# Making the Road

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Making the Road
| type         = studio
| artist       = [Hi-Standard](/source/Hi-Standard)
| cover        = Hi-std_makingtheroad.jpg
| caption      = North American cover
| alt          = 
| released     = June 30, 1999
| recorded     = Echo House Studio, [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Japan
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = [Skate punk](/source/Skate_punk), [Melodic hardcore](/source/Melodic_hardcore),
| length       = 37:39
| label        = [Pizza of Death Records](/source/Pizza_of_Death_Records)
| producer     = [Hi-Standard](/source/Hi-Standard)
| prev_title   = [Angry Fist](/source/Angry_Fist)
| prev_year    = 1997
| next_title   = [Love Is a Battlefield](/source/Love_Is_a_Battlefield_(EP))
| next_year    = 2001
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/making-the-road-mw0000256189|title=Making the Road - Hi-Standard &#124; 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](/source/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](/source/album) by the Japanese [punk rock](/source/punk_rock) band [Hi-Standard](/source/Hi-Standard).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hi-standard-mn0000573484/biography|title=Hi-Standard &#124; 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](/source/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](/source/HMV_Japan)| language=Japanese| date=2003-09-28| accessdate=2025-09-24}}</ref> [Fat Wreck Chords](/source/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](/source/Akira_Kurosawa)'s ''[Yojimbo](/source/Yojimbo_(film))''.

==Critical reception==
''[The Spokesman-Review](/source/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](/source/Hi-Standard){{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}.
#"Turning Back" &ndash; 0:33
#"Standing Still" &ndash; 2:12
#"Teenagers are All Assholes" &ndash; 2:00
#"Just Rock" &ndash; 1:04
#"Dear My Friends" &ndash; 3:12
#"Stay Gold" &ndash; 2:00
#"No Heroes" &ndash; 2:10
#"Glory" &ndash; 1:50
#"Please, Please, Please" &ndash; 2:30
#"[Green Acres](/source/Green_Acres)" &ndash; 0:54 (1960s TV Theme)
#"[Changes](/source/Changes_(Black_Sabbath_song))" &ndash; 2:43 ([Black Sabbath](/source/Black_Sabbath) cover)
#"Making the Road Blues" &ndash; 1:15
#"Crows" &ndash; 1:52
#"Tinkerbell Hates Goatees" &ndash; 1:26
#"Pentax" &ndash; 0:34
#"Nothing" &ndash; 2:51
#"Starry Night" &ndash; 2:12
#"Brand New Sunset" &ndash; 3:24
#"Sexy Girlfriend" (hidden track) &ndash; 2:57

==Personnel==
* Akihiro Nanba &ndash; vocals, bass
* Ken Yokoyama &ndash; guitar, vocals
* Akira Tsuneoka &ndash; drums
* Recorded at Echo House Studio, [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Japan
* Produced by [Hi-Standard](/source/Hi-Standard)
* Engineered by Osamu Seino

==References==
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Category:Hi-Standard albums
Category:Fat Wreck Chords albums

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