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| Released | 3 September 1986 | |||
| Studio | Smoky Studio, EMI Studios and Sedic Studio, Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 43:06 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Eastworld / EMI | |||
| Producer | Akira Tanaka | |||
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Ways is the third album of the Japanese rock group Show-Ya. The album was released on 3 September 1986 in Japan. All the songs were arranged by Tadashi Namba & Show-Ya. [1]
Despite being recorded only six months after their previous album Queendom , this album manifests a strong progression both in cohesiveness of the musicians and sound. In fact, the arrangements and compositions are tighter as the result of a real group effort, while the sound of the album is very similar to what could be heard at a Show-Ya's live show at that time. On the contrary, the two poppier songs on the album "S・T・O・P (But I Can't...)" and the single "One Way Heart" were not composed by the band and are almost harbingers of next album Trade Last's style. The single was also used as theme for a Japanese TV show. [2] The hard rocker "Fairy" has since become a staple of every Show-Ya's live show.
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