Awake (Wands album)

Awake
Studio album by Wands
Released	October 27, 1999 (1999-10-27)
Recorded	1997–1999
Genre	J-pop pop rock post-punk alternative rock
Length	46 minutes
Label	B-Gram records
Producer	CHOKAKU
Wands chronology
Wands Historical Best Album (1997) Awake (1999) Best of Wands History (2000)
Singles from Awake
"Sabitsuita Machine Gun de Ima o Uchinukō" Released: September 3, 1997 "Brand New Love" Released: February 11, 1998 "Ashita Moshi Kimi ga Kowaretemo" Released: June 10, 1998 "Kyou, Nanika no Hazumi de Ikiteiru" Released: March 31, 1999

Awake is the third studio album by Japanese rock band Wands. The album was released with new members.[1] The album includes all singles released by new members of Wands. The album was released on October 27, 1999 under B-Gram Records label. It reached #18 on the Oricon charts for its first week with 16,940 sold copies. The album charted for 3 weeks and sold 25,640 copies. It was the band's final release before their disbandment in 2000.[2][3] Prior to their disbandment, they released a compilation album entitled Best of Wands History.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Awake"	Shinya Kimura	Issei Sugimoto	Wands	3:31
2.	"Brand New Love"	Izumi Sakai (Zard)	Masaaki Watanuki	Wands	5:04
3.	"Kumo ga Nagareru Kata he" (雲が流れる方へ)	Issei Sugimoto	Issei Sugimoto Shinya Kimura	Wands	4:17
4.	"With you ~living in my heart~"	Shinya Kimura	Shinya Kimura	Wands	4:57
5.	"Silence"	Jirou Kazuhisa	Shinya Kimura	Wands	3:42
6.	"Kyou, Nanika no Hazumi de Ikiteiru" (「今日、ナニカノハズミデ生きている」)	Nana Azuki (Garnet Crow)	Makoto Miyoshi (Rumania Montevideo)	Wands	3:42
7.	"BLACK or WHITE"	Issei Sugimoto	Shinya Kimura	Wands	4:04
8.	"Time washed away"	Jirou Kazuhisa	Shinya Kimura	Wands	2:22
9.	"Ashita Moshi Kimi ga Kowaretemo" (明日もし君が壊れても)	Izumi Sakai	Aika Ohno	Wands	4:16
10.	"Still in love"	Shinya Kimura	Shinya Kimura Issei Sugimoto	Wands	3:31
11.	"Please tell me Jesus"	Jirou Kazuhisa	Keiko Utoku	Wands	3:49
12.	"Sabitsuita Machine Gun de Ima wo Uchinikou" (錆びついたマシンガンで今を撃ち抜こう)	Miho Komatsu	Miho Komatsu	Daisuke Ikeda	4:42
13.	"Where there's a will…"	Jirou Kazuhisa	Shinya Kimura	Wands	4:42

Cover

• Zard later self-covered "Brand New Love" on their album Eien and "Ashita Moshi Kimi ga Kowaretemo" on Toki no Tsubasa.
• Miho Komatsu covered "Sabitsuita Machine Gun de Ima wo Uchinikou" on her debut album Nazo.

References

1. Wands Discography(in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/artist/wands/
2. Oricon rankings http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/25861/products/123548/1/
3. Official track list http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-1025