Hard Way

Hard Way is the eighth album of the Japanese hard rock band Show-Ya. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, USA and produced by Beau Hill and by Kip Winger's brother Paul. It was released on 24 October 1990 and reached position No. 4 in Japan (Oricon Chart). All the lyrics were written by Yoshihiko Andō. This time all the musical arrangements were done by the band. It would be Show-Ya's last studio album with lead singer Keiko Terada. The track "Uchi ni Kaerou" was used as theme song for the anime OVA Cleopatra DC.

Track listing

 * 1) "Metallic Woman"  (Miki Igarashi, Yoshihiko Andō)  – 6:19
 * 2) "Life Is Dancing"  (Satomi Senba & Miki Tsunoda, Andō)  – 4:41
 * 3) "Switch Blade St."  (Senba & Tsunoda, Andō)  – 4:00
 * 4) "Mashou" (魔性)  (Miki Nakamura, Andō)  – 4:47
 * 5) "Naze" (何故)  (Keiko Terada, Andō)  – 6:31
 * 6) "Make It Up – Dounikashite Yo –" (Make It Up ―どうにかしてよ―) (Igarashi, Andō)  – 4:13
 * 7) "Gambling" (ギャンブリング)  (Igarashi, Andō)  – 4:00
 * 8) "Blue Rose Blues"  (Terada, Andō)  – 5:25
 * 9) "Way You Rock Me"  (Terada, Andō)  – 3:27
 * 10) "Uchi ni Kaerou" (うちにかえろう)  (Terada, Andō)  – 6:10
 * 11) "Sakebi" (叫び)  (Terada & Nakamura, Andō)  – 4:27

Band members

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

Production

 * Paul Winger – producer
 * Beau Hill – executive producer
 * Scott Gordon, Patrick D. Karamians, Paul Wertheimer – engineers
 * Robert A. Vosgien – digital editing
 * Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
 * Yoshihiko Andō – lyrics