title: Back to the Mono Kero
text: # Back to the Mono Kero
  
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  | Pitchfork | 6.8/10 |
  
  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.
  