''Lead! Heat! Beat!'' (stylized as ''LEAD! HEAT! BEAT!'') is the third

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ese hip-hop group

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. The album ranked No. 15 on

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and remained on the charts for four weeks. The album was released on August 10, 2005, nearly a year since their previous album, '' Brand New Era,'' and held three preceding singles: '' Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted, Atarashii Kisetsu e'' and '' Baby Running Wild.''

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''Lead! Heat! Beat!'' is the third

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. The album took the No. 15 spot on the weekly

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s and remained on the charts for four consecutive weeks. It was released a year after their previous album, '' Brand New Era,'' which had been released at the end of August 2004. Prior to its release, the album garnered three singles: the

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'' Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted,'' the spring ballad '' Atarashii Kisetsu e'' and the summer

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'' Baby Running Wild.'' As with their previous albums, the album was only released as a standard CD, not carrying a CD+DVD counterpart. Instead, the

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s were later placed on their third compilation DVD ''

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,'' which was released three years later on August 6, 2008. Unlike their previous albums, ''Lead! Heat! Beat!'' was not given a limited edition version. It became their first album to contain both a prelude and an outro, which were different renditions of "Rock the House!!". Along with the new tracks on the album, it also included a remix of "Baby Running Wild" as track #15. On December 7, 2005, they would release their second

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DVD, which corresponding with the album: '' Lead Live Tour Upturn 2005.''

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

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