| Ways | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Show-Ya |
| Cover: | Ways (Show-Ya album - cover art).jpg |
| Released: | 3 September 1986 |
| Studio: | Smoky Studio, EMI Studios and Sedic Studio, Tokyo, Japan |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 43:06 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Eastworld / EMI |
| Producer: | Akira Tanaka |
| Prev Title: | Queendom |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Trade Last |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
Ways is the third album of the Japanese rock group Show-Ya. The album was released on 3 September 1986 in Japan. All the songs were arranged by Tadashi Namba & Show-Ya.[1]
Despite being recorded only six months after their previous album Queendom, this album manifests a strong progression both in cohesiveness of the musicians and sound. In fact, the arrangements and compositions are tighter as the result of a real group effort, while the sound of the album is very similar to what could be heard at a Show-Ya's live show at that time. On the contrary, the two poppier songs on the album "S・T・O・P (But I Can't...)" and the single "One Way Heart" were not composed by the band and are almost harbingers of next album Trade Lasts style. The single was also used as theme for a Japanese TV show.[2] The hard rocker "Fairy" has since become a staple of every Show-Ya's live show.