"Genkai Lovers" / "What Do You Say?" Released: 1 February 1989
"Watashi Wa Arashi" / "Ai No Frustration" Released: 7 June 1989
Outerlimits is the seventh album of the Japanese female hard rock group Show-Ya. The album was released on 6 September 1989, in Japan. The album was mixed at the famous Cherokee Studios in California and was arranged by Masanori Sasaji and Show-Ya. Lyricist Yoshihiko Andō wrote most of the lyrics for the songs of the album. This is the band's best selling album, with more than 100,000 copies sold in Japan.[1] The first single "Genkai Lovers" (限界 Lovers) sold more than 30,000 copies in Japan, being used for a commercial campaign.[2]
Alex Henderson in his review for AllMusic defined the Japanese album "well worth searching for" for every metalhead, comparing the songs of Show-Ya to the works of Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Heart and Lita Ford.[3]
The album was a huge success in Japan, reaching number three in the national charts (Oricon chart).[4] The first single "Genkai Lovers" (限界 Lovers) sold more than 30,000 copies in Japan, while the second single "Watashi wa Arashi" (私は嵐) was the best-selling CD single of the band, reaching position No. 12 in the Oricon single chart.[5]
Track listing
"Out of Limits" (Miki Igarashi, Yoshihiko Andō) – 3:09
"Look at Me!" (Show-Ya, Keiko Terada & Andō) – 5:11
