Maximum Groove

Maximum Groove
Studio album by MAX
Released December 2, 1998
Recorded 1998
Genre Pop, dance, R&B
Length 1:06:28
Label Avex Trax
Producer Max Matsuura
MAX chronology
Maximum II
(1997)Maximum II1997		 Maximum Groove
(1998)		 Maximum Collection
(1999)Maximum Collection1999
Singles from Maximum Groove
  1. "Hikari no Veil"
  2. "Ride On Time"
  3. "Grace of My Heart"

Maximum Groove is the third studio album by Japanese dance unit, MAX. It was released on December 2, 1998 by record label, 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.

Track list

#TitleSongwritersTime
1."Only One"Yuko Ebine, Hideaki Kuwabara4:29
2."Hikari no Veil"Goro Matsui, Kiichi Yokoyama5:01
3."I'm In Love"Hiromi Mori, Masataka Sasamoto4:24
4."Getting Over"Matsui, Yokoyama5:00
5."Sunny Holiday"David Toball, Sandro Cajander, TH Olsen, Masato Ota, Jonas Eriksson, Mattias Eliasson3:42
6."Not Alone"Matsui, Kuwabara5:12
7."Active For The Love"Matsui, Yasushi Sasamoto4:43
8."Private Crime"Mori, M. Sasamoto4:58
9."Reborn"Mori, M. Sasamoto4:41
10."Person I Need"Mori, M. Sasamoto5:41
11."Grace Of My Heart"Ebine, Kenji Suzuki5:24
12."Ride On Time"Matsui, Yokoyama4:27
13."Don't You Love Me"Kazumi Suzuki, Groove Surfers4:56
14."Love Desire"Yuko Ebine, Time Machine3:54

Chart performance

Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
PeakFirst weekTotalChart run
1[3]322,300[4]824,370[2]12[3]

Certification

"Maximum Groove" has been certified million for shipments of over 1,000,000 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

Accolades

References

  1. ↑ "RIAJ 1998 Certifications".
  2. 1 2 "1999 Oricon Album Chart".
  3. 1 2 "Oricon Maximum Groove Data".
  4. ↑ "Oricon Weekly Singles Chart: 12/14/1998".
  5. ↑ "Japan Gold Disc Awards Archive".
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