''Ways'' is the third album of the Japanese
rock group
Show-Ya
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. The album was released on 3 September 1986 in Japan. All the songs were arranged by Tadashi Namba & Show-Ya.
Overview
Despite being recorded only six months after their previous album ''
Queendom'', this album manifests a strong progression both in cohesiveness of the musicians and sound. In fact, the arrangements and compositions are tighter as the result of a real group effort, while the sound of the album is very similar to what could be heard at a Show-Ya's live show at that time. On the contrary, the two poppier songs on the album "S・T・O・P (But I Can't...)" and the single "One Way Heart" were not composed by the band and are almost harbingers of next album ''
Trade Last
''Trade Last'' is the fourth album of the Japanese rock group Show-Ya. The album was released on 4 February 1987 in Japan. All the lyrics were written by Yasushi Akimoto and half of the music by Kyōhei Tsutsumi. The musical arrangements were do ...
s style. The single was also used as theme for a Japanese TV show.
The hard rocker "Fairy" has since become a staple of every Show-Ya's live show.
Track listing
;Side one
#"Shot" ''
(Miki Nakamura, Keiko Terada
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)'' – 4:17
#"Blow Away" ''
(Miki Igarashi, Terada)'' – 4:28
#"S・T・O・P (But I Can't...)" ''
(Takahashi)'' – 4:05
#"Get Up Higher" ''
(Nakamura, Mary Stickles)'' – 3:34
#"Over Now" ''
(Nakamura, Terada)'' – 4:48
;Side two
#
"One Way Heart" ''(Nobody
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, Masumi Kawamura)'' – 4:18
#"Townscape" ''(Igarashi, Terada)'' – 4:25
#"? Question" (? クエスション) ''(Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda, Terada)'' – 3:38
#"Fairy" ''(Igarashi, Terada)'' – 3:56
#"Everybody Someday" ''(Terada)'' – 5:37
Personnel
Band members
*Keiko Terada
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– vocals
*Miki Igarashi – guitars
*Miki Nakamura – keyboards
*Satomi Senba – bass
*Miki Tsunoda – drums
Production
*Akira Tanaka – producer
*Takeshi Sukegawa – recording and mixing
*Ron Saint Germain
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– remix of "One Way Heart"
*Tatsuya Endou, Keisuke Hasegawa, Yasu Ito – recording engineers
*Tadashi Namba – creative input and arrangements
References
External links
Show-Ya discography
"One Way Heart" video clip
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Show-Ya albums
1986 albums
EMI Records albums
Japanese-language albums