Speed Pop

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Speed Pop
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 3, 1995
Genre Power pop, alternative rock
Length62:00
Label Platinum Records / PolyGram (1995)
Warner Music Japan (2001)
Toshiba EMI (2003)
Producer Masahide Sakuma
Masami Tsuchiya
Yoshiki
Glay chronology
Hai to Diamond
(1994)
Speed Pop
(1995)
Beat Out!
(1996)
Singles from Speed Pop
  1. "Rain"
    Released: May 25, 1994
  2. "Manatsu no Tobira"
    Released: June 15, 1994
  3. "Kanojo no "Modern...""
    Released: November 16, 1994
  4. "Freeze My Love"
    Released: January 25, 1995
  5. "Zutto Futari de..."
    Released: May 17, 1995

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.

Contents

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

  1. "Speed Pop (Introduction)" - 1:20
  2. "Happy Swing" - 5:12
  3. "Kanojo no "Modern..." (彼女の "Modern…")" - 4:29
  4. "Zutto Futari de... (ずっと2人で…)" - 7:06
  5. "Love Slave" - 4:17
  6. "Regret" - 4:53
  7. "Innocence" - 6:16
  8. "Freeze My Love" - 5:33
  9. "Manatsu no Tobira (真夏の扉)" - 5:07
  10. "Life -Tooi Sora no Shita de- (Life ~遠い空の下で~)" - 6:53
  11. "Junk Art" - 4:34
  12. "Rain" - 6:45

Personnel

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