Timely!!

Timely!!
Studio album by
Anri
ReleasedDecember 5, 1983
Genre
Length41:30
LabelFor Life
ProducerToshiki Kadomatsu
Anri chronology
Bi・Ki・Ni
(1983) 		Timely!!
(1983) 		Coool
(1984)
Singles from Timely!!
  1. "Cat's Eye"
    Released: August 5, 1983
  2. "I Can't Stop the Loneliness"
    Released: November 5, 1983

Timely!! is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Anri, released in 1983.

Overview

The album was a collaborative effort with musician and producer Toshiki Kadomatsu.[1] It is considered one of Anri's best releases.[2]

The single, "Cat's Eye", served as the opening for the 1983 anime series Cat's Eye. It was one of the highest selling singles in Japan in 1983, remaining number-one for five consecutive weeks. The single was re-recorded for the album and was later covered by girl group MAX in 2010.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Cat's Eye (New Take)"Yoshiko MiuraYuichiro Oda3:10
2."Windy Summer"Toshiki KadomatsuKadomatsu4:07
3."Stay by Me"KadomatsuKadomatsu3:37
4."A Hope from Sad Street"AnriAnri4:19
5."You Are Not Alone"Chinfa KanTetsuji Hayashi4:05
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
6."悲しみがとまらない" (I Can't Stop the Loneliness)KanHayashi4:25
7."Shyness Boy"KadomatsuKadomatsu3:15
8."Lost Love in the Rain"KadomatsuAnri4:19
9."Driving My Love"KadomatsuKadomatsu4:51
10."Good-Night for You"KadomatsuKadomatsu5:18
Total length:41:30
2008 reissue bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Remember Summer Days"KadomatsuKadomatsu4:55

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year Country Chart Position Sales
1983 Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart 1 314,000[3]
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart 2 196,000

Year-end charts

Year Country Chart Position Sales
1984 Japan Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 10 509,000

See also

References

  1. ^ Otaki, Ei (2013). "City Pop | Now & Then". Billboard Japan.
  2. ^ Winkie, Luke (11 January 2019). "City Pop, the optimistic disco of 1980s Japan, finds a new young crowd in the West". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 8 February 2022. ...many City Pop fans consider her best work to be the superbly breezy 1983 release Timely!!, which is like a blueprint for the genre's aesthetic.
  3. ^ Okamoto, Satoshi, ed. (2006). Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 978-48713-1077-2.
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