Growing Up (Hi-Standard album)

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Growing Up
Hi-std growingup.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1996
RecordedAugust 2–15, 1995
Genre Punk rock
Length32:47
Label Fat Wreck Chords
Producer Fat Mike
Ryan Greene
Hi-Standard
Hi-Standard chronology
Growing Up
(1996)
Angry Fist
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Growing Up is the debut album by Japanese punk rock band Hi-Standard. It was released on an American label, Fat Wreck Chords, in February 1996. According to Fat Mike in a 2015 interview with CBC, it sold 700,000 copies during the heyday of Fat Wreck Chords in the late nineties.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Summer of Love" 1:47
  2. "Wait for the Sun" 2:18
  3. "Who'll Be the Next" 2:46
  4. "Lonely" 2:24
  5. "Saturday Night" (Coulter, Martin) 2:06
  6. "I'm Walkin'" 2:07
  7. "Maximum Overdrive" 2:43
  8. "Growing Up" 2:00
  9. "Tell Me Something, Happy News" 2:02
  10. "New Life" 1:46
  11. "Since You Been Gone" (Ballard) 2:06
  12. "Kiss Me Again" 2:24
  13. "Sunny Day" 3:06
  14. "In the Brightly Moonlight" 3:12

Personnel

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan350,000 [2]
Worldwide500,000 [2]

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References

  1. "Growing Up - Hi-Standard | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. 1 2 McCluxe, Steve (31 July 1999). "Japan Uncovering the Future". Billboard. p. 54. Retrieved 27 December 2018.