Emotional History is MAX

MAX (band)

MAX whose name is an acronym for "Musical Active eXperience" is an Okinawan vocal group popular in Japan. The original members of MAX made their musical debut as members of the Super Monkey's along with lead vocalist, Namie Amuro...

's fourth original studio album on original label, Avex Trax

Avex Trax

, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...

. The album comes three years after the release of their last studio album, Maximum Groove

Maximum Groove

Maximum Groove is the third studio album by Okinawan dance unit, MAX. It was released on December 2, 1998 by record label, avex trax. It is their second album to peak at the #1 position on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts and has since been certified a million seller by the Recording Industry...

in 1999. It is their first album to contain songs written by the group themselves. The first track of the album, "But My Love" is a cover of a song by Key of Life and is credited to M&I. M&I is a collaboration between MAX and Issa of the group Da Pump

Da Pump

is an Okinawan male idol group comprising lead vocalist, Issa and MCs Ken, Yukinari, and Shinobu. The group formed as students at Okinawa Actors School in 1996...

 who raps on the song. First press copies of the album came with a bonus track, "Always Love (Groove That Soul Mix)" remixed by GTS

GTS

GTS may stand for:* HSV GTS, an Australian high-performance vehicle based on the Holden Commodore* General Theological Seminary, a seminary in New York* Green Tobacco Sickness, a type of nicotine poisoning...

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Track listing

#		Yusuke Sakamoto, Gaku	5:46
2.	"Always Love""	Hiromi Mori, T2ya T2ya T2ya, born on May 14, is a Japanese songwriter and keyboardist from Gunma Prefecture. In 1990s, he supported the agency Rising Production, which later renamed to Vision Factory. He wrote both the music and the lyrics of Olivia Lufkin's "I.L.Y...	4:36
3.	"Lovin' All Night"	Kentaro Akutsu	4:04
4.	"Crazy In My Love"	Kentaro Akutsu	3:30
5.	"Never Gonna Stop It"	MAX, Chino, Katsu, Yasushi Sasamoto	4:42
6.	"Whispers"	Chihiro Close, Akira	4:04
7.	"Necessary"	Kazuhiro Hara, Kentaro Akutsu	4:38
8.	"Barairo no Hibi"	Yuko Ebine, Max Martin Max Martin Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,... , Kristian Lundin, Brian Litrell	3:52
9.	"Isshoni..."	Pipeline Project	5:16
10.	"Get Ready?"	Hiromi Mori, Yasushi Sasamoto	4:23
11.	"So Tight"	Chihiro Close, Rod Antoon	5:06
12.	"Magic"	Rie Matsumoto, Yasushi Sasamoto	3:46
13.	"Mum"	MAX, Chihiro Close, Yasushi Sasamoto	5:15

Charts

Album - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
March 14, 2001	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	#8	107,950	6 weeks

Personnel

• Minako Inoue – vocals
• Nanako Takushi – vocals
• Reina Miyauchi – vocals
• Ritsuko Matsuda – vocals