Maximum Groove is the third studio album by Japanese dance unit MAX. It was released on December 2, 1998, by avex trax. It is their second album to peak at the #1 position on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts and has since been certified a million seller by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.[1] It is one of two albums by the group to chart in Oricon's 1999 Year-End album chart along with their first greatest hits compilation, Maximum Collection (1999). It charted at #27.[2] The album was supported by their MAX Live Contact 1999 ~Sunny Holiday~ concert tour.
| Maximum Groove | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 2, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Pop, dance, R&B | |||
| Length | 1:06:28 | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
| Producer | Max Matsuura | |||
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| Singles from Maximum Groove | ||||
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Track list
edit| # | Title | Songwriters | Time |
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| 1. | "Only One" | Yuko Ebine, Hideaki Kuwabara | 4:29 |
| 2. | "Hikari no Veil" | Goro Matsui, Kiichi Yokoyama | 5:01 |
| 3. | "I'm In Love" | Hiromi Mori, Masataka Sasamoto | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Getting Over" | Matsui, Yokoyama | 5:00 |
| 5. | "Sunny Holiday" | David Toball, Sandro Cajander, TH Olsen, Masato Ota, Jonas Eriksson, Mattias Eliasson | 3:42 |
| 6. | "Not Alone" | Matsui, Kuwabara | 5:12 |
| 7. | "Active For The Love" | Matsui, Yasushi Sasamoto | 4:43 |
| 8. | "Private Crime" | Mori, M. Sasamoto | 4:58 |
| 9. | "Reborn" | Mori, M. Sasamoto | 4:41 |
| 10. | "Person I Need" | Mori, M. Sasamoto | 5:41 |
| 11. | "Grace Of My Heart" | Ebine, Kenji Suzuki | 5:24 |
| 12. | "Ride On Time" | Matsui, Yokoyama | 4:27 |
| 13. | "Don't You Love Me" | Kazumi Suzuki, Groove Surfers | 4:56 |
| 14. | "Love Desire" | Yuko Ebine, Time Machine | 3:54 |
Chart performance
edit| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | |||
| Peak | First week | Total | Chart run |
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| 1[3] | 322,300[4] | 824,370[2] | 12[3] |
Certification
edit"Maximum Groove" has been certified million for shipments of over 1,000,000 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
Accolades
edit- Pop Album of the Year - Japan Gold Disc Awards[5]
References
edit- ^ "RIAJ 1998 Certifications".
- ^ a b "1999 Oricon Album Chart".
- ^ a b "Oricon Maximum Groove Data".
- ^ "Oricon Weekly Singles Chart: 12/14/1998". Archived from the original on 2008-01-09. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Japan Gold Disc Awards Archive". Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2009-08-07.