Wands (band) discography

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Wands discography
Studio albums7
Compilation albums6
Video albums4
Music videos16
Singles23

The discography of Wands, a Japanese rock band, consisting of seven studio albums, one VHS, three DVDs, two Blu-Ray Releases and Twenty-Three singles to date. All songs during the 1st - 3rd Period were composed by Show Wesugi.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

PeriodYearTitleOricon charts [1] Label
1st Period17 June 1992 Wands

(ワンズ)

Weekly ranking: Number 10 TM Factory
B-Gram Records
2nd Period17 April 1993 Toki no Tobira (時の扉)Weekly ranking: Number 1
(4-week period)

1993 ranking: Number 2
TM Factory
B-Gram Records
6 October 1993 Little Bit...

(リトル・ビット…)

Weekly ranking: Number 2
1993 ranking: Number 10
TM Factory
B-Gram Records
24 April 1995 Piece of My Soul

(ピース・オブ・マイ・ソウル)

Weekly ranking: Number 1
(2-week period)
May 1995 ranking: Number 1

1995 ranking: Number 16
B-Gram Records
3rd Period27 October 1999 Awake

(アウェイク)

Weekly ranking: Number 18 B-Gram Records
5th Period28 October 2020 Burn the Secret

(バーン・ザ・シークレット)

Weekly ranking: Number 4 D-Go
5th Period30 August 2023 Version 5.0

(バージョン 5.0)

Weekly ranking: Number 6 [2] D-Go

Compilation albums

PeriodRelease dateTitleOricon chartsLabel
2nd Period16 March 1996 Singles Collection +6

(シングルズ・コレクション プラス・シックス)

Weekly ranking: Number 1
1996 ranking: Number 26
B-Gram Records
3rd Period6 November 1997 WANDS BEST ~ HISTORICAL BEST ALBUM ~

(ワンズ・ベスト ヒストリカル・ベスト・アルバム)

Weekly ranking: Number 1
1997 ranking: Number 81
B-Gram Records
3rd Period9 June 2000 Best of WANDS History

(ベスト・オブ・ワンズ・ヒストリー)

Weekly ranking: Number 17 B-Gram Records
Various25 August 2002Complete of WANDS at the Being Studio

(コンプリート・オブ・ワンズ・アト・ザ・ビーイング・スタジオ)

Weekly ranking: Number 47 B-Gram Records
12 December 2007Best of Best 1000 WANDS

(ベスト・オブ・ベスト・サウザンズ・ワンズ)

Weekly ranking: Number 52 B-Gram Records
27 May 2008WANDS Best Hits

(ワンズ・ ベスト・ヒッツ)

released in limited edition B-Gram Records

Singles

PeriodRelease dateTitleMusic productionCoupling WithLabelOricon charts [3] Album
1st Period4 December 1991"Sabishisa wa Aki no Iro"

(寂しさは秋の色)

Lyrics: Show Wesugi
Music: Seiichirou Kuribayashi
Arrangement: Masao Akashi
STRAY CAT

寂しさは秋の色 (オリジナル・カラオケ)

TM Factory Weekly ranking: Number 63 WANDS
13 May 1992"Furimuite Dakishimete"

(ふりむいて抱きしめて)

Lyrics: Show Wesugi
Music: Kousuke Ohshima
Arrangement: Kousuke Ohshima
Baby Baby Baby

ふりむいて抱きしめて(オリジナル・カラオケ)

TM Factory Weekly ranking: Number 80 WANDS
1 July 1992"Motto Tsuyoku Dakishimetanara"

(もっと強く抱きしめたなら)

Lyrics: Show Wesugi, Tsutomu Uozumi
Music: Yoshio Tatano
Arrangement: Takeshi Hayama
Listen to the Heartbeat

もっと強く抱きしめたなら(オリジナル・カラオケ)

TM Factory Weekly ranking: Number 1
(2-week period)

1992 ranking: Number 59
1993 ranking: Number 11
Toki no Tobira
2nd Period26 February 1993"Toki no Tobira"

(時の扉)

Lyrics: Show Wesugi
Music: Kousuke Ohshima
Arrangement: Masao Akashi
声にならないほどに愛しい

時の扉(オリジナル・カラオケ)

TM Factory Weekly ranking: Number 1
1993 ranking: Number 7
Toki no Tobira
17 April 1993"Ai wo Kataru Yori Guchidzuke wo Kawasou"

(愛を語るより口づけをかわそう)

Lyrics: Show Wesugi
Music: Tetsurō Oda
Arrangement: Masao Akashi
…でも 君を はなさない

愛を語るより口づけをかわそう (オリジナル・カラオケ)

TM Factory Weekly ranking: Number 1
(4-week period)

