5 Ahead

2001 studio album by Tokio
5 Ahead
Studio album by
Tokio
ReleasedDecember 5, 2001
GenreJapanese Rock/Pop
Length1:17:01
LabelUniversal Music
Tokio chronology
Best EP Selection of Tokio II
(2001) 		5 Ahead
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(2003)

5 Ahead is the seventh studio album by Japanese band Tokio. It was released on December 5, 2001.[1] 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.[2]

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

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."5 Ahead"———0:30
2."Hey! Mr Sampling Man"Koutarou KubotaKoutarou KubotaKoutarou Kubota4:21
3."DR."Koutarou KubotaKoutarou KubotaKoutarou Kubota and KAM4:08
4."Doitsumo Koitsumo (Album Version)"Jun AbeJun AbeKaaTo4:30
5."Baby Blue"Shigeru JoshimaShigeru JoshimaTaku Yoshioka4:57
6."04515"HikariHikariHikari4:09
7."Only One Song"TwuneTwuneKanichirou Kubo4:18
8."Kanpai!!"Masato Ochi, Bill Martin、and Philip CoulterKenichi Ase, Bill Martin、and Philip CoulterMotoki Funayama and Tatsuo Nagami3:34
9."Sugarless Love"Masato OchiAkio ShimizuTomoki Ishitzuka3:44
10."T2"Taichi KokubunTaichi KokubunTaichi Kokubun and KAM3:28
11."36°C (Original Words and Music by John Peppard and Marwenna Diame)"Shigeru JoshimaShigeru JoshimaYoshihiko Chino3:44
12."Message"Koutarou KubotaKoutarou KubotaKAM4:43
13."Symphonic"HikariHikariKAM5:46
14."Hitoribocchi no Haburashi (Acoustic Version)"TsunkuTsunkuYuichi Takahashi4:46

Disc 2

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Opening ~Talk 1"———5:30
2."The Future Is Chance of Infinity"Yasuhiro SatouYasuhiro SatouYasuhiro Satou and KAM1:34
3."Talk 2"———8:54
4."Yesterday's (Acoustic Version)"Akio ShimizuAkio ShimizuKAM4:34

Personnel

  • Shigeru Joshima – guitar
  • Tomoya Nagase – lead vocalist, guitar
  • Masahiro Matsuoka – drums
  • Taichi Kokubun – keyboard
  • Tatsuya Yamaguchi – bass

References

  1. ^ "Johnny's Net TOKIO Discography - Albums" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  2. ^ "ＴＯＫＩＯ-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-02-17.
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Tokio
  • Shigeru Joshima
  • Masahiro Matsuoka
  • Taichi Kokubun
  • Hiromu Kojima
  • Tatsuya Yamaguchi
  • Tomoya Nagase
Albums
  • Tokio
  • Bad Boys Bound
  • Blowing
  • Wild & Mild
  • Graffiti
  • Yesterday & Today
  • 5 Ahead
  • Glider
  • Act II
  • Harvest
  • Sugar
  • 17
Cover albums
  • TOK10
Remix albums
  • Tokio Remix
CompilationsSingles
  • "Love You Only"
  • "Ashita no Kimi o Mamoritai (Yamato2520)"
  • "Uwasa no Kiss"
  • "Heart o Migakukkyanai"
  • "Soko Nashi Love"
  • "Sukisa (Ticket to Love)"
  • "Kaze ni Natte"
  • "Magic Channel"
  • "Arigatō... Yūki"
  • "Everybody Can Do!"
  • "Furarete Genki"
  • "Julia"
  • "Kono Yubi Tomare!"
  • "Love & Peace"
  • "Kimi o Omōtoki"
  • "Nandomo Yume no Naka de Kurikaesu Love Song"
  • "Wasureenu Kimi He"
  • "Ai no Arashi"
  • "Minna de Wahhahha"
  • "Koi ni Kizuita Yoru"
  • "Doitsu mo Koitsu mo"
  • "Message/Hitoribotchi no Haburashi"
  • "Kanpai!!"
  • "Dr/Only One Song"
  • "Hana Uta"
  • "Green"
  • "Ding Dong/Glider"
  • "Ambitious Japan!"
  • "Love Love Manhattan/Alive-Life"
  • "Transistor G Girl"
  • "Jibun no Tameni/For You"
  • "Boku no Renai Jijyou to Daidokoro Jijyou"
  • "Ashita o Mezashite!"
  • "Mr. Traveling Man"
  • "Get Your Dream"
  • "Sorafune/Do! Do! Do!"
  • "Hikari no Machi/Run Free (Swan Dance o Kimi to)"
  • "Honjitsu, Mijukumono/Over Drive"
  • "Seisyun"
  • "Amagasa/Akirerukurai Bokura wa Negaou"
  • "Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara/Subeki Koto"
  • "Advance/Mata Asa ga Kuru"
  • "Haruka"
  • "NaNaNa (Taiyo Nante Irane)"
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