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. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, USA and produced by

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's brother Paul. It was released on 24 October 1990 and reached position No. 4 in Japan (

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Chart). All the lyrics were written by Yoshihiko Andō. This time all the musical arrangements were done by the band. It would be Show-Ya's last studio album with lead singer

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Track listing

#"Metallic Woman" ''(Miki Igarashi, Yoshihiko Andō)'' – 6:19 #"Life Is Dancing" ''(Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda, Andō)'' – 4:41 #"Switch Blade St." ''(Senba & Tsunoda, Andō)'' – 4:00 #"Mashou" (魔性) ''(Miki Nakamura, Andō)'' – 4:47 #"Naze" (何故) ''(

, Andō)'' – 6:31 #"Make It Up – Dounikashite Yo –" (Make It Up ―どうにかしてよ―)'' (Igarashi, Andō)'' – 4:13 #"Gambling" (ギャンブリング) ''(Igarashi, Andō)'' – 4:00 #"Blue Rose Blues" ''(Terada, Andō)'' – 5:25 #"Way You Rock Me" ''(Terada, Andō)'' – 3:27 #"Uchi ni Kaerou" (うちにかえろう) ''(Terada, Andō)'' – 6:10 #"Sakebi" (叫び) ''(Terada & Nakamura, Andō)'' – 4:27

Personnel

Band members

– vocals *Miki Igarashi – guitars *Miki Nakamura – keyboards *Satomi Senba – bass *Miki Tsunoda – drums

Production

*Paul Winger – producer *

– executive producer *Scott Gordon, Patrick D. Karamians, Paul Wertheimer – engineers *Robert A. Vosgien – digital editing *

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– mastering at

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, New York *Yoshihiko Andō – lyrics

References

External links

Show-Ya discography

"Sakebi" video clip"Gambling" video clip
{{Authority control Show-Ya albums 1990 albums EMI Records albums Japanese-language albums