''Outerlimits'' is the seventh album of the Japanese female

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group

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. The album was released on 6 September 1989, in Japan. The album was mixed at the famous

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in California and was arranged by Masanori Sasaji and Show-Ya. Lyricist Yoshihiko Andō wrote most of the lyrics for the songs of the album. This is the band's best selling album, with more than 100,000 copies sold in Japan. The first single "Genkai Lovers" (限界 Lovers) sold more than 30,000 copies in Japan, being used for a commercial campaign.

Reception and charts

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defined the Japanese album "well worth searching for" for every metalhead, comparing the songs of Show-Ya to the works of

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. The album was a huge success in Japan, reaching number three in the national charts (

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chart). The first single "Genkai Lovers" (限界 Lovers) sold more than 30,000 copies in Japan, while the second single "Watashi wa Arashi" (私は嵐) was the best-selling CD single of the band, reaching position No. 12 in the Oricon single chart.

Track listing

#"Out of Limits" ''(Miki Igarashi, Yoshihiko Andō)'' – 3:09 #"Look at Me!" ''(Show-Ya,

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& Andō)'' – 5:11 #"Genkai Lovers" (限界 Lovers) ''(Terada & Igarashi, Andō)'' – 3:59 #"Trouble" ''(Terada, Andō)'' – 4:06 #"Yasei no Bara" (野性の薔薇) ''(Igarashi, Andō)'' – 5:31 #"Inori" (祈り) ''(Terada, Terada & Andō)'' – 4:37 #"Kaigenrei no Machi – Cry for the Freedom" (戒厳令の街／Cry for the Freedom) ''(Miki Nakamura, Andō)'' – 4:52 #"Bad Boys" ''(Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda, Andō)'' – 3:58 #"Watashi Wa Arashi" (私は嵐) ''(Terada, Andō)'' – 4:05 #"Paranoia Paradise" ''(Senba & Tsunoda, Andō)'' – 3:19 #"Battle Express" ''(Igarashi, Andō)'' – 4:31

Personnel

Band members

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

Production

*Atsuhiro Sakamoto – engineer *Toshimi Naseki – assistant engineer *Paul Wertheimer – mixing at

, Hollywood, California *

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– mastering *Masanori Sasaji – arrangements *Yoshihiko Andō – lyrics

References

External links

Show-Ya discography

"Genkai Lovers" video clip"Watashi Wa Aarashi" video clip
{{Authority control Show-Ya albums 1989 albums EMI Records albums Japanese-language albums