Making the Road explained

Making the Road
Type:	studio
Artist:	Hi-Standard
Cover:	Hi-std_makingtheroad.jpg
Released:	November 2, 1999
Recorded:	Echo House Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Genre:	Punk rock
Length:	37:39
Label:	Fat Wreck Chords
Producer:	Hi-Standard
Prev Title:	Angry Fist
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Love Is a Battlefield
Next Year:	2001

Making the Road is the third album by the Japanese punk rock band Hi-Standard.^{[1] [2]} Recorded in their native country, it was released on American label Fat Wreck Chords in November 1999.^[3] The album has sold more than 650,000 copies.^[4]

The cover art is a screenshot from the finale of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo.

Critical reception

The Spokesman-Review wrote that the album "delivers fast, gritty punk while, at the same time, incorporating violins, violas and cellos."

Track listing

• All songs written by Hi-Standard.

1. "Turning Back"  - 0:33
2. "Standing Still"  - 2:12
3. "Teenagers are All Assholes"  - 2:00
4. "Just Rock"  - 1:04
5. "Dear My Friends"  - 3:12
6. "Stay Gold"  - 2:00
7. "No Heroes"  - 2:10
8. "Glory"  - 1:50
9. "Please, Please, Please"  - 2:30
10. "Green Acres"  - 0:54 (1960s TV Theme)
11. "Changes"  - 2:43 (Black Sabbath cover)
12. "Making the Road Blues"  - 1:15
13. "Crows"  - 1:52
14. "Tinkerbell Hates Goatees"  - 1:26
15. "Pentax"  - 0:34
16. "Nothing"  - 2:51
17. "Starry Night"  - 2:12
18. "Brand New Sunset"  - 3:24
19. "Sexy Girlfriend" (hidden track)  - 2:57

Personnel

• Akihiro Nanba  - vocals, bass
• Ken Yokoyama  - guitar, vocals
• Akira Tsuneoka  - drums
• Recorded at Echo House Studio, Tokyo, Japan
• Produced by Hi-Standard
• Engineered by Osamu Seino

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hi-Standard | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Reviews. CMJ New Music Report. November 22, 1999. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
3. Web site: Making The Road. Fat Wreck Chords.
4. McClure . Steve . Japanese Mkt. hit by tough times . Billboard . Feb 12, 2000 . 112 . 7 . 1, 67.