''Maximum II'' is
Japanese dance unit,
MAX's second album. It was released on December 25, 1997 by record label,
avex trax. The album is a departure from their debut effort completely void of the
Eurobeat
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sound that made the group popular instead filled with slick R&B influenced pop numbers and ballads. The album peaked at #2 on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in N ...
charts, but had their best opening sales number with over 700,000 units sold. First pressings of the album included a slipcase and six month calendar.
Track list
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MAX (band) albums
1997 albums
Avex Group albums