Pure Soul is the fifth released album from the Japanese rock band Glay. 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 (RIAJ).
| Pure Soul | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 29, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Power pop, pop rock | |||
| Length | 55:56 | |||
| Label | PolyGram Mustard/Unlimited records | |||
| Producer | Masahide Sakuma Glay | |||
| Glay chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Singles from Pure Soul | ||||
| ||||
Track listing
edit- You May Dream - 5:15
- Biribiri Crashmen (ビリビリクラッシュメン) - 4:33
- May Fair - 4:58
- Soul Love - 4:30
- Deatte Shimatta Futari (出会ってしまった２人) - 3:56
- Pure Soul - 6:24
- Yuuwaku (誘惑) - 4:16
- Come On!! - 3:23
- FriedChicken & Beer - 4:37
- 3 Years Later (３年後) - 7:33
- I'm in Love - 6:28
Covers
edit"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 bands covering songs from bands that were important to the 1990s visual kei movement.[1] It was also covered by Fantôme Iris, a fictional visual kei band from multimedia franchise Argonavis from BanG Dream! on the franchise first omnibus mini album Gin no Yuri/Banzai Rizing!!!/Hikari no Akuma released on December 9, 2020.[2]
Album chart information
editOricon 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
edit- ^ "Aoi, Moran, and more to release '90s Visual Kei cover album". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ "「銀の百合/バンザイRIZING!!!/光の悪魔」 | Music | ARGONAVIS（アルゴナビス） from BanG Dream! 公式ポータルサイト". ARGONAVIS（アルゴナビス） from BanG Dream! 公式ポータルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-04.
External links
edit- Oricon - Glay's profile on the Oricon
- Happy Swing Space Site - Official Site