The Blue Hearts (album)

The Blue Hearts
Studio album by The Blue Hearts
Released	May 21, 1987[1]
Recorded	Music Inn Yamanakako Studio Sound Inn
Genre	Punk rock
Length	33:59
Language	Japanese
Label	Meldac Records
Producer	The Blue Hearts
The Blue Hearts chronology
The Blue Hearts Young and Pretty
Singles from The Blue Hearts
"Linda Linda" Released: May 1, 1987

The Blue Hearts (ザ・ブルーハーツ, Za Burū Hātsu) is the self-produced first album released by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts. They had put together albums as an independent band, but this was their first official release. It has a different track listing from their self-titled EP, which was released in the U.S. in 1990.

This album was the most energetic of all The Blue Hearts' albums and over half of the songs were included on the bands "best of" compilation album. Though the single "Hito ni Yasashiku" was written and recorded during their time as an independent band, it was not included on their first album.

In September 2007, Rolling Stone Japan rated The Blue Hearts #3 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".^[2] It was named number 2 on Bounce's 2009 list of "54 Standard Japanese Rock Albums".^[3]