East West Side Story was the second compilation album released by the Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese band The Blue Hearts

The Blue Hearts

was a popular Japanese punk rock band that performed from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s. In 2003, they were ranked by HMV Japan as number 19 on their list of 100 most important Japanese pop acts...

. It includes many of their hits from their time with the East West Japan label. All of the band's hits from their times with the Meldac Records label can be found on Super Best, their third compilation album.

Track listing

The first disc in this set is a compilation of the band's greatest hits from their time with East West Japan, while the second disc is a compilation of songs taken from concert performances between 1991 and 1994.

Disc 1

1. "Jōnetsu no Bara
   Jonetsu no Bara
   was the ninth single by the Japanese rock band The Blue Hearts. It reached #1 on the Oricon charts during the first week of August 1990. The song was also ranked #7 on Oricon's rankings for all of 1990...
   
   " (情熱の薔薇 Rose of Passion)
2. "Kubitsuri-dai Kara
   Kubitsuri-dai Kara
   was the tenth single by the Japanese rock band The Blue Hearts and reached #13 on the Oricon charts in 1991.-Details:"Kubitsuri-dai Kara" was released as part of The Blue Hearts' fourth album, Bust Waste Hip, which had been released during the previous year on September 10, 1990, though the...
   
   " (首吊り台から From the Hangman's Block)
3. "Ano Ko ni Touch
   Ano Ko ni Touch
   was the eleventh single by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts and reached #24 on the Oricon charts in 1991.-Details:"Ano Ko ni Touch" was released as part of The Blue Hearts' fifth album, High Kicks, which was released shortly after the single on December 21...
   
   " (あの娘にタッチ Touch That Girl)
4. "Too Much Pain
   Too Much Pain
   was the twelfth single by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts and reached #29 on the Oricon charts in 1992.-Details:Too Much Pain was released as part of The Blue Hearts' fifth album, High Kicks, which had been released on December 21, 1991, but the song itself was from the band's amateur days many...
   
   " (TOO MUCH PAIN)
5. "Yume" (夢 Dreams)
6. "Tabibito
   Tabibito
   was the fourteenth single by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts and reached #50 on the Oricon charts in 1992. It was part of the band's sixth album, Stick Out.-Details:...
   
   " (旅人 Travelers)
7. "Taifū" (台風 Typhoon)
8. "1000 no Violin
   1000 no Violin
   is a song by The Blue Hearts, released as the band's fifteenth single. It reached #47 on the Oricon charts in 1993. It was part of the band's sixth album, Stick Out. The music and lyrics were written by Masatoshi Mashima.-Details:...
   
   " (1000のバイオリン 1000 Violins)
9. "Party" (パーティー Paatii)
10. "Yūgure
    Yugure
    is a Japanese word meaning "twilight." It could be referring to:*The Japanese destroyer Yugure, a World War II-era ship*Yūgure, a song by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts...
    
    " (夕暮れ Twilight)
11. "Yoru no Tōzokudan" (夜の盗賊団 Night Thieves) (alternative version)
12. "1001 no Violin" (1001のバイオリン 1001 Violins)
13. "Too Much Pain" (re-mix version)

Disc 2

1. "Waa Waa" (わーわー) (live version)
2. "Minagoroshi no Melody" (皆殺しのメロディ Massacre Melody) (live version)
3. "Tokyo Zombie" (東京ゾンビ) (live version)
4. "Sutegoma" (すてごま Sacrifice (live version)
5. "Ore wa Ore no Shi o Shinitai" (俺は俺の死を死にたい I Want to Die My Death) (alternative version)
6. * "Mirai wa Boku Nado no Te no Naka" (未来は僕等の手の中 The Future is in Our Hands)
7. * "Bakudan ga Okkochiru Toki" (爆弾が落っこちる時 When the Bombs Fall)
8. * "Roku de Nashi" (ロクデナシ Bastard)
9. * "No No No" (NO NO NO)
10. * "Fūsen Bakudan" (風船爆弾 Paper Balloon Bomb)
11. * "Hammer" (ハンマー Hammaa)
12. * "Hito ni Yasashiku
    Hito ni Yasashiku
    was the first single by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts. It was first released on an independent label on February 25, 1987, before the band signed with a record company. Lyrics and music were written by Hiroto Kōmoto, the band's lead vocalist, and was arranged by The Blue Hearts. The track is...
    
    " (人にやさしく Be Kind to People)
13. * "Dance Number" (ダンス・ナンバー Dansu Nambaa)
14. "Navigator" (ナビゲーター Nabigeetaa) (live version)

*Tracks 6–13 are a continuous live medley.