Maximum Groove

Maximum Groove is the third studio album by Japanese dance unit, MAX. It was released on December 2, 1998 by record label, avex trax. It is their second album to peak at the #1 position on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts and has since been certified a million seller by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.^[1] It is one of two albums by the group to chart in Oricon's 1999 Year-End album chart along with their first greatest hits compilation, Maximum Collection (1999). It charted at #27.^[2] The album was supported by their MAX Live Contact 1999 ~Sunny Holiday~ concert tour.

Track list

#	Title	Songwriters	Time
1.	"Only One"	Yuko Ebine, Hideaki Kuwabara	4:29
2.	"Hikari no Veil"	Goro Matsui, Kiichi Yokoyama	5:01
3.	"I'm In Love"	Hiromi Mori, Masataka Sasamoto	4:24
4.	"Getting Over"	Matsui, Yokoyama	5:00
5.	"Sunny Holiday"	David Toball, Sandro Cajander, TH Olsen, Masato Ota, Jonas Eriksson, Mattias Eliasson	3:42
6.	"Not Alone"	Matsui, Kuwabara	5:12
7.	"Active For The Love"	Matsui, Yasushi Sasamoto	4:43
8.	"Private Crime"	Mori, M. Sasamoto	4:58
9.	"Reborn"	Mori, M. Sasamoto	4:41
10.	"Person I Need"	Mori, M. Sasamoto	5:41
11.	"Grace Of My Heart"	Ebine, Kenji Suzuki	5:24
12.	"Ride On Time"	Matsui, Yokoyama	4:27
13.	"Don't You Love Me"	Kazumi Suzuki, Groove Surfers	4:56
14.	"Love Desire"	Yuko Ebine, Time Machine	3:54

Chart performance

Peak	First week	Total	Chart run
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
1^[3]	322,300^[4]	824,370^[2]	12^[3]

Certification

"Maximum Groove" has been certified million for shipments of over 1,000,000 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

Accolades

Pop Album of the Year - Japan Gold Disc Awards^[5]

References

MAX

Nana Reina Lina Mina Aki

Studio albums	Maximum (1996) Maximum II (1997) Maximum Groove (1998) Emotional History (2001) Jewel of Jewels (2006)

Compilations	Maximum Collection (1999) Precious Collection 1995–2002 (2002)

Remix albums	Super Eurobeat presents Hyper Euro Max (2000) Maximum Trance (2002) New Edition: Maximum Hits (2008)

Concert tours	J-Pop Gig Tour '97 (1997) MAX Live Contact 1998 ~Max Up Your Life~ (1998) MAX Live Contact 1999 ~Sunny Holiday~ (1999) MAX Live Contact 2000 ~No boundly~ (2000) MAX Live Contact 2001 ~Bitter 4 Sweet~ (2001) MAX Presents Live Contact 2009 "New Edition" (2009)

Singles	Koi Suru Velfarre Dance: Saturday Night (1995) Kiss Me Kiss Me, Baby (1995) Tora Tora Tora (1996) Seventies (1996) Get My Love! (1996) Give Me a Shake (1997) Love Is Dreaming (1997) Shinin'on-Shinin'love (19997) Hikari no Veil (1998) Ride On Time (1998) Grace of My Heart (1998) Love impact (1999) Ano Natsu Eto (1999) Ginga no Chikai (1999) Isshoni... (1999) Never Gonna Stop It (2000) Magic (2000) Barairo no Hibi (2000) Always Love (2001) Perfect Love (2001) Moonlight (2001) Feel So Right (2001) Spring Rain (2002) Eternal White (2002) Festa (2003) Love Screw (2003) Be With You (2004) Nirai Kanai (2005) Anata o Omou Hodo (2005) Splash Gold: Natsu no Kiseki/Prism of Eyes (2006) Rough Cut Diamond (2009) Cat's Eye (2010)

Associated acts	Super Monkey's Namie Amuro

Related articles	MAX discography Avex Group Vision Factory

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