Boøwy
Boøwy (pronounced: bóui, stylized as BOØWY) was a Japanese rock band formed in Takasaki, Gunma in 1981. The best-known lineup of Kyosuke Himuro (vocals), Tomoyasu Hotei (guitar), Tsunematsu Matsui (bass) and Makoto Takahashi (drums) reached legendary status in Japan during the 1980s.
In 1988, they became the first male artists to have three albums reach number-one within one year on the Oricon charts. The 1990s "Band Boom" in Japan was credited to Boøwy as they popularized the formation of musical groups, which caused musical instrument sales to hit an all-time high during the 1990s and the record companies signed and debuted 80 bands during the 1990s in hopes of finding a new Boøwy. They were named Artist of the Year at the 3rd annual Japan Gold Disc Awards. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked Boøwy at number 22 on their list of the "100 Most Important Japanese Pop Acts". In September 2007, Rolling Stone Japan rated their album Just a Hero at number 75 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time". In a 2012 poll by Recochoku, Boøwy were ranked the number one band that people want to see reunite.
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Tracklist: Boøwy Complete: 21st Century 20th Anniversary Edition
| No. | Title | Runtime |
|---|---|---|
| Disc I: Moral | ||
| 1-1 | Introduction | |
| 1-2 | Image Down | |
| 1-3 | School Out | |
| 1-4 | Elite | |
| 1-5 | Give It To Me | |
| 1-6 | No N.Y. | |
| 1-7 | Mass Age | |
| 1-8 | Watch Your Boy | |
| 1-9 | Rats | |
| 1-10 | Moral | |
| 1-11 | Guerrilla | |
| 1-12 | On My Beat | |
| 1-13 | Endless | |
| Disc II: Instant Love | ||
| 2-1 | Instant Love | |
| 2-2 | My Honey | |
| 2-3 | Oh! My Jully Part II | |
| 2-4 | Funny-Boy | |
| 2-5 | Oh! My Jully Part I | |
| 2-6 | Teenage Emotion | |
| 2-7 | London Game | |
| 2-8 | Symphonic | |
| 2-9 | This Moment | |
| Disc III: Boowy | ||
| 3-1 | Dreamin' | |
| 3-2 | 黒のラプソディー | |
| 3-3 | Baby Action | |
| 3-4 | 唇にジェラシー | |
| 3-5 | ホンキー・トンキー・クレイジー | |
| 3-6 | Bad Feeling | |
| 3-7 | Chu-Ru-Lu | |
| 3-8 | Dance Craze | |
| 3-9 | ハイウェイに乗る前に | |
| 3-10 | Cloudy Heart | |
| Disc IV: Just A Hero | ||
| 4-1 | Dancing In The Pleasure Land | |
| 4-2 | Rouge Of Gray | |
| 4-3 | わがままジュリエット | |
| 4-4 | Plastic Ocean | |
| 4-5 | Justy | |
| 4-6 | Just A Hero | |
| 4-7 | 1994 (Label Of Complex) | |
| 4-8 | ミス・ミステリー・レディ (Visual Vision) | |
| 4-9 | Blue Vacation | |
| 4-10 | Like A Child | |
| 4-11 | Welcome To The Twilight | |
| Disc V: "Gigs" Just A Hero Tour 1986 | ||
| 5-1 | Prologue | |
| 5-2 | Bad Feeling | |
| 5-3 | Rouge Of Gray | |
| 5-4 | Blue Vacation | |
| 5-5 | Justy | |
| 5-6 | Baby Action | |
| 5-7 | ホンキー・トンキー・クレイジー | |
| 5-8 | わがままジュリエット | |
| 5-9 | Dreamin' | |
| 5-10 | Image Down | |
| 5-11 | No. New York | |
| 5-12 | Just A Hero | |
| Disc VI: Beat Emotion | ||
| 6-1 | B・Blue | |
| 6-2 | Only You | |
| 6-3 | Runaway Train | |
| 6-4 | Beat Sweet | |
| 6-5 | Noise Limitter | |
| 6-6 | Don't Ask Me | |
| 6-7 | B・E・L・I・E・V・E | |
| 6-8 | Super-Califragilistic-Expiari-Docious | |
| 6-9 | Down Town Shuffle | |
| 6-10 | Working Man | |
| 6-11 | Rain In My Heart | |
| 6-12 | Dramatic? Drastic! | |
| 6-13 | Our Revolution | |
| 6-14 | Sensitive Love | |
| Disc VII: Psychopath | ||
| 7-1 | Liar Girl | |
| 7-2 | Angel Passed Children | |
| 7-3 | Longer Than Forever | |
| 7-4 | Gigolo & Gigolet | |
| 7-5 | Rendez-Vous (Live In Hamburg July 1987) | |
| 7-6 | Marionette | |
| 7-7 | Plastic Bomb | |
| 7-8 | Psychopath | |
| 7-9 | Celluloid Doll | |
| 7-10 | Fantastic Story | |
| 7-11 | Memory | |
| 7-12 | 季節が君だけを変える | |
| Disc VIII: Last Gigs | ||
| 8-1 | B・Blue | |
| 8-2 | Dramatic? Drastic! | |
| 8-3 | Marionette | |
| 8-4 | わがままジュリエット | |
| 8-5 | Longer Than Forever | |
| 8-6 | Cloudy Heart | |
| 8-7 | Working Man | |
| 8-8 | Image Down | |
| 8-9 | Beat Sweet | |
| 8-10 | No. New York | |
| 8-11 | Only You | |
| 8-12 | Dreamin' | |
| Disc IX: Singles | ||
| 9-1 | ホンキー・トンキー・クレイジー | |
| 9-2 | "16" | |
| 9-3 | Bad Feeling (12 Inch Single Version) | |
| 9-4 | No. New York (12 Inch Single Version) | |
| 9-5 | わがままジュリエット | |
| 9-6 | B・Blue | |
| 9-7 | Working Man | |
| 9-8 | Only You | |
| 9-9 | Marionette | |
| 9-10 | 季節が君だけを変える (Single Version) | |
| 9-11 | Cloudy Heart (Single Version) | |
| Disc X: Specials | ||
| 10-1 | Out!! | |
| 10-2 | Dakara | |
| 10-3 | Let's Think | |
| 10-4 | Our Language | |
| 10-5 | Beginning From Endless | |
| 10-6 | Give It To Me (Live Version) | |
| 10-7 | B・Blue (Live Version) | |
| 10-8 | Baby Action (Live Version) | |
| 10-9 | The Wild One [Boowy & Suzi Quatro] | |
| 10-10 | たった一度のLove Song |