5 Ahead is the seventh studio album by Japanese band Tokio . It was released on December 5, 2001.[ 1] It was the first album to be released under Universal Music Japan . The album reached eighth place on the Oricon weekly chart and charted for six weeks.[ 2]
The name of the album is a pun: 5 in Japanese is pronounced Go ; thus, the real name of the album is GO AHEAD.
Title Lyrics Music Arrangement 1. "5 Ahead" — — — 0:30 2. "Hey! Mr Sampling Man" Koutarou Kubota Koutarou Kubota Koutarou Kubota 4:21 3. "DR." Koutarou Kubota Koutarou Kubota Koutarou Kubota and KAM 4:08 4. "Doitsumo Koitsumo (Album Version)" Jun Abe Jun Abe KaaTo 4:30 5. "Baby Blue" Shigeru Joshima Shigeru Joshima Taku Yoshioka 4:57 6. "04515" Hikari Hikari Hikari 4:09 7. "Only One Song" Twune Twune Kanichirou Kubo 4:18 8. "Kanpai!!" Masato Ochi, Bill Martin、and Philip Coulter Kenichi Ase, Bill Martin、and Philip Coulter Motoki Funayama and Tatsuo Nagami 3:34 9. "Sugarless Love" Masato Ochi Akio Shimizu Tomoki Ishitzuka 3:44 10. "T2" Taichi Kokubun Taichi Kokubun Taichi Kokubun and KAM 3:28 11. "36°C (Original Words and Music by John Peppard and Marwenna Diame)" Shigeru Joshima Shigeru Joshima Yoshihiko Chino 3:44 12. "Message" Koutarou Kubota Koutarou Kubota KAM 4:43 13. "Symphonic" Hikari Hikari KAM 5:46 14. "Hitoribocchi no Haburashi (Acoustic Version)" Tsunku Tsunku Yuichi Takahashi 4:46
Title Lyrics Music Arrangement 1. "Opening ~Talk 1" — — — 5:30 2. "The Future Is Chance of Infinity" Yasuhiro Satou Yasuhiro Satou Yasuhiro Satou and KAM 1:34 3. "Talk 2" — — — 8:54 4. "Yesterday's (Acoustic Version)" Akio Shimizu Akio Shimizu KAM 4:34
Shigeru Joshima – guitar
Tomoya Nagase – lead vocalist, guitar
Masahiro Matsuoka – drums
Taichi Kokubun – keyboard
Tatsuya Yamaguchi – bass