
J-Ongaku: Platinum 9 Disc

Notes and References

Web site: Platinum 9 Disc. Hello! Project. Japanese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090727195743/http://www.helloproject.com/discography/musume/a_022.html. 2009-07-27.