Lead! Heat! Beat!
Studio album by
Lead
ReleasedAugust 10, 2005
Recorded2004-2005
GenreHip-hop, pop, R&B
LabelFlight Master
PCCA0-2159 (Japan, CD)
Lead chronology
Brand New Era
(2004)		 Lead! Heat! Beat!
(2005)		 4
(2006)
Singles from Lead! Heat! Beat!
  1. "Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted"
    Released: October 27, 2004
  2. "Atarashii Kisetsu e"
    Released: April 13, 2005
  3. "Baby Running Wild"
    Released: July 6, 2005

Lead! Heat! Beat! (stylized as LEAD! HEAT! BEAT!) is the third studio album by Japanese hip-hop group Lead. The album ranked No. 15 on Oricon and remained on the charts for four weeks. The album was released on August 10, 2005, nearly a year since their previous album, Brand New Era, and held three preceding singles: Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted, Atarashii Kisetsu e and Baby Running Wild.

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Lead! Heat! Beat! is the third studio album by four member Japanese hip-hop dance group Lead. The album took the No. 15 spot on the weekly Oricon Albums Charts and remained on the charts for four consecutive weeks.[1] It was released a year after their previous album, Brand New Era, which had been released at the end of August 2004. Prior to its release, the album garnered three singles: the double a-side Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted,[2] the spring ballad Atarashii Kisetsu e[3] and the summer pop song Baby Running Wild.[4]

As with their previous albums, the album was only released as a standard CD, not carrying a CD+DVD counterpart.[5] Instead, the music videos were later placed on their third compilation DVD Movies 3, which was released three years later on August 6, 2008.[6] Unlike their previous albums, Lead! Heat! Beat! was not given a limited edition version.

It became their first album to contain both a prelude and an outro, which were different renditions of "Rock the House!!". Along with the new tracks on the album, it also included a remix of "Baby Running Wild" as track #15.

On December 7, 2005, they would release their second concert DVD, which corresponding with the album: Lead Live Tour Upturn 2005.

Track listing

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Rock the House!! ~roll start~"Shōko Fujibayashi • Mr. Blistah (rap)HayabusaHayabusa1:36
2."Baby Running Wild"Satori ShiraishiSatori ShiraishiSatori Shiraishi2:45
3."Jump around"Shoko Fujibayashi • CLENCH&BLISTAHHayabusa • Masato IshinariHayabusa4:10
4."Love Magic"Shoko Fujibayashi • Mr. BlistahTakahiro Momiyama • Minoru Komorita • Masato IshinariTakahiro Momiyama • Minoru Komorita3:52
5."Delighted"Shōko Fujibayashi • Mr. Blistah (rap)Tatsuyuki Okawa • Masato IshinariTatsuyuki Okawa4:33
6."Higher Revolution"Zooco • K-WON (rap)K-Muto • Zooco • Masato IshinariK-Muto3:58
7."I believe"popY • Shinya Tanuichi (rap)popYpopY4:49
8."Prism" (プリズム)Chokkyu MuranoTakuya HaradaTakuya Harada4:32
9."Dear"Makoto FuruyaHiroo YamaguchiREO4:58
10."High Time"Shoko FujibayashiYousuke Kobayashi • Takao SugiyamaNobuhito "UNA" Tanahashi • Yousuke Kobayashi4:03
11."Best Of My Lover"Susumu KawaguchiDaisuke Tohyama • Masato IshinariDaisuke Tohyama4:51
12."Atarashii Kisetsu e"Kyogo KawaguchiKyogo Kawaguchi • Yoshiaki MutoYoshiaki Muto • Yoshinobu Takeshita6:14
13."Tenohira wo Taiyou ni"Takashi YanaseTaku Izumi • Masato IshinariHisashi Nawata3:03
14."Rock the House!! ~roll end~"Shoko Fujibayashi • Mr. Blistah (rap)HayabusaHayabusa1:16
15."Baby Running Wild" (Funny Honey Bunny Style)Satori ShiraishiSatori ShiraishiSatori Shiraishi • Hayabusa4:25

Charts

Release Chart Peak position
August 10, 2005 Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 15

References

  1. ↑ "LEAD!HEAT!BEAT! / Lead / ORICON NEWS". Oricon. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ "手のひらを太陽に/Delighted". RecoChoku. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ "あたらしい季節へ/Lead". Lead Official. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ "ベイビーランニンワイルド (初回生産限定盤DVD付)". Amazon Japan. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Lead! Heat! Beat! (Japan Version)". YesAsia. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ｌｅａｄ「ＭＯＶＩＥＳ３」". Billboard Japan. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
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