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| recorded = 2009–2010
| Genre = [[J-pop]], [[R&B]], [[Rock music|rock]]▼
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| Label = [[Teichiku Records|Imperial Records]]▼
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| Last album = ''[[Puzzle (Kanjani Eight album)|Puzzle]]''<br />(2009)▼
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| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = [[Fight (Kanjani Eight album)|Fight]]
| Type = Studio album▼
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| caption = Regular Edition Cover
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{{Singles
| single2date = June 30, 2010
| single3date = August 25, 2010
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{{nihongo|'''''8 Uppers'''''|8UPPERS（パッチアッパーズ）|Patchi Appāzu}} is the fourth studio album released by the Japanese [[
==Composition==
The music style of ''8 Uppers'' is, again, different from their previous albums. This time the album adopts a more generic, yet, mature feel as the songs were written to accompany the feature film of the same title. The album opens up with the movie's theme song, "Oriental Surfer", and continues its coinciding theme to the events of the movie with two more instrumental breaks, "Back Off" and "Realize". The album ends with the single, "[[Kyū Jō Show!!]]". The member solos featured on the regular edition of the album were also written for the "Prologue of Patchi", a series of music videos that serve as character introductions, which were featured on the "[[Wonderful World!!]]" and "[[Life (Me no Mae no
▲The music style of ''8 Uppers'' is, again, different from their previous albums. This time the album adopts a more generic, yet, mature feel as the songs were written to accompany the feature film of the same title. The album opens up with the movie's theme song, "Oriental Surfer", and continues its coinciding theme to the events of the movie with two more instrumental breaks, "Back Off" and "Realize". The album ends with the single, "[[Kyū Jō Show!!]]". The member solos featured on the regular edition of the album were also written for the "Prologue of Patchi", a series of music videos that serve as character introductions, which were featured on the "[[Wonderful World!!]]" and "[[Life (Me no Mae no Mukō e)]]" singles. In many ways, the album can also be looked as an soundtrack to the movie.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}
Majority of all the songs for the album were written by Takeshi, known for writing many works for fellow [[Johnny & Associates|Johnny's & Associates]] acts, along with guest writers from [[Rock'A'Trench]], [[Crazy Ken Band]], [[Ulfuls]], and others. Kanjani Eight themselves took charge over the Members' Solo album with some of them writing their own music. [[Tadayoshi Okura|Tadayoshi Ohkura]] and [[Shota Yasuda]] collaborated to write the final track on the Members' Solo album entitled, "tte!!".<ref>Potato, Page 19, November 2010</ref> When asked about writing "tte!!", Ohkura commented with:
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{{cquote|1=It's Yasu's world. While the song is straight, when I heard it from Yasu a while back, I thought of where he was coming from. I wrote the lyrics, but, I intended it to fit the short movie. Yasu thought of the title and all I said was, " Alright ". |4=Tadayoshi Ohkura|5=Wink Up, Page 14, November 2010}}
Yasuda, in the same interview, also added that " [...] Ska and Melodic Hardcore is Eight's weapon, I thought while writing it. ".<ref>Wink Up, Page 11, November 2010</ref>
==Singles==
The first single released from the album was "[[Kyū Jō Show!!]]", a rockabilly-inspired tune that quickly followed up after the release of their junior album, ''[[Puzzle (Kanjani Eight album)|Puzzle]]''. The single did well, charting at #1 on the Oricon and Billboard Japan Hot 100 on its debut.<ref>
Wonderful World!! was quickly followed by the album's third single, "[[Life (Me no Mae no
▲The first single released from the album was "[[Kyū Jō Show!!]]", a rockabilly-inspired tune that quickly followed up after the release of their junior album, ''[[Puzzle]]''. The single did well, charting at #1 on the Oricon and Billboard Japan Hot 100 on its debut.<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/charts/japan-hot-100#/charts/japan-hot-100?chartDate=2009-11-21] Billboard Japan Hot 100, Week of November 21, 2009</ref><ref>[https://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=js&types=rnk&year=2009&month=11&week=3&submit4.x=18&submit4.y=17] Oricon Domestic Singles Weekly Ranking, 3rd Week of November 2009</ref> A few months after, in May 2010, the second single for the album was released, titled "[[Wonderful World!!]]". Wonderful World is a playful, feel good, a-typical [[Japanese pop]] tune with the members [[rap]]ping over it. The song did well, again, charting at #1 on the week of its debut.<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/charts/japan-hot-100#/charts/japan-hot-100?chartDate=2010-07-17] Billboard Japan Hot 100, Week of July 17, 2010</ref><ref>[https://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=js&types=rnk&year=2010&month=7&week=2&submit4.x=43&submit4.y=18] Oricon Domestic Singles Weekly Ranking, 2nd Week of July 2010</ref> ''Wonderful World!!'''s accompanied DVDs on the limited edition set the stage for what was going to be the new album, releasing a DVD clip of four side stories entitled, ''Prologue of Patchi'', which consisted of the members solos.
▲Wonderful World!! was quickly followed by the album's third single, "[[Life (Me no Mae no Mukō e)]]" in August 2010. The song is pop-rock tune that was the featured theme song for the Japanese television drama, ''GM: Odore Doctor'', which the group's drummer, Tadayoshi Ohkura starred in.<ref>[https://www.tbs.co.jp/GM-odore/cast/] TBS 日曜劇場 「GM ー踊れドクター Official Home Page, Cast</ref><ref>[https://www.tbs.co.jp/GM-odore/staff/] TBS 日曜劇場 「GM ー踊れドクター Official Home Page, Staff</ref> The conclusion to "Prologue of Patchi" was included on the limited edition release of this single and included a trailer for the movie, 8 Uppers, at the end with information for fans to visit the [https://www.club8.jp/ album's website].
==Promotion==
Promotion for ''8 Uppers'' began with the release of "[[Wonderful World!!]]" and continued with "[[Life (Me no Mae no
==CD Track listing==
===CD 1===
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| title1 = Oriental Surfer
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| extra4 = Rock'A'Trench, Shōgo Shōgo
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| title5 = [[Life (Me no Mae no
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===CD 2===
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| title1 = Monologue
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!align="left"|Chart
!align="center"|Peak<br>position
!align="center"|Sales/<br>shipments
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| align="left"| Oricon General Album Top 10
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| align="center"| 231,001<ref>
▲| align="center"| 231,001<ref>[https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/] Oricon Domestic Album Weekly Ranking, 1st Week of November 2010</ref>
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==References==
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{{Kanjani Eight}}
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[[Category:2010 albums]]
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