Ways (album)

Ways
Studio album by Show-Ya
Released	3 September 1986
Recorded	Smoky Studio, EMI Studios and Sedic Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Rock
Length	43:06
Language	Japanese
Label	Eastworld / EMI
Producer	Akira Tanaka
Show-Ya chronology
Queendom (1986) Ways (1986) Trade Last (1987)
Singles from Ways
"One Way Heart / Love Sick" Released: 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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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

6. "One Way Heart" (Nobody, Masumi Kawamura) - 4:18
7. "Townscape" (Igarashi, Terada) - 4:25
8. "? Question" (? クエスション) (Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda, Terada) - 3:38
9. "Fairy" (Igarashi, Terada) - 3:56
10. "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

1. "Show Ya Ways". HeavyHarmonies.com. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
2. Igarashi, Miki. "WAYS" (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 March 2010.

External links

• Show-Ya discography (Japanese)
• "One Way Heart" video clip