Metro Pulse (album)

Metro Pulse (Japanese: メトロパルス Metoro Parusu; romanized as METRO PULSE) is the sixteenth studio album of Japanese duo Capsule, released on December 14, 2022, by Warner Music Japan.^[3] This is the duo's first album release in nearly eight years since their 2015 album Wave Runner.^[4]

METRO PULSE
CD-only and digital cover
Studio album by Capsule
Released	December 14, 2022
Recorded	2021–2022
Genre	Synthwave[1] city pop[2]
Length	41:47
Label	Warner Music Japan
Producer	Yasutaka Nakata
Capsule chronology
Wave Runner (Deluxe Edition) (2015) METRO PULSE (2022)
Singles from Metro Pulse
"Hikari no Disco" Released: June 4, 2021 (digital) "Future Wave" Released: September 9, 2021 (digital) "Virtual Freedom" Released: December 10, 2021 (digital)

Commercial performance

Metro Pulse debuted at number 23 of the Oricon Weekly Albums chart with 3,317 copies sold on its first week of release.^[5] It also debuted at number 16 of the Oricon Digital Albums chart with 462 downloads.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yasutaka Nakata.

Standard track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hikari no disco (Album Mix)" (ひかりのディスコ)	5:24
2.	"Give me a ride" (ギヴ・ミー・ア・ライド)	5:06
3.	"Future Wave (Album Mix)" (フューチャー・ウェイヴ)	5:03
4.	"Start" (スタート)	4:04
5.	"Virtual Freedom (Album Mix)" (バーチャル・フリーダム)	4:07
6.	"Wonderland" (ワンダーランド)	2:51
7.	"Seaside dreams" (シーサイド・ドリームス)	2:25
8.	"Starry Night" (スターリー・ナイト)	3:31
9.	"Escape from reality" (エスケープ・フロム・リアリティ)	4:10
10.	"To my world" (トゥー・マイ・ワールド)	5:16

Disc 2 (limited edition)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hikari no disco" (ひかりのディスコ)	5:24
2.	"Future Wave" (フューチャー・ウェイヴ)	6:30
3.	"Virtual Freedom" (バーチャル・フリーダム)	4:10
4.	"Starry Night '97" (スターリー・ナイト '97)	3:53
5.	"Hikari no disco (Instrumental)"	5:24
6.	"Future Wave (Instrumental)"	6:30
7.	"Virtual Freedom (Instrumental)"	4:10

Bonus disc (limited edition, pre-order)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Utsusemi (Movie Version)" (うつせみ)	2:06

LP

Side A^[7]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hikari no disco (Album Mix)"	5:24
2.	"Give me a ride"	5:06
3.	"Future Wave (Album Mix)"	5:03
4.	"Start"	4:04

Side B^[8]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Virtual Freedom (Album Mix)"	4:07
2.	"Wonderland"	2:51
3.	"Seaside dreams"	2:25
4.	"Starry Night"	3:31
5.	"Escape from reality"	4:10
6.	"To my world"	5:16

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Metro Pulse

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Japanese Weekly Albums (Oricon)[9]	23
Japanese Weekly Digital Albums (Oricon)[10]	16

Release history

Release history for Metro Pulse

Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan	December 14, 2022	CD digital download streaming	Warner Music Japan
	May 24, 2023[11]	LP