5 Ahead
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 5 Ahead |
| type | Album |
| artist | Tokio |
| cover | 5 Ahead TOKIO album cover.jpg |
| released | December 5, 2001 |
| genre | Japanese Rock/Pop |
| length | 1:17:01 |
| label | Universal Music |
| prev_title | Best EP Selection of Tokio II |
| prev_year | 2001 |
| next_title | Glider |
| next_year | 2003 |
| :: |
| name = 5 Ahead | type = Album | artist = Tokio | cover = 5 Ahead TOKIO album cover.jpg | alt = | released = December 5, 2001 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Japanese Rock/Pop | length = 1:17:01 | label = Universal Music | producer = | prev_title = Best EP Selection of Tokio II | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Glider | next_year = 2003
5 Ahead is the seventh studio album by Japanese band Tokio. It was released on December 5, 2001. It was the first album to be released under Universal Music Japan. The album reached eighth place on the Oricon weekly chart and charted for six weeks.
The name of the album is a pun: 5 in Japanese is pronounced Go; thus, the real name of the album is GO AHEAD.
Track listing
Disc 1
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Disc 2
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Personnel
- Shigeru Joshima – guitar
- Tomoya Nagase – lead vocalist, guitar
- Masahiro Matsuoka – drums
- Taichi Kokubun – keyboard
- Tatsuya Yamaguchi – bass
References
References
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