Growing Up (Hi-Standard album)

Growing Up is the debut album by Japanese punk rock band Hi-Standard. It was released on an American label, Fat Wreck Chords, in February 1996. According to Fat Mike in a 2015 interview with CBC, it sold 700,000 copies during the heyday of Fat Wreck Chords in the late nineties.

Growing Up
Studio album by Hi-Standard
Released	February 13, 1996
Recorded	August 2–15, 1995
Genre	Punk rock
Length	32:47
Label	Fat Wreck Chords
Producer	Fat Mike Ryan Greene Hi-Standard
Hi-Standard chronology
Last Of Sunny Day (1994) Growing Up (1996) Angry Fist (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

• All songs written by Hi-Standard, unless otherwise stated.

1. "Summer of Love" – 1:47
2. "Wait for the Sun" – 2:18
3. "Who'll Be the Next" – 2:46
4. "Lonely" – 2:24
5. "Saturday Night" (Coulter, Martin) – 2:06
6. "I'm Walkin'" – 2:07
7. "Maximum Overdrive" – 2:43
8. "Growing Up" – 2:00
9. "Tell Me Something, Happy News" – 2:02
10. "New Life" – 1:46
11. "Since You Been Gone" (Ballard) – 2:06
12. "Kiss Me Again" – 2:24
13. "Sunny Day" – 3:06
14. "In the Brightly Moonlight" – 3:12

Personnel

• Akihiro Nanba – vocals, bass
• Ken Yokoyama – guitar, vocals
• Akira Tsuneoka – drums
• Morty Okin – trumpet
• Lars Nylander – horn, trombone
• Gerry Lundquist – trombone
• Skankin' Pickle – trumpet
• Recorded between August 2–15, 1995
• Produced by Fat Mike, Ryan Greene, and Hi-Standard
• Engineered by Ryan Greene

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan	—	350,000[2]
Worldwide	—	500,000[2]