Lead! Heat! Beat!

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Lead! Heat! Beat!
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Studio album by
Lead
ReleasedAugust 10, 2005
Recorded2004–2005
Genre Hip hop, pop, R&B
Label Flight Master
Lead chronology
Brand New Era
(2004)		Lead! Heat! Beat!
(2005)		 4
(2006)
Singles from Lead! Heat! Beat!
  1. "Tenohira o Taiyō ni / Delighted"
    Released: October 27, 2004
  2. "Atarashii Kisetsu e"
    Released: April 13, 2005
  3. "Baby Running Wild"
    Released: July 6, 2005

Lead! Heat! Beat! is the third studio album by the Japanese hip-hop group Lead. The album ranked No. 15 on Oricon and remained on the charts for four weeks. The album was released on August 10, 2005, nearly a year since their previous album, Brand New Era , and held three preceding singles: "Tenohira o Taiyō ni / Delighted", "Atarashii Kisetsu e" and "Baby Running Wild".

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Lead! Heat! Beat! took the No. 15 spot on the weekly Oricon Albums Charts and remained on the charts for four consecutive weeks. [1] It was released a year after their previous album, Brand New Era , released at the end of August 2004. Before its release, the album garnered three singles: the double A-side "Tenohira o Taiyō ni / Delighted", [2] the spring ballad "Atarashii Kisetsu e" [3] and the summer pop song "Baby Running Wild". [4]

As with their previous albums, the album was only released as a standard CD, not carrying a CD+DVD counterpart. [5] Instead, the music videos were later placed on their third compilation DVD Movies 3 , which was released three years later on August 6, 2008. [6] Unlike their previous albums, Lead! Heat! Beat! was not given a limited edition version.

It became their first album to contain both a prelude and an outro, which were different renditions of "Rock the House!!". Along with the new tracks on the album, it also included a remix of "Baby Running Wild" as track #15.

On December 7, 2005, they would release their second concert DVD, which corresponding with the album Lead Live Tour Upturn 2005 .

Track listing

Lead! Heat! Beat! track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Rock the House!!" (roll start) Shōko Fujibayashi • Mr. Blistah (rap)HayabusaHayabusa1:36
2."Baby Running Wild"Satori ShiraishiSatori ShiraishiSatori Shiraishi2:45
3."Jump Around"Shoko Fujibayashi • CLENCH&BLISTAHHayabusa • Masato IshinariHayabusa4:10
4."Love Magic"Shoko Fujibayashi • Mr. Blistah Takahiro Momiyama • Minoru Komorita • Masato IshinariTakahiro Momiyama • Minoru Komorita3:52
5."Delighted" Shōko Fujibayashi • Mr. Blistah (rap)Tatsuyuki Okawa • Masato IshinariTatsuyuki Okawa4:33
6."Higher Revolution"Zooco • K-WON (rap)K-Muto • Zooco • Masato IshinariK-Muto3:58
7."I Believe"popY • Shinya Tanuichi (rap)popYpopY4:49
8."Prism" (プリズム)Chokkyu MuranoTakuya HaradaTakuya Harada4:32
9."Dear"Makoto FuruyaHiroo YamaguchiREO4:58
10."High Time"Shoko FujibayashiYousuke Kobayashi • Takao SugiyamaNobuhito "UNA" Tanahashi • Yousuke Kobayashi4:03
11."Best of My Lover"Susumu KawaguchiDaisuke Tohyama • Masato IshinariDaisuke Tohyama4:51
12."Atarashii Kisetsu e" Kyogo Kawaguchi Kyogo Kawaguchi • Yoshiaki MutoYoshiaki Muto • Yoshinobu Takeshita6:14
13."Tenohira o Taiyō ni" Takashi Yanase Taku Izumi • Masato IshinariHisashi Nawata3:03
14."Rock the House!!" (roll end)Shoko Fujibayashi • Mr. Blistah (rap)HayabusaHayabusa1:16
15."Baby Running Wild" (Funny Honey Bunny Style)Satori ShiraishiSatori ShiraishiSatori Shiraishi • Hayabusa4:25

Charts

ReleaseChartPeak position
August 10, 2005Oricon Weekly Albums Chart15

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References

  1. ↑ "LEAD!HEAT!BEAT! / Lead / ORICON NEWS". Oricon. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ "手のひらを太陽に/Delighted". RecoChoku. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ "あたらしい季節へ/Lead". Lead Official. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ "ベイビーランニンワイルド (初回生産限定盤DVD付)". Amazon Japan. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Lead! Heat! Beat! (Japan Version)". YesAsia. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ｌｅａｄ「ＭＯＶＩＥＳ３」". Billboard Japan. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
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