Duo U&U

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Studio Album by W

Released June 6, 2004 Recorded Winter 2004 Genre J-pop Length 51:10 Label Zetima Producer Tsunku

W Chronology

Previous: Koi no Vacance  (Single) (2004) Next: Aa Ii Na!  (Single) (2004) ]] Duo U&U (デュオU&U) is the first studio album by W, the duo formed by Morning Musume and Mini Moni members and longtime bestfriends Kago Ai and Tsuji Nozomi. Recorded while they were winding down their duties as Morning Musume and Mini Moni members, the album consists of cover versions of songs released by other female Japanese pop duos from the late Showa period, including covers of songs by The Peanuts, Pink Lady and Wink. The idea was that W were continuing the tradition that the original artists they covered on this album established, as well as give fans of Kago and Tsuji that had never heard the original recordings a taste of Japanese pop history.

W promoted the album in Japan with a variety of TV appearances, including a June 2004 special during which they performed alongside Pink Lady as both W and as part of Morning Musume. W and Pink Lady performed the latter's "Southpaw" while the full Morning Musume contingent and Pink Lady performed "Nagisa no Sinbad" and a medley of Morning Musume's "LOVE Machine" and Pink Lady's "S.O.S.".

At the end of July 2004, W graduated Morning Musume, allowing them to concentrate on W full time. Duo U&U would be the only W album containing all classic J-pop covers, as future single releases would be originals composed by Tsunku and their follow-up album, 2nd W, would contain a mix of original material and more classic J-pop covers.

The album sold 41,063 copies in it's first week of sales, selling a total of 85,017 copies.

Tracklisting
1. Koi no Vacance (恋のバカンス) – 2:54 2. Southpaw (サウスポー) – 3:36 3. Nagisa no "......" (渚の「……」) – 4:15 4. Shiroi Iro wa Koibito no Iro (白い色は恋人の色) – 2:53 5. Osaka Rhapsody (大阪ラプソディー) – 3:09 6. Matsu wa (待つわ?) – 4:24 7. Samishii Nettaigyo (淋しい熱帯魚) – 4:38 8. Kakemeguru Seishun (かけめぐる青春) – 3:18 9. Nagisa no Sinbad (渚のシンドバッド) – 2:29 10. Koi no Indian Ningyou (恋のインディアン人形) – 3:04 11. Suki yo Captain (好きよキャプテン) – 3:04 12. Sentimetal Boy (センチ・メタル・ボーイ) – 3:42 13. Oatsuraemuki no Destiny (お誂え向きのDestiny) – 3:04 14. Give Me Up – 4:16 15. Jounetsu no Hana (PASSION FLOWER) (情熱の花 (PASSION FLOWER)) – 2:29