Be MAX is a cover album by Japanese vocal group MAX. Released on September 8, 2010, by Sonic Groove as part of the group's 15th anniversary celebration, the album was offered in two editions: CD only and CD with bonus DVD. It features the group's Eurobeat covers of 15 popular J-pop songs from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The CD only release includes the bonus track "Tora Tora Tora" (15th Anniversary Mix).[1][2][3][4]

Be MAX
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2010 (2010-09-08)
Recorded2010
Genre
Length60:34
LanguageJapanese
LabelSonic Groove
ProducerMAX
MAX chronology
New Edition: Maximum Hits
(2008)
Be MAX
(2010)
avex archives COMPLETE BEST MAX
(2010)
Singles from Be MAX
  1. "Cat's Eye"
    Released: May 12, 2010 (2010-05-12)
Alternate cover
CD+DVD cover

The album peaked at No. 19 on Oricon's weekly albums chart.[5]

Track listing edit

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicOriginal artistLength
1."Samishii Nettaigyo" ((淋しい熱帯魚, "Lonely Tropical Fish"))Neko OikawaMasaya OzekiWink3:57
2."Asia no Junshin" (Ajia no Junshin (アジアの純真, "True Asia"))Yōsui InoueTamio OkudaPuffy3:53
3."Ryūsei no Saddle" (Ryūsei no Sadoru (流星のサドル, "Shooting Star Saddle"))Masumi KawamuraToshinobu KubotaToshinobu Kubota4:45
4."Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Zuyosa to" ((恋しさとせつなさと心強さと, "This Love, This Pain, This Strength of Heart"))Tetsuya KomuroKomuroRyōko Shinohara with t.komuro4:36
5."Donna Toki mo" ((どんなときも。, "Any Time."))Noriyuki MakiharaMakiharaNoriyuki Makihara4:07
6."Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)" (Danshingu Hīrō (ダンシング・ヒーロー(Eat You Up)))Hitoshi Shinohara
Yōko Oginome4:28
7."Cat's Eye"Yoshiko MiuraYūichirō OdaAnri3:34
8."Touch" (Tatchi (タッチ))Chinfa KanHiroaki SerizawaYoshimi Iwasaki4:07
9."Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze" ((残酷な天使のテーゼ, "A Cruel Angel's Thesis"))OikawaHidetoshi SatōYoko Takahashi4:22
10."Natsu no Tobira" ((夏の扉, "Summer Door"))MiuraKazuo ZaitsuSeiko Matsuda4:14
11."Friends" (Furenzu (フレンズ))NokkoAkio DobashiRebecca4:18
12."Desire (Jōnetsu)" ((DESIRE -情熱-))Yoko AkiKisaburō SuzukiAkina Nakamori4:32
13."Cha-Cha-Cha"
  • Yūji Konno
  • B. Graziella
  • B. Reitano
  • B. Rosellini
  • F. Baldoni
  • F. Reitano
Akemi Ishii3:11
14."Waku Waku Sasete" ((WAKU WAKUさせて, "Excite Me More"))Takashi MatsumotoKyōhei TsutsumiMiho Nakayama3:30
15."Gakuen Tengoku" ((学園天国, "School Heaven"))Yū AkuDaisuke InoueFinger 53:43
Total length:60:34
CD only bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicOriginal artistLength
16."Tora Tora Tora" (15th Anniversary Mix)Kazumi Suzuki
MAX5:43
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Donna Toki mo" (Music Clip) 
2."Donna Toki mo" (Music Clip Making) 
3."Cat's Eye Live Introduction" 

Charts edit

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] 19

References edit

  1. ^ "BE MAX". Rising Production. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ^ "MAX / BE MAX". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. ^ "MAXが5人組に?レコ発イベントで「どんなときも。」熱唱". Natalie.mu. 2010-09-13. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. ^ "MAXのカヴァーアルバム発売イベントに6000人". BARKS.jp. 2010-09-13. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  5. ^ a b "BE MAX | MAX". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

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