{{Other uses}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Girl's Talk | type = studio | artist = Kara | cover = Kara - Girl's Talk.jpg | border = yes | alt = | caption = Version C cover | released = November 24, 2010 | recorded = 2010 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|J-pop|dance-pop}} | length = {{Duration|m=35|s=26}} <small>(Standard)</small><br>{{Duration|m=45|s=46}} <small>(Limited Editions C)</small> | language = Japanese | label = Universal Sigma | producer = | prev_title = Jumping | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Step | next_year = 2011 | misc = {{Singles | name = Girl's Talk | type = studio | single1 = Mister | single1date = August 11, 2010 | single2 = Jumping | single2date = November 10, 2010 }} }}

{{Nihongo|'''''Girl's Talk'''''|ガールズトーク|Gāruzu Tōku}} is the first Japanese studio album by South Korean girl group Kara. It was released on November 24, 2010, in four editions: CD+DVD,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/kara/disco/UMCK-9393.html |title=Girl's Talk – Type A |language=Japanese |accessdate=August 10, 2011 |work=Universal Music Group |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726063913/http://www.universal-music.co.jp/kara/disco/UMCK-9393.html |archivedate=July 26, 2011 }}</ref> CD+Photobook (28-pages),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/kara/disco/UMCK-9394.html |title=Girl's Talk – Type B |language=Japanese |accessdate=August 10, 2011 |work=Universal Music Group |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821113922/http://www.universal-music.co.jp/kara/disco/UMCK-9394.html |archivedate=August 21, 2011 }}</ref> CD-Only First Press coming with Korean versions of the songs "Sweet Days", "Love Is", and "Binks"<ref name=regular>{{cite web|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/kara/disco/UMCK-9395.html |title=Girl's Talk – Regular Edition (First Press) |language=Japanese |accessdate=August 10, 2011 |work=Universal Music Group |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808124401/http://www.universal-music.co.jp/kara/disco/UMCK-9395.html |archivedate=August 8, 2011 }}</ref> and a CD-Only Normal Press coming with no bonus tracks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/503091/products/music/891713/1/ |title=ガールズトーク ＫＡＲＡのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE |language=Japanese |accessdate=August 10, 2011 |work=Oricon}}</ref> The album peaked at number two on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts and was certified as double platinum by the RIAJ.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html|title=一般社団法人 日本レコード協会|website=www.riaj.or.jp|access-date=September 21, 2017}}</ref>

== Composition == The album contains two original Japanese songs. There are five songs that were included on the group's fourth Korean mini-album ''Jumping'' (2010) including "Sweet Days" which was titled "''With''" on the mini-album<ref name=regular/> and the second single ''Jumping''. There are two songs which was previously released in Korean on their third mini-album ''Lupin'' (2010) and these are "Lupin" and "Umbrella". Their Japanese single debut, "Mister", was previously released in Korean on their second studio album ''Revolution'' (2009).

== Chart performance == ''Girl's Talk'' had sold over 107,000 copies which placed on number 2 at the Oricon Weekly Album charts, behind Hikaru Utada's ''Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2'', which sold over 231,000 copies in the same week. This is the first time in 6 years and 9 months for a foreign Asian girl group to sell over 100,000 copies on its first week in Japan since Twelve Girls Band did back in March 2004 with the release of their album ''Kikō: Shining Energy''. The album's first week sales doubles that of ''Kara Best 2007–2010'' first week sales (51,000 copies) which was released back in September.<ref name="oricon">{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/82528/full/ |title=Oricon Weekly Charts |language=Japanese |accessdate=November 30, 2010 |work=Oricon Charts}}</ref>

The album spent 14 weeks in the Top 10 spot of the Oricon Weekly Album charts. It was eventually certified Platinum by the ''RIAJ''. On February 12, 2011, the album eventually peaked at number one after spending over 12 weeks in the charts, making it their first number-one album.<ref name = "oricon weekly">{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/|title=Oricon Weekly Charts |language=Japanese |accessdate= February 13, 2011| work=Oricon Charts}}</ref> The album managed to sell over 300,000 copies making them the first foreign female group to sell over 300,000 copies since Destiny's Child's ''Number 1's'' (2005).{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

