Ways (album)
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| Released | 3 September 1986 | |||
| Studio | Smoky Studio, EMI Studios and Sedic Studio, Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 43:06 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Eastworld / EMI | |||
| Producer | Akira Tanaka | |||
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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]
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.
Track listing
- Side one
- "Shot" (Miki Nakamura, Keiko Terada) – 4:17
- "Blow Away" (Miki Igarashi, Terada) – 4:28
- "S・T・O・P (But I Can't...)" (Takahashi) – 4:05
- "Get Up Higher" (Nakamura, Mary Stickles) – 3:34
- "Over Now" (Nakamura, Terada) – 4:48
- Side two
- "One Way Heart" (Nobody, Masumi Kawamura) – 4:18
- "Townscape" (Igarashi, Terada) – 4:25
- "? Question" (? クエスション) (Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda, Terada) – 3:38
- "Fairy" (Igarashi, Terada) – 3:56
- "Everybody Someday" (Terada) – 5:37
Personnel
Band members
- Keiko Terada – vocals
- Miki Igarashi – guitars
- Miki Nakamura – keyboards
- Satomi Senba – bass
- Miki Tsunoda – drums
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
References
- ^ "Show Ya Ways". HeavyHarmonies.com. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
- ^ Igarashi, Miki. "WAYS" (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 March 2010.
External links
- Show-Ya discography (in Japanese)
- "One Way Heart" video clip