This overseas recording won the Excellent Album Award at the 28th Japan Record Awards.
The sixth album released in 1986. It contains eight songs in total, including the pre-release single "THE BEST OF LOVE."
This was the first time that full-scale recording was done in NY and LA. The final single on the album, "THE BEST OF LOVE," is a re-recorded album version. The second track, "LUCKY LADY FEEL SO GOOD," and the fifth track, "PILE DRIVER," were later re-released.
A:
1)
Overture ~ Take Off Melody
2)
Lucky Lady Feel So Good
3)
Take It Away
4)
August Rain ~ It's Our Pure Hearts ~
B:
1)
Pile Driver
2)
1975
3)
Good-Bye Love
4)
The Best Of Love
Engineer [Quadrasonic Recording Studio] - Bruce Miller
Engineer [Rock Steady Studio] - Francis Buckley
Mixed By [Right Track Recording Studio B] - Michael H. Brauer
Engineer [Power Station Studio / Clinton Studio A] - Alec Head
Engineer [Sorcerer Sound Studio / Greene Street Recording] - Mario Salvati
Mastered By - Howie Weinberg
Engineer [Assistant / Power Station Studio / Clinton Studio A] - Alexander Haas
Engineer [Assistant / Quadrasonic Recording Studio] - Dave Wolk
Mixed By [Assistant / Right Track Recording Studio B] - Noah Baron
Engineer [Nichion Studio] - Hiroshi Fujita (A1)
Executive-Producer - Tasuku Okamura
Producer - Toshiki Kadomatsu
Lyrics By, Composed By, Arranged By - 角松敏生
Coordinator [Production] - Christian Dalbavie
Art Direction, Design [Vitamin Studio] - Masayuki Yano