{{Infobox album | name = Making the Road | type = studio | artist = Hi-Standard | cover = Hi-std_makingtheroad.jpg | caption = North American cover | alt = | released = June 30, 1999 | recorded = Echo House Studio, Tokyo, Japan | venue = | studio = | genre = Skate punk, Melodic hardcore, | length = 37:39 | label = Pizza of Death Records | 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}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/making-the-road-mw0000256189|title=Making the Road - Hi-Standard | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}</ref> |rev2 = Punknews.org |rev2score = {{rating|1|5}}<ref>{{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 }}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Spokesman-Review'' |rev3score = A<ref name="SR">{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Jon |title=Simplicity of the songs is a big plus |work=Spokesman Review |date=15 Nov 1999 |page=B1}}</ref> }} '''''Making the Road''''' is the third album by the Japanese punk rock band Hi-Standard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hi-standard-mn0000573484/biography|title=Hi-Standard | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> Recorded in their native country, it was released on June 30, 1999 by Pizza of Death Records.<ref name="pizza">{{cite web| title=Top 100 Japanese pops Artists - No.64| url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/309030065/| work=HMV Japan| language=Japanese| date=2003-09-28| accessdate=2025-09-24}}</ref> Fat Wreck Chords released it in North America in November 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fatwreck.com/products/making-the-road|title=Making The Road|website=Fat Wreck Chords}}</ref> The album has sold more than 650,000 copies.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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."<ref name=SR/>
==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
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