May 1993 ranking: Number 1
1993 ranking: Number 14
Little Bit…
7 July 1993"Koiseyo Otome"

(恋せよ乙女)

Lyrics: Show Wesugi
Music: Kousuke Ohshima
Arrangement: Takeshi Hayama
ありふれた言葉で

恋せよ乙女 (オリジナル・カラオケ)

TM Factory Weekly ranking: Number 1
(2-week period)

July 1993 ranking: Number 1
1993 ranking: Number 25
Little Bit…
17 November 1993"Jumpin' Jack Boy"

(ジャンピン・ジャック・ボーイ)

Lyrics: Show Wesugi
Music: Seiichirou Kuribayashi
Arrangement: Takeshi Hayama
White Memories B-Gram Records Weekly ranking: Number 2
1993 ranking: Number 106
1994 ranking: Number 44
PIECE OF MY SOUL
8 June 1994"Sekai ga Owaru Made wa..."

(世界が終るまでは…)

Lyrics: Show Wesugi
Music: Tetsurō Oda
Arrangement: 'Takeshi Hayama
Just a Lonely Boy B-Gram Records Weekly ranking: Number 1
(2-week period)

1994 ranking: Number 10
PIECE OF MY SOUL
13 February 1995"Secret Night ~ It's My Treat ~"

(シークレット・ナイト 〜イッツ・マイ・トリート〜)

Lyrics: Show Wesugi
Music: Seiichirou Kuribayashi
Arrangement: Daisuke Ikeda
KEEP ON DREAM B-Gram Records Weekly ranking: Number 1
1995 ranking: Number 53
PIECE OF MY SOUL
4 December 1995"Same Side"

(セイム・サイド)

Lyrics: Show Wesugi
Music: Show Wesugi, Hiroshi Shibasaki
Arrangement: Wands
Sleeping Fish B-Gram Records Weekly ranking: Number 2
1996 ranking: Number 128
WANDS Historical Best Album
1 February 1996"Worst Crime: About a Rock Star who was a Swindler"

(ワースト・クライム 〜アバウト・ア・ロック・スター・フー・ワズ・ア・スウィンダラー〜)

Lyrics: Show Wesugi
Music: Hiroshi Shibasaki
Arrangement: Hiroshi Shibasaki
Blind To My Heart

(ブラインド・トゥー・マイ・ハート)

B-Gram Records Weekly ranking: Number 9
1996 ranking: Number 183
WANDS Historical Best Album
3rd Period3 September 1997"Sabitsuita Machine Gun de Ima o Uchinukō"

(錆びついたマシンガンで今を撃ち抜こう)

Lyrics: Miho Komatsu
Music: Miho Komatsu
Arrangement: Daisuke Ikeda
Try Again

錆びついたマシンガンで今を撃ち抜こう (オリジナル・カラオケ)

B-Gram Records Weekly ranking: Number 4 AWAKE
11 February 1998"Brand New Love"

(ブランド・ニュー・ラブ)

Lyrics: Izumi Sakai (Zard)
Music: Masaaki Watanuki
Arrangement: Wands
Hurts Good

ブランド・ニュー・ラブ (オリジナル・カラオケ)

B-Gram Records Weekly ranking: Number 17 AWAKE
10 June 1998"Ashita Moshi Kimi ga Kowaretemo"

(明日もし君が壊れても)

Lyrics: Izumi Sakai
Music: Aika Ohno
Arrangement: Wands
Soldier

明日もし君が壊れても(オリジナル・カラオケ)

B-Gram Records Weekly ranking: Number 8
1998 ranking: Number 189
AWAKE
31 March 1999"Kyou, Nanika no Hazumi de Ikiteiru"

(「今日、ナニカノハズミデ生きている」)

Lyrics: Azuki Nana (Garnet Crow)
Music: Makoto Miyoshi (Rumania Montevideo)
Arrangement: Wands
Freeze

「今日、ナニカノハズミデ生きている」(オリジナル・カラオケ)

B-Gram Records Weekly ranking: Number 32 AWAKE
5th Period29 January 2020"Makkana Lip"

(真っ赤なLip)

Lyrics: Uehara Daishi
Music: Kousuke Ohshima
Arrangement: Kousuke Ohshima
もっと強く抱きしめたなら
時の扉 〜WANDS 第5期 ver.〜
Giza Studio Weekly ranking: Number 14 BURN THE SECRET
20 May 2020"Dakiyose, Takamaru, Kimi no Taion to Tomoni"

(抱き寄せ 高まる 君の体温と共に)

Lyrics: Uehara Daishi
Music: Hiroshi Shibasaki
Just a Lonely Boy
愛を語るより口づけをかわそう 〜WANDS 第5期 ver.〜
Giza Studio Weekly ranking: Number 3 BURN THE SECRET
19 September 2020"Secret Night ~ It's My Treat ~ 〜WANDS 第5期 ver.〜"

