Maximum (MAX album)

Maximum is MAX's debut studio album released under Avex Trax. The album consists entirely of Japanese language covers of Eurobeat songs. The album sold more than 1.2 million copies becoming the group's most successful release. It spent 4 non-consecutive weeks at #1.[1] It is also the 15th best-selling album of 1997.[2]

Maximum
Studio album by MAX
Released	December 11, 1996
Recorded	1995 - 1996
Genre	Eurobeat
Length	50:27
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Max Matsuura
MAX chronology
Maximum (1996) Maximum II (1996)
Singles from Maximum
"Koisuru Velfarre Dance ~Saturday night~" "Kiss Me Kiss Me, Baby" "Tora Tora Tora" "Seventies" "Get My Love!"

Track listing

#	Title	Songwriters	Time
1.	"Love Love Fire"	Yuko Ebine, Groovesurfers, Giancarlo Pasquini	4:24
2.	"Extasy"	Alberto Contini, Y. Ebine, Groovesurfers	3:37
3.	"Tora Tora Tora"	Andrea Leonardi, Kazumi Suzuki, Tiger Boys	3:49
4.	"So Much In Love"	G. Pasquini, K. Suzuki, Tiger Boys	4:03
5.	"Broken Heart"	A. Contini, G. Pasquini, K. Suzuki, Groovesurfers	3:45
6.	"Because I Need You ~Ai wa Mada Ikiteru Noni~"	A. Contini, Y. Ebine, G. Pasquini, Groovesurfers	3:45
7.	"Reality"	A. Contini, Y. Ebine, G. Pasquini, Groovesurfers	3:26
8.	"Kiss Me Kiss Me, Baby"	G. Pasquini, K. Suzuki, Hinoky Team	3:21
9.	"Summer Time"	G. Pasquini, K. Suzuki, Groovesurfers	3:57
10.	"Koisuru Velfarre Dance ~Saturday night~ (Hyper J-Euro Mix)"	Yasushi Akimoto, Alfredo Pignagnoli, Davide Riva	4:59
11.	"Seventies"	G. Pasquini, K. Suzuki, Groovesurfers	3:50
12.	"Get My Love!"	Y. Ebine, Syrups	3:43
13.	"Stranger in the Night"	Y. Ebine, Groovesurfers	3:48

Charts

Album - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
December 11, 1996	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	1[3]	1,288,260	27 weeks[4]
December 11, 1996	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	15[5]	1,288,260[6]

References

1. "MAX Profile". Avex.
2. "Oricon 1997 Top 100".
3. "MAX - Oricon Music". Oricon.
4. "MAX - Oricon Music". Oricon.
5. "Oricon 1997 Top 100".
6. "Oricon 1997 Top 100".