Ways (album)
Ways | ||||
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Studio album by Show-Ya | ||||
Released | 3 September 1986 | |||
Recorded | 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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Singles from 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]
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 (Japanese)
- "One Way Heart" video clip