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
You May Dream - 5:15
Biribiri Crashmen (ビリビリクラッシュメン) - 4:33
May Fair - 4:58
Soul Love - 4:30
Deatte Shimatta Futari (出会ってしまった２人) - 3:56
Pure Soul - 6:24
Yuuwaku (誘惑) - 4:16
Come On!! - 3:23
FriedChicken & Beer - 4:37
3 Years Later (３年後) - 7:33
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)
