Ways (album)

Ways
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 EMI Japan
Producer Akira Tanaka
Show-Ya chronology

Queendom
(1986)		 Ways
(1986)		 Trade Last
(1987)
Singles from Ways
  1. "One Way Heart / Love Sick"
    Released: 22 August 1986

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

  1. "Shot" (Miki Nakamura, Keiko Terada) - 4:17
  2. "Blow Away" (Miki Igarashi, Terada) - 4:28
  3. "S・T・O・P (But I Can't...)" (Takahashi) - 4:05
  4. "Get Up Higher" (Nakamura, Mary Stickles) - 3:34
  5. "Over Now" (Nakamura, Terada) - 4:48
  6. "One Way Heart" (Nobody, Masumi Kawamura) - 4:18
  7. "Townscape" (Igarashi, Terada) - 4:25
  8. "? Question" (? クエスション) (Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda, Terada) - 3:38
  9. "Fairy" (Igarashi, Terada) - 3:56
  10. "Everybody Someday" (Terada) - 5:37

Personnel

Band members

Production

References

  1. ↑ "Show Ya Ways". HeavyHarmonies.com. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Igarashi, Miki. "WAYS" (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 March 2010.

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