Ways (album)

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Field	Value
name	Ways
type	studio
artist	Show-Ya
cover	Ways (Show-Ya album - cover art).jpg
released	3 September 1986
studio	Smoky Studio, EMI Studios and Sedic Studio, Tokyo, Japan
genre	Rock
length	43:06
language	Japanese
label	Eastworld / EMI
producer	Akira Tanaka
prev_title	Queendom
prev_year	1986
next_title	Trade Last
next_year	1987
misc	{{Singles
name	Ways
type	studio
single1	One Way Heart" / "Love Sick
single1date	22 August 1986
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| name = Ways | type = studio | artist = Show-Ya | cover = Ways (Show-Ya album - cover art).jpg | alt = | released = 3 September 1986 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Smoky Studio, EMI Studios and Sedic Studio, Tokyo, Japan | genre = Rock | length = 43:06 | language = Japanese | label = Eastworld / EMI | producer = Akira Tanaka | prev_title = Queendom | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Trade Last | next_year = 1987 | misc = {{Singles | name = Ways | type = studio | single1 = One Way Heart" / "Love Sick | single1date = 22 August 1986

Ways is the third album of the Japanese rock group Show-Ya. 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'''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

1. "Shot" (Miki Nakamura, Keiko Terada) – 4:17
2. "Blow Away" (Miki Igarashi, Terada) – 4:28
3. "S・T・O・P (But I Can't...)" (Takahashi) – 4:05
4. "Get Up Higher" (Nakamura, Mary Stickles) – 3:34
5. "Over Now" (Nakamura, Terada) – 4:48

;Side two

1. "One Way Heart" (Nobody, Masumi Kawamura) – 4:18
2. "Townscape" (Igarashi, Terada) – 4:25
3. "? Question" (? クエスション) (Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda, Terada) – 3:38
4. "Fairy" (Igarashi, Terada) – 3:56
5. "Everybody Someday" (Terada) – 5:37

Personnel

Band members

• Keiko Terada – 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 – remix of "One Way Heart"
• Tatsuya Endou, Keisuke Hasegawa, Yasu Ito – recording engineers
• Tadashi Namba – creative input and arrangements

References

References

1. "Show Ya Ways". HeavyHarmonies.com.
2. Igarashi, Miki. "WAYS".

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