Piece of My Soul (Wands album)
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| Released | April 24, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–1995 | |||
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| Length | 46 minutes | |||
| Label | B-Gram records | |||
| Producer | CHOKAKU | |||
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Piece of My Soul is the second studio album by Japanese rock band Wands.[1]
Album
The band began working on their third album on June 1994 and finished it on February 1995, with Don't Try So Hard being the last song recorded. The album includes 10 tracks, with 3 previously released singles, "Sekai ga Owaru Made wa", "Jumpin' Jack Boy" and "Secret Night ~It's My Treat~". However, "Jumpin Jack Boy" was rearranged to become hard rock, differing from its single release. The album was released on October 6, 1995 under B-Gram Records label.
During production, "Sasayaka na Aijou" and "Taiyo no Tameiki" were also supposed to be part of the official release but got pulled out. Instead, both tracks were featured in Vocal Compilation 90's Hits Vol.1 ~Male~ at the BEING studio and Best of Wands History respectively.
It is the last studio album where the vocalist is Show Uesugi and other original former members left after release of compilation album, SINGLES COLLECTION+6.
Reception
The album reached #1 on the Oricon charts for its first week with 542,370 sold copies. It charted for 12 weeks and sold 963,460 copies.[2]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Show Uesugi.
| No. | Title | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Flower" | Hiroshi Shibasaki | Takeshi Hayama | 5:14 |
| 2. | "Love & Hate" | Shibasaki | Hayama | 4:19 |
| 3. | "Sekai ga Owaru Made wa" (世界が終るまでは…) | Tetsurō Oda | Hayama | 5:17 |
| 4. | "Don't try so hard" | Hiroshi Shibasaki | Hayama | 3:54 |
| 5. | "Crazy Cat" | Hiroshi Shibasaki | Hayamai | 5:09 |
| 6. | "Secret Night -It's My Treat-" | Seiichiro Kuribayashi | Daisuke Ikeda | 5:26 |
| 7. | "Foolish OK" | Shibasaki | Hayama | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Piece of My Soul" | Shibasaki, Uesugi Show | Hayama | 4:35 |
| 9. | "Jumpin' Jack Boy" | Kuribayashi | Hayama | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Million Miles Away" | Shinya Kimura | Hayama | 4:43 |
References
- ^ Wands Discography(in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/artist/wands/
- ^ Oricon rankings http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/25861/products/123528/1/
- ^ Official track list http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-1002