| Pure Soul | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Glay |
| Cover: | GLAYPuresoul.jpg |
| Released: | July 29, 1998 |
| Genre: | Power pop, pop rock |
| Length: | 55:56 |
| Label: | PolyGram Mustard/Unlimited records |
| Producer: | Masahide Sakuma Glay |
| Prev Title: | Review |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | Heavy Gauge |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
Pure Soul is the fifth released album from the Japanese rock band Glay. The album was a slight departure from the rock and power ballad sound the band sported with their previous albums. Pure Soul brought forth a faster alt-rock sound. The album contains such hits as "Yuuwaku", "Soul Love", the concert classic "I'm in Love", and the title track "Pure Soul". The album peaked at #1 on Oricon charts and sold about 2,430,000. It was certified "Triple million" by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).
"Yuuwaku" was covered by Hero on the compilation Crush! 2 -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, which was released on November 23, 2011 and features current visual kei bands covering songs from bands that were important to the 1990s visual kei movement.[1] It was also covered by Fantôme Iris, a fictional visual kei band from multimedia franchise Argonavis from BanG Dream! on the franchise first omnibus mini album Gin no Yuri/Banzai Rizing!!!/Hikari no Akuma released on December 9, 2020.[2]
Oricon Top Ranking: #1
Weeks on: 41
Overall Glay Ranking: #3
(NOTE: Overall Glay Ranking is how it is ranked against Glay's other albums according to the Oricon)