Making the Road

Making the Road
Studio album by Hi-Standard
Released	November 2, 1999
Recorded	Echo House Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Punk rock
Length	37:39
Label	Fat Wreck Chords
Producer	Hi-Standard
Hi-Standard chronology
Angry Fist (1997)Angry Fist1997 Making the Road (1999) Love Is a Battlefield (2001)Love Is a Battlefield2001

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Making the Road is the third album from Japanese punk rock band, Hi-Standard. Recorded back in their native country, it was released on American label, Fat Wreck Chords, in November, 1999.

The cover art is a screenshot from the finale of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo.

Track listing

• All songs written by Hi-Standard.

1. "Turning Back" – 0:33
2. "Standing Still" – 2:12
3. "Teenagers are All Assholes" – 2:00
4. "Just Rock" – 1:04
5. "Dear My Friends" – 3:12
6. "Stay Gold" – 2:00
7. "No Heroes" – 2:10
8. "Glory" – 1:50
9. "Please, Please, Please" – 2:30
10. "Green Acres" – 0:54 (1960s TV Theme)
11. "Changes" – 2:43 (Black Sabbath cover)
12. "Making the Road Blues" – 1:15
13. "Crows" – 1:52
14. "Tinkerbell Hates Goatees" – 1:26
15. "Pentax" – 0:34
16. "Nothing" – 2:51
17. "Starry Night" – 2:12
18. "Brand New Sunset" – 3:24
19. "Sexy Girlfriend" (hidden track) – 2:57

Personnel

• Akihiro Nanba – vocals, bass
• Ken Yokoyama – guitar, vocals
• Akira Tsuneoka – drums
• Recorded at Echo House Studio, Tokyo, Japan
• Produced by Hi-Standard
• Engineered by Osamu Seino

External links

• Fat Wreck Chords album page