Ways
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Ways is the third album of the Japanese rock group Show-Ya. The album was released on 3 September 1986 in Japan. All the songs were arranged by Tadashi Namba & Show Ya.[1]
[edit] Overview
Despite being recorded only six months after their previous album Queendom, this album manifests a strong progression both in cohesiveness of the musicians and sound. In fact, the arrangements and compositions are tighter as the result of a real group effort, while the sound of the album is very similar to what could be heard at a Show Ya's live show at that time. On the contrary, the two poppier songs on the album "S・T・O・P (But I Can't...)" and the single "One Way Heart" were not composed by the band and are almost harbingers of next album Trade Last's style. The single was also used as theme for a Japanese TV show.[2] The hard rocker "Fairy" has since become a staple of every Show Ya's live show.
[edit] Track listing
- "Shot" (Miki Nakamura, Keiko Terada) - 4:17
- "Blow Away" (Miki Igarashi, K. Terada) - 4:28
- "S・T・O・P (But I Can't...)" (Takahashi) - 4:05
- "Get Up Higher" (M. Nakamura, Mary Stickles) - 3:34
- "Over Now" (M. Nakamura, K. Terada) - 4:48
- "One Way Heart" (Nobody, Masumi Kawamura) - 4:18
- "Townscape" (M. Igarashi, K. Terada) - 4:25
- "? Question" (? クエスション) (Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda, K. Terada) - 3:38
- "Fairy" (M. Igarashi, K. Terada) - 3:56
- "Everybody Someday" (K. Terada) - 5:37
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Band members
- Keiko Terada - vocals
- Miki Igarashi - guitars
- Miki Nakamura - keyboards
- Satomi Senba - bass
- Miki Tsunoda - drums
[edit] Production
- Akira Tanaka - producer
- Takeshi Sukegawa - recording and mixing
- Ron Saint Germain - remix of "One Way Heart"
- Tatsuya Endou, Keisuke Hasegawa, Yasu Ito - recording engineers
- Tadashi Namba - creative input and arrangements
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