''Glamour'' is the sixth album of the Japanese
hard rock
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band
Show-Ya
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. The album was released on 24 August 1988. All musical arrangements are by Makoto Matsushita and Show-Ya. The single "Aisazu Ni Irarenai - Still Be Hangin' on" is Show-Ya's version of an unused demo from the recording sessions of
Cheap Trick
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's ''
Lap of Luxury
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'' album. The song is sung both in English and Japanese, with the lyrics translated by Keiko Terada. This album was mixed by
Andy Johns
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in Los Angeles. It reached position No. 16 in the Japanese
Oricon
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chart.
Track listing
#"I Gotta Your Love" ''
(Keiko Terada
is a Japanese rock singer. She was co-founder and lead singer of the successful Japanese female hard rock and heavy metal band Show-Ya from 1982 to 1991, before going solo. On her solo albums she expanded from hard rock and heavy metal to blu ...
)'' – 3:46
#"The Wind" ''
(Miki Igarashi, Terada)'' – 3:30
#"Aisazu ni Irarenai - Still Be Hangin' On" (愛さずにいられない – Still Be Hangin' On) ''
(Jonathan Cain
Jonathan Leonard Friga (born February 26, 1950), known professionally as Jonathan Cain, is an American musician and songwriter best known as the keyboardist for Journey. He has also worked with the Babys and Bad English. Cain was inducted into ...
& Rick Nielsen
Richard Alan Nielsen (born December 22, 1948) is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and leader of the rock band Cheap Trick. He is well-known for his numerous custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, incl ...
, trans. Terada)'' – 3:39
#"Come On!" ''
(Show-Ya, Terada)'' – 4:11
#"Dakareta Mama" (抱かれたまま) ''
(Miki Nakamura, Terada)'' – 4:25
#"Keep Me in Your Heart" ''
(Tom Keifer
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Early life
Tom Keifer grew up in a musical family and began playing guitar at a young ...
)'' – 2:50
#"Rock Train" ''
(Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda)'' – 4:43
#"Fixer" (フィクサー) ''
(Terada)'' – 4:24
#"Yoru no Sei Ja Nai" (夜のせいじゃない) ''
(Terada)'' – 4:48
#"Kagirinaku Haruka na Jiyuu E (Go Again)" (限りなくはるかな自由へ～Go Again～) ''
(Igarashi, Terada)'' – 4:59
#"We'll Still Be Hangin' On" ''
(Jonathan Cain
Jonathan Leonard Friga (born February 26, 1950), known professionally as Jonathan Cain, is an American musician and songwriter best known as the keyboardist for Journey. He has also worked with the Babys and Bad English. Cain was inducted into ...
& Rick Nielsen
Richard Alan Nielsen (born December 22, 1948) is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and leader of the rock band Cheap Trick. He is well-known for his numerous custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, incl ...
)'' – 4:58
Personnel
Band Members
*
Keiko Terada
is a Japanese rock singer. She was co-founder and lead singer of the successful Japanese female hard rock and heavy metal band Show-Ya from 1982 to 1991, before going solo. On her solo albums she expanded from hard rock and heavy metal to blu ...
– vocals
*Miki Igarashi – guitars
*Miki Nakamura – keyboards
*Satomi Senba – bass
*Miki Tsunoda – drums
Production
*Nobuo Maeda, Yoshikazu Nakabayashi – engineers
*Paul Wertheimer – engineer, mixing at Ameraycan Studio, Hollywood, California
*Ken Nakai, Micajah Ryan, Sachio Yotsumoto, Toshimi Nanseki – assistant engineers
*
Andy Johns
Jeremy Andrew "Andy" Johns (20 May 1950 – 7 April 2013) was a British sound engineer and record producer who worked on several well-known rock albums, including the Rolling Stones' ''Exile on Main St.'' (1972), Television's ''Marquee Moon'' (19 ...
– mixing
*Yoichi Aikawa – mastering
References
External links
Show-Ya discography"Aisazu ni Irarenai - Still Be Hangin' On" video clip
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Show-Ya albums
1988 albums
EMI Records albums
Japanese-language albums