Road Fighter (album) explained

Road Fighter
Type:Album
Artist:SechsKies
Cover:Sechskies-Road Fighter Album.jpg
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Released:July 15, 1998
Recorded:1998
Studio:Gwanghwamun Studio
Sinchon Music
Bay Studio
Length:57:11
Label:DSP Entertainment
Prev Title:Welcome to the Sechskies Land
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Special
Next Year:1998

Road Fighter is the third studio album by South Korean boy band SechsKies. It was released on July 15, 1998, by DSP Entertainment. It is most notable for featuring the hit single "Reckless Love".

Background

Following the success of their last album Welcome to the Sechskies Land with the promotional single, "Chivalry", which was the number-one song for five weeks on SBS' Inkigayo, the group went on a national tour around major cities in South Korea. In March 1998, their own movie, titled Seventeen, was filmed during the production of the Road Fighter album, which both would be released in July of that year just a few days apart.

For about a week and a half, Sechskies starred in a Korean version play called Alibaba and the 40 Thieves. This play ran from April 25 to May 5.

Sechskies appeared on Inkigayo on July 5, 1998, to promote the release of their next album, Road Fighter with the song "Crying Game". The group then performed with the songs "Road Fighter" in the months of July and August, then "Reckless Love" in the months of September and October after the album's release. Both of the songs received number-one song awards on music programs Inkigayo and Music Bank.

Accolades

Awards and nominations! Year! Award! Category! Result! Ref.
1998Golden Disc AwardsAlbum Daesang (Grand Prize)[1]
Album Bonsang (Main Prize)
KMTV Music AwardsPopularity Award
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Date
"Road Fighter"Music BankJuly 28, 1998
August 4, 1998
August 18, 1998
InkigayoAugust 23, 1998
August 30, 1998
"Reckless Love"Music BankSeptember 8, 1998
September 15, 1998
October 20, 1998
InkigayoSeptember 27, 1998
October 11, 1998

Track listing

Credits.[2]

Credits and personnel

Sechs Kies
Session
Staff

Notes and References

  1. Web site: December 6, 1998 . 98대한민국 영상음반 대상/골든디스크대상 김종환‘사랑을 위하여’ . 98 Korea Video Record Grand Prize/Golden Disk Grand Prize Kim Jong-hwan ‘For Love’ . January 10, 2024 . Hankook Ilbo . ko-KR.
  2. Web site: 3집 Road Fighter. Naver Music. Naver. February 14, 2017.