Hard Way is the eighth album of the Japanese hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Show-Ya. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, USA and produced by Beau Hill

Beau Hill

Beau Hill is an American record producer who is best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Kix, Winger, Streets, Warrant, Fiona, Europe and Ratt....

 and by Kip Winger

Kip Winger

Charles Frederick Kip Winger is an American rock musician, both a member of the hard rock band, Winger, and a solo artist.-Early days:Winger was born in Denver, Colorado to parents who were both jazz musicians....

's brother Paul. It was released on 24 October 1990 and reached position #4 in Japan (Oricon

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. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 Chart). All the lyrics were written by Yoshihiko Andō. This time all the musical arrangements were done by the band. It would be Show-Ya's last studio album with lead singer Keiko Terada

Keiko Terada

is a Japanese rock singer. She was the lead singer of the Japanese female heavy metal band Show-Ya from 1982 to 1991, before going solo.Terada's trademark was a fake rose tattoo she wore above her right breast...

. The track "Uchi ni Kaerou" was used as theme song for the anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 OVA

Original video animation

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 Cleopatra DC

Cleopatra DC

is a manga series by Kaoru Shintani about a fictional United States corporation, led by the beautiful and spirited Cleopatra Corns.Cleopatra, or Cleo as she's known to her friends, would much rather go on vacation in some exotic locale than concern herself with the business end of the Corns...

.

Track listing

1. "Metallic Woman" (Miki Igarashi, Yoshihiko Andō) - 6:19
2. "Life Is Dancing" (Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda, Y. Andō) - 4:41
3. "Switch Blade St." (S. Senba & M. Tsunoda, Y. Andō) - 4:00
4. "Mashou" (魔性) (Miki Nakamura, Y. Andō) - 4:47
5. "Naze" (何故) (Keiko Terada, Y. Andō) - 6:31
6. "Make It Up - Dounikashite Yo -" (Make It Up ―どうにかしてよ―) (M. Igarashi, Y. Andō) - 4:13
7. "Gambling" (ギャンブリング) (M. Igarashi, Y. Andō) - 4:00
8. "Blue Rose Blues" (K. Terada, Y. Andō) - 5:25
9. "Way You Rock Me" (K. Terada, Y. Andō) - 3:27
10. "Uchi ni Kaerou" (うちにかえろう) (K. Terada, Y. Andō) - 6:10
11. "Sakebi" (叫び) (K. Terada & M. Nakamura, Y. Andō) - 4:27

Band members

• Keiko Terada
  Keiko Terada
  is a Japanese rock singer. She was the lead singer of the Japanese female heavy metal band Show-Ya from 1982 to 1991, before going solo.Terada's trademark was a fake rose tattoo she wore above her right breast...
  
   - Vocals
• Miki Igarashi - Guitars
• Miki Nakamura - Keyboards
• Satomi Senba - Bass
• Miki Tsunoda - Drums

Production

• Paul Winger - producer
• Beau Hill
  Beau Hill
  Beau Hill is an American record producer who is best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Kix, Winger, Streets, Warrant, Fiona, Europe and Ratt....
  
   - executive producer
• Scott Gordon, Patrick D. Karamians, Paul Wertheimer - engineers
• Robert A. Vosgien - digital editing
• Ted Jensen
  Ted Jensen
  Ted Jensen is an American recording engineer. Jensen is the chief mastering engineer at Sterling Sound. He started his career as a mastering engineer in 1976 and is currently the most active Mastering Engineer in the industry...
  
  - mastering
• Yoshihiko Andō - lyrics

External links

• Show-Ya discography
• "Sakebi" video clip
• "Gambling" video clip