The Blue Hearts (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Blue Hearts
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = The Blue Hearts


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Cover size = 150
Caption =
Released = May 21, 1987 [http://www.bluehearts.com/album1.html The Blue Hearts] . bluehearts.com. Accessed February 22, 2008.] November 21, 2007 (limited edition)
Recorded = Music Inn Yamanakako Studio Sound Inn
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 33:59
Language = Japanese
Label = Meldac Records
Director =
Producer = The Blue Hearts
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Compiler =
Chronology =
Last album =
This album = "The Blue Hearts"
Next album = "Young and Pretty"
Misc = Singles
Name = The Blue Hearts
Type = studio
single 1 = Linda Linda
single 1 date = May 1, 1987

nihongo|"The Blue Hearts"|ザ・ブルーハーツ|Za Burū Hātsu is the self-produced and self-titled first album released by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts. They had put together albums as an independent band, but this was their first official release. It has a different track listing from their self-titled EP, which was released in the U.S. in 1990.

This album was the most energetic of all The Blue Hearts' albums and over half of the songs were included on the bands "best of" compilation album. Though the single "Hito ni Yasashiku" was written and recorded during their time as an independent band, it was not included on their first album.

Track details

Before making their major debut, The Blue Hearts often sang "Mirai wa Boku Nado no Te no Naka" to open the second half of their acts. When they were making this album, the plan was to release it as the first song on the cassette's B-side (seventh song overall) to match their acts. However, when they had trouble recording "Blue Hearts Theme", which was supposed to be the first song on the A-side, they decided to make "Mirai wa Boku Nado no Te no Naka" the first song.

During the middle and latter parts of the band's career, they often started off live performances with the song. "Blue Hearts Theme" was eventually replaced by "Sekai no Mannaka", the eighth song. "Kime no Tame" was also a replacement song, as "Chain Gang" could not be recorded because of lyrical problems.

"Owaranai Uta" caused some controversy because of its use of the Japanese word for lunatic, which was a word prohibited from broadcast. As a result, the lyrics were not printed on the cassette cover and the words were masked by heavy guitar sounds on the recording.

Two of the songs, "No No No" and "Shōnen no Uta", were originally written for Kōmoto's previous band, The Coats (ザ・コーツ), but were performed and recorded by The Blue Hearts. Also, "Dance Number" is the shortest of all The Blue Hearts' songs.

The track "Linda Linda" was also released as a single, but there were separate recordings for the two releases. The biggest changes are the drums sounds and the addition of a third guitar on the album version. The album version of "Linda Linda" is the one often performed at concerts.

Track listing

#"Mirai wa Boku Nado no Te no Naka" (未来は僕等の手の中 "The Future is in Our Hands") (2:25)
#"Owaranai Uta" (終わらない歌 "An Endless Song") (3:04)
#"No No No" (NO NO NO) (2:26)
#"Punk Rock" (パンク・ロック "Panku Rokku") (3:41)
#"Machi" (街 "Town") (3:18)
#"Shōnen no Uta" (少年の詩 "A Boy's Song") (2:41)
#"Bakudan ga Okkochiru Toki" (爆弾が落っこちる時 "When the Bombs Fall") (2:06)
#"Sekai no Mannaka" (世界のまん中 "Middle of the World") (2:20)
#"Hadaka no Ō-sama" (裸の王様 "The Naked Emperor") (2:50)
#"Dance Number" (ダンス・ナンバー "Dansu Nanbaa") (1:28)
#"Kimi no Tame" (君のため "For You") (4:18)
#"Linda Linda" (リンダリンダ) (3:22)

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