''Pure Soul'' is the fifth released album from the Japanese rock band
Glay
Glay (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese Rock music, rock band formed in Hakodate in 1988. The core four members, vocalist Teru (singer), Teru, guitarists Takuro (musician), Takuro and Hisashi (musician), Hisashi, and bassist Jiro (musician), ...
. The album was a slight departure from the rock and power ballad sound the band sported with their previous albums. ''Pure Soul'' brought forth a faster alt-rock sound. The album contains such hits as "Yuuwaku", "Soul Love", the concert classic "I'm in Love", and the title track "Pure Soul". The album peaked at #1 on Oricon charts and sold about 2,430,000. It was certified "Triple million" by the
Recording Industry Association of Japan
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969.
The RIAJ's activities include pro ...
(RIAJ).
Track listing
#You May Dream - 5:15
# - 4:33
#May Fair - 4:58
#Soul Love - 4:30
# - 3:56
#Pure Soul - 6:24
# - 4:16
#Come On!! - 3:23
#FriedChicken & Beer - 4:37
# - 7:33
#I'm in Love - 6:28
*All music and lyrics by Takuro, except for #2 (music by Jiro), all arrangements by Glay and Masahide Sakuma.
Luna Sea
Luna Sea (stylized as LUNA SEA) is a Japanese Rock music, rock band formed in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1986. Due to the use of makeup and costumes early in their career and their widespread popularity, they are considered one of the most successf ...
guitarist
Sugizo
, born and better known by his stage name Sugizo, is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist and violinist of the Rock music, rock band Luna Sea since 1989.
Sugizo started his solo ...
appears on #9 as a guest.
Covers
"Yuuwaku" was covered by Hero on the compilation ''Crush! 2 -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-'', which was released on November 23, 2011 and features current
visual kei
, abbreviated , is a category of Japanese musicians that have a strong focus on extravagant stage costumes that originated in Japan during the early 1980s. Koji Dejima of '' Bounce'' wrote that visual kei is not a specific sound, but rather it " ...
bands covering songs from bands that were important to the 1990s visual kei movement.
[
] It was also covered by Fantôme Iris, a fictional visual kei band from multimedia franchise
Argonavis from BanG Dream!
''From Argonavis'' (stylized as ''from ARGONAVIS'', originally titled ''Argonavis from BanG Dream!'' in 2018–2021) is a Japanese multimedia project by Bushiroad. An anime television series by Sanzigen aired from April 10 to July 3, 2020, ...
on the franchise first omnibus mini album ''Gin no Yuri/Banzai Rizing!!!/Hikari no Akuma'' released on December 9, 2020.
Album chart information
Oricon Top Ranking: #1
Weeks on: 41
Overall Glay Ranking: #3
(NOTE: Overall Glay Ranking is how it is ranked against Glay's other albums according to the Oricon)
References
External links
Oricon- Glay's profile on the Oricon
Happy Swing Space Site- Official Site
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1998 albums
Glay albums