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5 Ahead 
Summary
5 Ahead is the seventh studio album by Japanese band Tokio. It was released on December 5, 2001.[1] It was the first album to be released under Universal Music Japan. The album reached eighth place on the Oricon weekly chart and charted for six weeks.[2]
| 5 Ahead | ||||
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| Released | December 5, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Japanese Rock/Pop | |||
| Length | 1:17:01 | |||
| Label | Universal Music | |||
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The name of the album is a pun: 5 in Japanese is pronounced Go; thus, the real name of the album is GO AHEAD.
Track listing edit
Disc 1 edit
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "5 Ahead" | — | — | — | 0:30 |
| 2. | "Hey! Mr Sampling Man" | Koutarou Kubota | Koutarou Kubota | Koutarou Kubota | 4:21 |
| 3. | "DR." | Koutarou Kubota | Koutarou Kubota | Koutarou Kubota and KAM | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Doitsumo Koitsumo (Album Version)" | Jun Abe | Jun Abe | KaaTo | 4:30 |
| 5. | "Baby Blue" | Shigeru Joshima | Shigeru Joshima | Taku Yoshioka | 4:57 |
| 6. | "04515" | Hikari | Hikari | Hikari | 4:09 |
| 7. | "Only One Song" | Twune | Twune | Kanichirou Kubo | 4:18 |
| 8. | "Kanpai!!" | Masato Ochi, Bill Martin、and Philip Coulter | Kenichi Ase, Bill Martin、and Philip Coulter | Motoki Funayama and Tatsuo Nagami | 3:34 |
| 9. | "Sugarless Love" | Masato Ochi | Akio Shimizu | Tomoki Ishitzuka | 3:44 |
| 10. | "T2" | Taichi Kokubun | Taichi Kokubun | Taichi Kokubun and KAM | 3:28 |
| 11. | "36°C (Original Words and Music by John Peppard and Marwenna Diame)" | Shigeru Joshima | Shigeru Joshima | Yoshihiko Chino | 3:44 |
| 12. | "Message" | Koutarou Kubota | Koutarou Kubota | KAM | 4:43 |
| 13. | "Symphonic" | Hikari | Hikari | KAM | 5:46 |
| 14. | "Hitoribocchi no Haburashi (Acoustic Version)" | Tsunku | Tsunku | Yuichi Takahashi | 4:46 |
Disc 2 edit
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Opening ~Talk 1" | — | — | — | 5:30 |
| 2. | "The Future Is Chance of Infinity" | Yasuhiro Satou | Yasuhiro Satou | Yasuhiro Satou and KAM | 1:34 |
| 3. | "Talk 2" | — | — | — | 8:54 |
| 4. | "Yesterday's (Acoustic Version)" | Akio Shimizu | Akio Shimizu | KAM | 4:34 |
Personnel edit
- Shigeru Joshima – guitar
- Tomoya Nagase – lead vocalist, guitar
- Masahiro Matsuoka – drums
- Taichi Kokubun – keyboard
- Tatsuya Yamaguchi – bass