Outerlimits
Studio album by
Show-Ya
Released6 September 1989
RecordedJune–July 1989
StudioMusic Inn Yamanakano, Freedom Studio, Tokyo, Japan
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length47:31
LanguageJapanese
LabelEastworld / EMI
ProducerShow-Ya
Show-Ya chronology
White
(1988)		 Outerlimits
(1989)		 Hard Way
(1990)
Singles from Outerlimits
  1. "Genkai Lovers" / "What Do You Say?"
    Released: 1 February 1989
  2. "Watashi Wa Arashi" / "Ai No Frustration"
    Released: 7 June 1989

Outerlimits is the seventh album of the Japanese female hard rock group Show-Ya. The album was released on 6 September 1989, in Japan. The album was mixed at the famous Cherokee Studios in California and was arranged by Masanori Sasaji and Show-Ya. Lyricist Yoshihiko Andō wrote most of the lyrics for the songs of the album. This is the band's best selling album, with more than 100,000 copies sold in Japan.[1] The first single "Genkai Lovers" (限界 Lovers) sold more than 30,000 copies in Japan, being used for a commercial campaign.[2]

Reception and charts

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Alex Henderson in his review for AllMusic defined the Japanese album "well worth searching for" for every metalhead, comparing the songs of Show-Ya to the works of Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Heart and Lita Ford.[3]

The album was a huge success in Japan, reaching number three in the national charts (Oricon chart).[4] The first single "Genkai Lovers" (限界 Lovers) sold more than 30,000 copies in Japan, while the second single "Watashi wa Arashi" (私は嵐) was the best-selling CD single of the band, reaching position No. 12 in the Oricon single chart.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Out of Limits" (Miki Igarashi, Yoshihiko Andō) – 3:09
  2. "Look at Me!" (Show-Ya, Keiko Terada & Andō) – 5:11
  3. "Genkai Lovers" (限界 Lovers) (Terada & Igarashi, Andō) – 3:59
  4. "Trouble" (Terada, Andō) – 4:06
  5. "Yasei no Bara" (野性の薔薇) (Igarashi, Andō) – 5:31
  6. "Inori" (祈り) (Terada, Terada & Andō) – 4:37
  7. "Kaigenrei no Machi – Cry for the Freedom" (戒厳令の街 ／Cry for the Freedom) (Miki Nakamura, Andō) – 4:52
  8. "Bad Boys" (Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda, Andō) – 3:58
  9. "Watashi Wa Arashi" (私は嵐) (Terada, Andō) – 4:05
  10. "Paranoia Paradise" (Senba & Tsunoda, Andō) – 3:19
  11. "Battle Express" (Igarashi, Andō) – 4:31

Personnel

Band members

  • Keiko Terada – vocals
  • Miki Igarashi – guitars
  • Miki Nakamura – keyboards
  • Satomi Senba – bass
  • Miki Tsunoda – drums

Production

  • Atsuhiro Sakamoto – engineer
  • Toshimi Naseki – assistant engineer
  • Paul Wertheimer – mixing at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Masanori Sasaji – arrangements
  • Yoshihiko Andō – lyrics

References

  1. ↑ "RIAJ Searchable Database: search for September 1989". Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Show-Ya - Outerlimits". Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Show-Ya Outerlimits". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  4. ↑ ＳＨＯＷ－ＹＡのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. ↑ ＳＨＯＷ－ＹＡのシングル売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
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