==Track listings== {{Track listing | headline = ''Girl's Talk'' track listing | all_writing = | total_length = 35:26 | title1 = Jumping (ジャンピン) | length1 = 2:58 | lyrics1 = Song Soo-yoon, Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo, Natsumi Watanabe | music1 = Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo | title2 = Mister (ミスター) | lyrics2 = Song Soo-yoon, Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo, Natsumi Watanabe, PA-NON | music2 = Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo | length2 = 3:12 | title3 = Baby I Need You (ベイビー・アイ・ニード・ユー) | lyrics3 = Natsumi Watanabe | music3 = ArmySlick | note3 = | length3 = 3:44 | title4 = Sweet Days (スウィートデイズ) | note4 = | lyrics4 = Hwang Hyun, Kaori Moriwaka | music4 = Song Soo-yoon | length4 = 3:28 | title5 = SOS | lyrics5 = Shoko Fujibayashi | music5 = Jam9, ArmySlick | length5 = 4:42 | title6 = Love Is (ラブ・イズ) | note6 = | lyrics6 = Song Soo-yoon, Narumi | music6 = Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo | length6 = 3:25 | title7 = Binks (ビンクス) | note7 = | lyrics7 = Pa-Non, Song Soo-yoon | music7 = Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo | length7 = 3:13 | title8 = Umbrella (アンブレラ) | note8 = | lyrics8 = Song Soo-yoon, Natsumi Watanabe | music8 = Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo | length8 = 3:45 | title9 = Burn (バーン) | note9 = | lyrics9 = Song Soo-yoon, Kenn Kato | music9 = Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo | length9 = 3:30 | title10 = Lupin (ルパン) | note10 = | lyrics10 = Song Soo-yoon, Natsumi Watanabe | music10 = Han Jae-ho, Kim Seung-soo | length10 = 3:12 }} {{Track listing | headline = Version C First Press bonus tracks | total_length = 45:43 | title11 = Sweet Days | note11 = Korean | length11 = 3:29 | title12 = Love Is | note12 = Korean | length12 = 3:27 | title13 = Binks | note13 = Korean | length13 = 3:14 }} {{track listing | headline = Version A DVD | total_length = | title1 = "Jumpin'" Music Video (au Smart Sports ver.) | length1 = | title2 = Making of "Jumpin'" Music Video (au Smart Sports ver.) | length2 = | title3 = Offshoot footage from the album cover shoot | length3 = }}

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=== Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (2010) ! Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="o-disco">{{cite web |title=KARA Japanese Discography on ORICON STYLE |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/503091/products/release/ |publisher=Oricon |language=Japanese |accessdate=November 30, 2010}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;" | 2 |- ! scope="row"| Taiwanese Combo Albums (G-Music) | style="text-align:center;" | 3 |}

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=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (2010) ! Position |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web |title=Oricon Top 100 2010: Albums |url=https://www.jame-world.com/en/article/88403-oricon-top-100-2010-albums.html |website=JaME |access-date=30 December 2022 |date=1 January 2011}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;" | 45 |}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (2011) ! Position |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web |title=Oricon Top 100 2011: Albums |url=https://www.jame-world.com/en/article/99339-oricon-top-100-2011-albums.html |website=JaME |access-date=30 December 2022 |date=31 December 2011}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;" | 22 |- |} {{col-end}}

==Sales and certifications== {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|region=Japan|title=ガールズトーク|artist=Kara|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|salesamount= 443,491|salesref=<ref>166,185 (2010) + 277,306 (2011) * {{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank1220/index04.html|title=Oricon Albums – 2010|publisher=Oricon|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222012853/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank1220/index05.html|archive-date=December 22, 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=2024-03-04}} * {{cite web|title=Oricon Albums – 2011|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2011/musicrank1219/index03.html|publisher=Oricon|date=December 19, 2011|accessdate=March 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228122144/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2011/musicrank1219/index03.html|archive-date=February 28, 2012|language=ja}} </ref>|relyear=2010|certyear=2011|certmonth=11}} {{end}}

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