5 Ahead

5 Ahead
Studio album by Tokio
Released	December 5, 2001
Genre	Japanese Rock/Pop
Length	1:17:01
Label	Universal Music
Tokio chronology
Best EP Selection of Tokio II (2001) 5 Ahead (2001) Glider (2003)

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]

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

Disc 1

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

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
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

• Shigeru Joshima – guitar
• Tomoya Nagase – lead vocalist, guitar
• Masahiro Matsuoka – drums
• Taichi Kokubun – keyboard
• Tatsuya Yamaguchi – bass

References

1. "Johnny's Net TOKIO Discography - Albums" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-10-02.
2. "ＴＯＫＩＯ-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-02-17.