Pure Soul (album)

Pure Soul
Studio album by
Glay
ReleasedJuly 29, 1998
GenrePower pop, pop rock
Length55:56
LabelPolyGram
Mustard/Unlimited records
ProducerMasahide Sakuma
Glay
Glay chronology
Review
(1997) 		Pure Soul
(1998) 		Heavy Gauge
(1999)
Singles from Pure Soul
  1. "Yuuwaku"
    Released: April 29, 1998
  2. "Soul Love"
    Released: April 29, 1998

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).

Track listing

  1. You May Dream - 5:15
  2. Biribiri Crashmen (ビリビリクラッシュメン) - 4:33
  3. May Fair - 4:58
  4. Soul Love - 4:30
  5. Deatte Shimatta Futari (出会ってしまった２人) - 3:56
  6. Pure Soul - 6:24
  7. Yuuwaku (誘惑) - 4:16
  8. Come On!! - 3:23
  9. FriedChicken & Beer - 4:37
  10. 3 Years Later (３年後) - 7:33
  11. I'm in Love - 6:28
  • All music and lyrics by Takuro, except for #2 (music by Jiro), all arrangements by Glay and Masahide Sakuma. Luna Sea guitarist Sugizo appears on #7 as a guest.

Covers

"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

Oricon 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

  1. ^ "Aoi, Moran, and more to release '90s Visual Kei cover album". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  2. ^ "「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.