Lead! Heat! Beat! | ||||
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Released | August 10, 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
Genre | Hip hop, pop, R&B | |||
Label | Flight Master PCCA0-2159 (Japan, CD) | |||
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Singles from Lead! Heat! Beat! | ||||
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Lead! Heat! Beat! (stylized as 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 wo Taiyou ni/Delighted, Atarashii Kisetsu e and Baby Running Wild.
Lead! Heat! Beat! is the third studio album by four-member Japanese hip-hop dance group Lead. The album 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 wo Taiyou 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.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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1. | "Rock the House!! ~roll start~" | Shōko Fujibayashi • Mr. Blistah (rap) | Hayabusa | Hayabusa | 1:36 |
2. | "Baby Running Wild" | Satori Shiraishi | Satori Shiraishi | Satori Shiraishi | 2:45 |
3. | "Jump around" | Shoko Fujibayashi • CLENCH&BLISTAH | Hayabusa • Masato Ishinari | Hayabusa | 4:10 |
4. | "Love Magic" | Shoko Fujibayashi • Mr. Blistah | Takahiro Momiyama • Minoru Komorita • Masato Ishinari | Takahiro Momiyama • Minoru Komorita | 3:52 |
5. | "Delighted" | Shōko Fujibayashi • Mr. Blistah (rap) | Tatsuyuki Okawa • Masato Ishinari | Tatsuyuki Okawa | 4:33 |
6. | "Higher Revolution" | Zooco • K-WON (rap) | K-Muto • Zooco • Masato Ishinari | K-Muto | 3:58 |
7. | "I believe" | popY • Shinya Tanuichi (rap) | popY | popY | 4:49 |
8. | "Prism" (プリズム) | Chokkyu Murano | Takuya Harada | Takuya Harada | 4:32 |
9. | "Dear" | Makoto Furuya | Hiroo Yamaguchi | REO | 4:58 |
10. | "High Time" | Shoko Fujibayashi | Yousuke Kobayashi • Takao Sugiyama | Nobuhito "UNA" Tanahashi • Yousuke Kobayashi | 4:03 |
11. | "Best Of My Lover" | Susumu Kawaguchi | Daisuke Tohyama • Masato Ishinari | Daisuke Tohyama | 4:51 |
12. | "Atarashii Kisetsu e" | Kyogo Kawaguchi | Kyogo Kawaguchi • Yoshiaki Muto | Yoshiaki Muto • Yoshinobu Takeshita | 6:14 |
13. | "Tenohira wo Taiyou ni" | Takashi Yanase | Taku Izumi • Masato Ishinari | Hisashi Nawata | 3:03 |
14. | "Rock the House!! ~roll end~" | Shoko Fujibayashi • Mr. Blistah (rap) | Hayabusa | Hayabusa | 1:16 |
15. | "Baby Running Wild" (Funny Honey Bunny Style) | Satori Shiraishi | Satori Shiraishi | Satori Shiraishi • Hayabusa | 4:25 |
Release | Chart | Peak position |
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August 10, 2005 | Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 15 |
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