Speed Pop
1995 studio album by Glay
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Studio album by Glay | ||||
Released | March 3, 1995 | |||
Genre | Power pop, alternative rock | |||
Length | 62:00 | |||
Label | Platinum Records / PolyGram (1995) Warner Music Japan (2001) Toshiba EMI (2003) | |||
Producer | Masahide Sakuma Masami Tsuchiya Yoshiki | |||
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Singles from Speed Pop | ||||
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Speed Pop is the second album by Japanese rock band Glay. It is the band's major label debut album, was released on March 3, 1995, and peaked at #8 at Oricon charts, with 320,150 copies sold.
Overview
Former drummer Akira appears on tracks 9 and 10, which originally appeared on their debut album along with "Rain". Masami Tsuchiya and Yūji Kawashima also contributed electric guitar and synthesizer to these new versions of those two songs respectively. Masafumi Minato (Saber Tiger and Dead End) performs on tracks 3 and 7.
Track listing
- "Speed Pop (Introduction)" - 1:20
- "Happy Swing" - 5:12
- "Kanojo no "Modern..." (彼女の "Modern…")" - 4:29
- "Zutto Futari de... (ずっと2人で…)" - 7:06
- "Love Slave" - 4:17
- "Regret" - 4:53
- "Innocence" - 6:16
- "Freeze My Love" - 5:33
- "Manatsu no Tobira (真夏の扉)" - 5:07
- "Life -Tooi Sora no Shita de- (Life ~遠い空の下で~)" - 6:53
- "Junk Art" - 4:34
- "Rain" - 6:45
Personnel
- Masahide Sakuma - mandolin, saxophone, trumpet, recorder, organ, acoustic piano, synthesizer, electric and acoustic guitar (2-8, 11), string arrangements (1-11), computer programming (1-11)
- Soul Toul - drums (tracks 2, 4-6, 8, 11)
- Masafumi Minato - drums (3 & 7)
- Akira - drums (9 & 10)
- Mike Baird - drums (12)
- Yūji Kawashima - synthesizer (9 & 10)
- Masami Tsuchiya - electric guitar (9 & 10)
- Yoshiki - piano & string arrangements (12)
References
- Speed Pop page at Oricon
External links
- Glay Official Site
- v
- t
- e
- Teru
- Takuro
- Hisashi
- Jiro
- Shingo
- Iso
- Akira
- Nobumasa
- Hai to Diamond
- Speed Pop
- Beat Out!
- Beloved
- Pure Soul
- Heavy Gauge
- One Love
- Unity Roots and Family, Away
- The Frustrated
- Love Is Beautiful
- Glay
- Justice/Guilty
- Music Life
- Summerdelics
- No Democracy
- Review
- Drive: Glay Complete Best
- Glay Rare Collectives Vol. 1 and 2
- Ballad Best Singles: White Road
- The Great Vacation Vol. 1: Super Best of Glay
- The Great Vacation Vol. 2: Super Best of Glay
- "However"
- "Yuuwaku"
- "Winter, Again"
- Discography
- Glay Global Communication
- The Predators
- Ace of Spades
- Loversoul Music and Associates (private label)
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