(シークレット・ナイト 〜イッツ・マイ・トリート〜 〜ワンズ 第5期 ver.〜)

DIGITAL ONLY RELEASE※

Lyrics: Uehara Daishi
Music: Hiroshi Shibasaki
- Giza Studio Weekly ranking: TBA BURN THE SECRET
9 June 2021"Kanaria Naita Koro Ni"

(カナリア鳴いた頃に)

Lyrics: Uehara Daishi
Music: Hiroshi Shibasaki
錆びついたマシンガンで今を撃ち抜こう
Brand New Love 〜WANDS 第5期 ver.〜
Giza Studio Weekly ranking: Number 9 BURN THE SECRET
3 November 2021"Yura Yura"

(ゆら ゆら)

Lyrics: Uehara Daishi
Music: Hiroshi Shibasaki
MILLION MILES AWAY 〜WANDS 第5期 ver.〜

Jumpin' Jack Boy 〜WANDS 第5期 ver.〜

Giza Studio Weekly ranking: Number 9 BURN THE SECRET
23 August 2022"Ai o Sakebitai"

(愛を叫びたい)

DIGITAL ONLY RELEASE※

Lyrics: Uehara Daishi
Music: Hiroshi Shibasaki
- Giza Studio Weekly ranking: Number 30 Version 5.0

Rerelease30.08.23 [4]

28 August 2022"Sekai ga Owaru Made wa... 〜WANDS 第5期 ver.〜"

(世界が終るまでは…〜ワンズ 第5期 ver.〜)

DIGITAL ONLY RELEASE※

Lyrics: Show Wesugi, Uehara Daishi
Music: Hiroshi Shibasaki
- Giza Studio Weekly ranking: TBA Version 5.0

Rerelease30.08.23 [5]

17 May 2023"Raise Insight"

( 洞察力を高める)

Lyrics: Show Wesugi, Uehara Daishi
Music: Hiroshi Shibasaki
Raise Insight (オリジナル・カラオケ) Giza Studio Weekly ranking: Number 9 Version 5.0
5 January 2024

(Digital Singles)
10 April 2024
(CD Singles)

"Daitan"

(大胆)

※DIGITAL ONLY RELEASE※

Lyrics: Uehara Daishi
Music: Hiroshi Shibasaki
真っ赤なLip [LIVE ver. from WANDS Live Tour 2023 〜SHOUT OUT!〜]

(CD Singles)
honey
(CD Singles)

Giza Studio Weekly ranking: Number 32(Digital)TBA

Collaboration singles

Release dateTitleAlbum informationLabelOricon charts
28 October 1992 Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto

(世界中の誰よりきっと)
with Miho Nakayama

Lyrics: Show Wesugi, Miho Nakayama
Music: Tetsurō Oda
Arrangement: Takeshi Hayama
King Records Weekly Ranking: Number 1
1992 ranking: Number 31
January 1992 Ranking: Number 1
1993 ranking: Number 10
9 June 1993Hateshinai Yume wo

(果てしない夢を)

with ZYYG, Rev, Zard featuring Shigeo Nagashima

Lyrics and Music: Show Wesugi, Izumi Sakai, Masayuki Deguchi, Seiichirou Kuribayashi Zain Records Weekly ranking: Number 2

VHS, DVD and Blu-Rays

TitleRelease dateFormatPeriodLabelOricon charts [6]
Best of WANDS Video History

(ベスト・オブ・ワンズ・ビデオ・ヒストリー)

9 June 2000 (VHS)
1 August 2000 (DVD)
VHS & DVD1st - 3rd B-Gram Records -
WANDS Best Live & Clips

(ワンズ・ライブ・ベスト・アンド・クリップス)

8 August 2012DVD1st - 3rd B-Gram Records 23
Legend of 90s J-Rock Best Live & Clips

(レジェンド・オブ・ナインティーズ・ジェイロック「ライブ・ベスト・アンド・クリップス」)

8 August 2012DVD1st - 3rd B-Gram Records 59
WANDS Streaming Live ~BURN THE SECRET~

(ワンズ・ストリーミング・ライブ バーン・ザ・シークレット)

7 April 2021BLU RAY5th Giza Studio -
WANDS Live Tour 2022 ~FIRST ACT 5th period~

(ワンズ・ライブ・ツアー・2022 [最初の活動 第5期])

17 May 2023BLU RAY5th Giza Studio -
WANDS Live Tour 2023 ~SHOUT OUT~

(ワンズ・ライブツア ー 2023)

28 February 2024BLU RAY5th Giza Studio -

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