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]

5 Ahead
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 5, 2001
GenreJapanese Rock/Pop
Length1:17:01
LabelUniversal Music
Tokio chronology
Best EP Selection of Tokio II
(2001)
5 Ahead
(2001)
Glider
(2003)

The name of the album is a pun: 5 in Japanese is pronounced Go; thus, the real name of the album is GO AHEAD.

Track listing

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Disc 1

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."5 Ahead"0:30
2."Hey! Mr Sampling Man"Koutarou KubotaKoutarou KubotaKoutarou Kubota4:21
3."DR."Koutarou KubotaKoutarou KubotaKoutarou Kubota and KAM4:08
4."Doitsumo Koitsumo (Album Version)"Jun AbeJun AbeKaaTo4:30
5."Baby Blue"Shigeru JoshimaShigeru JoshimaTaku Yoshioka4:57
6."04515"HikariHikariHikari4:09
7."Only One Song"TwuneTwuneKanichirou Kubo4:18
8."Kanpai!!"Masato Ochi, Bill Martin、and Philip CoulterKenichi Ase, Bill Martin、and Philip CoulterMotoki Funayama and Tatsuo Nagami3:34
9."Sugarless Love"Masato OchiAkio ShimizuTomoki Ishitzuka3:44
10."T2"Taichi KokubunTaichi KokubunTaichi Kokubun and KAM3:28
11."36°C (Original Words and Music by John Peppard and Marwenna Diame)"Shigeru JoshimaShigeru JoshimaYoshihiko Chino3:44
12."Message"Koutarou KubotaKoutarou KubotaKAM4:43
13."Symphonic"HikariHikariKAM5:46
14."Hitoribocchi no Haburashi (Acoustic Version)"TsunkuTsunkuYuichi Takahashi4:46

Disc 2

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Opening ~Talk 1"5:30
2."The Future Is Chance of Infinity"Yasuhiro SatouYasuhiro SatouYasuhiro Satou and KAM1:34
3."Talk 2"8:54
4."Yesterday's (Acoustic Version)"Akio ShimizuAkio ShimizuKAM4:34

Personnel

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  • Shigeru Joshima – guitar
  • Tomoya Nagase – lead vocalist, guitar
  • Masahiro Matsuoka – drums
  • Taichi Kokubun – keyboard
  • Tatsuya Yamaguchi – bass

References

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  1. ^ "Johnny's Net TOKIO Discography - Albums" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  2. ^ "TOKIO-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-02-17.