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	HIBOOM
Producer	Hoppy Kamiyama
EX-Girl chronology
Big When Far, Small When Close (2000) Back to the Mono Kero (2001) Endangered Species (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork	6.8/10[2]

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.

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.

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

• 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.

• 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.