Making the Road
{{Infobox album
| name = Making the Road
| type = studio
| artist = Hi-Standard
| cover = Hi-std_makingtheroad.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 2, 1999
| recorded = Echo House Studio, Tokyo, Japan
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Punk rock
| length = 37:39
| label = Fat Wreck Chords
| producer = Hi-Standard
| prev_title = Angry Fist
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Love Is a Battlefield
| next_year = 2001
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/making-the-road-mw0000256189|title=Making the Road - Hi-Standard | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}
|rev2 = Punknews.org
|rev2score = {{rating|1|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/143/hi-standard-making-the-road|title=Hi-Standard - Making The Road|website=www.punknews.org|date=14 April 2001 }}
|rev3 = The Spokesman-Review
}}
Making the Road is the third album by the Japanese punk rock band Hi-Standard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hi-standard-mn0000573484/biography|title=Hi-Standard | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mwVUIbou37kC&pg=PA21|title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=November 22, 1999|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}} Recorded in their native country, it was released on American label Fat Wreck Chords in November 1999.{{Cite web|url=https://fatwreck.com/products/making-the-road|title=Making The Road|website=Fat Wreck Chords}} The album has sold more than 650,000 copies.{{cite magazine |last1=McClure |first1=Steve |title=Japanese Mkt. hit by tough times |magazine=Billboard |date=Feb 12, 2000 |volume=112 |issue=7 |pages=1, 67}}
The cover art is a screenshot from the finale of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo.
Critical reception
The Spokesman-Review wrote that the album "delivers fast, gritty punk while, at the same time, incorporating violins, violas and cellos."
Track listing
- All songs written by Hi-Standard{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}.
- "Turning Back" – 0:33
- "Standing Still" – 2:12
- "Teenagers are All Assholes" – 2:00
- "Just Rock" – 1:04
- "Dear My Friends" – 3:12
- "Stay Gold" – 2:00
- "No Heroes" – 2:10
- "Glory" – 1:50
- "Please, Please, Please" – 2:30
- "Green Acres" – 0:54 (1960s TV Theme)
- "Changes" – 2:43 (Black Sabbath cover)
- "Making the Road Blues" – 1:15
- "Crows" – 1:52
- "Tinkerbell Hates Goatees" – 1:26
- "Pentax" – 0:34
- "Nothing" – 2:51
- "Starry Night" – 2:12
- "Brand New Sunset" – 3:24
- "Sexy Girlfriend" (hidden track) – 2:57
Personnel
- Akihiro Nanba – vocals, bass
- Ken Yokoyama – guitar, vocals
- Akira Tsuneoka – drums
- Recorded at Echo House Studio, Tokyo, Japan
- Produced by Hi-Standard
- Engineered by Osamu Seino