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| Released | April 16, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–2008 | |||
| Studio | Contemode Studio (Tokyo, Japan) | |||
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| Length | 56:16 | |||
| Label | Tokuma Japan Communications | |||
| Producer | Yasutaka Nakata | |||
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Game (stylised in all caps) is the debut studio album Japanese girl group Perfume. On April 16, 2008, Tokuma Japan Communications released it in both physical and digital formats. Prior to its release, the band was formed in 2000, with early developments including a lineup change, the release of several singles, and other business ventures. After signing with Tokuma in 2005, the band began working with Japanese musician and producer Yasutaka Nakata, who produced, composed, songwriter, recorded assistant, and engineered the entire Game album.
Game is an electronic dance album with elements of J-pop and techno-pop. Nakata's use of techno-pop on the album, as well as in the majority of his collaborations with Perfume, was intended to spark a revival of the genre in the Japanese music industry, with Perfume believing that the sound represented them. In addition to the tracks recorded in Japanese, there is one song sung in English. Music critics gave Game mixed to positive reviews, with some praising the overall sound and cheerful themes and others believing the material was overproduced and lacking depth. Commercially, the album was a success in Japan, reaching number one on the Oricon Albums Chart and being certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of over 500,000 copies.
Three singles were released to promote the album: "Fan Service (Sweet)", which included the album tracks "Chocolate Disco" and "Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow", "Polyrhythm", and the double A-side singles "Baby Cruising Love" and "Macaroni". Furthermore, other songs from the album were used as commercial themes across Japan. To promote the album, Perfume went on two tours: the Seventh Heaven promotional tour and the 2008 Game Tour, the latter of which was live the following year. Since the album's release, Game has been regarded as a techno-pop pioneer and a fixture in Japan's pop music industry.