| Blast Off! | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | The Blue Hearts |
| Cover: | Blast Off cover.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Genre: | Punk rock |
| Length: | 38:25 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Juggler Records[1] |
| Producer: | The Blue Hearts |
Blast Off! was the second American release (the first being the self-titled 6-song EP) by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts. It was released in 1991 and only in America.[2] Though each of the songs was recorded with the original Japanese lyrics, the CD jacket included English translations of each of the songs.[3]
The Blue Hearts' previous American release, the self-titled CD/12" vinyl EP, was a 6-song compilation with selections from their self-titled first album, The Blue Hearts, and their second album, Young and Pretty. As with their first American release, this album was also a compilation of songs: this time from their first album and their third, Train-Train.[2] The first four songs were from The Blue Hearts and the rest were from Train-Train, except for "Chernobyl" and "The Blue Hearts Theme", which had only been released as singles in Japan. The original Japanese title of the songs is in parentheses.