Side Line is the fourth studio album by the Japanese pop group Onyanko Club. It was released on February 21, 1987, through Canyon Records in LP and CD format. It peaked at number one on the Oricon charts and sold a total of 69,000 copies.

Side Line
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 21, 1987
Genre
Length46:38
LanguageJapanese
LabelCanyon Records
Onyanko Club chronology
Panic the World
(1986)
Side Line
(1987)
Circle
(1987)

Overview

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This is the first Onyanko Club album to not contain any single A-sides. However, the B-side for "NO MORE Ren'aigokko", "Anata dake Oyasuminasai", was included. It is also the first album to feature numbers 38, 40, 41, 42, and 47, the first and last to feature numbers 43 through 46, and the last to feature numbers 6, 8, 13, 15 & 16 until the next album, Circle, was released. (Two members were not in Circle.)

Participating members

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Track listings

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All songs written by Yasushi Akimoto, except "Shin Shin Kaiin Bangō no Uta" written by Satsuo Endō.

LP version

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Side A
No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."STAND UP"Tsugutoshi GotōTsugutoshi Gotō4:54
2."Ame no Merry-go-round" (雨のメリーゴーランド)Akira MitakeAkira Mitake3:35
3."Heart ni Bokin wo" (ハートに募金を) (Tomikawa, Nagata, Shiraishi, Yokota, Fukawa, Ikuina)Ryōmei ShiraiRyōmei Shirai3:36
4."Hoshi no Ballerina" (星のバレリーナ) (Iwai, Minayo Watanabe, Marina Watanabe)Ken TakahashiJun Satō3:28
5."Shin Shin Kaiin Bangō no Uta" (新・新会員番号の唄)Akira MitakeAkira Mitake8:45
Side B
No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."Haru Ichiban ga Fuku Koro ni" (春一番が吹く頃に) (Kokushō, Utsumi, Takai)Tsugutoshi GotōJun Satō4:01
2."Popcorn Batake de Tsukamaete" (ポップコーン畑でつかまえて) (Marina Watanabe, Kaise, Saitō)Etsuko YamakawaEtsuko Yamakawa3:34
3."Anmari ja Nai? -Koi Nashigo-" (あんまりじゃない? -恋なし子-) (Kihara, Tatsumi, Jōnouchi)Tsugutoshi GotōTsugutoshi Gotō4:15
4."Dare no Sei ka na" (誰のせいかな) (Iwai, Kudō, Ikuina)Ryōmei ShiraiRyōmei Shirai3:34
5."Anata dake Oyasuminasai" (あなただけおやすみなさい)Kiyonori MatsuoRyōmei Shirai5:15
6."One-Side Game" (ワンサイド・ゲーム)Jun SatōJun Satō3:41

CD version

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No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."STAND UP"Tsugutoshi GotōTsugutoshi Gotō4:54
2."Ame no Merry-go-round" (雨のメリーゴーランド)Akira MitakeAkira Mitake3:35
3."Heart ni Bokin wo" (ハートに募金を) (Tomikawa, Nagata, Shiraishi, Yokota, Fukawa, Ikuina)Ryōmei ShiraiRyōmei Shirai3:36
4."Hoshi no Ballerina" (星のバレリーナ) (Iwai, Minayo Watanabe, Marina Watanabe)Ken TakahashiJun Satō3:28
5."Haru Ichiban ga Fuku Koro ni" (春一番が吹く頃に) (Kokushō, Utsumi, Takai)Tsugutoshi GotōJun Satō4:01
6."Popcorn Batake de Tsukamaete" (ポップコーン畑でつかまえて) (Marina Watanabe, Kaise, Saitō)Etsuko YamakawaEtsuko Yamakawa3:34
7."Anmari ja Nai? -Koi Nashigo-" (あんまりじゃない? -恋なし子-) (Kihara, Tatsumi, Jōnouchi)Tsugutoshi GotōTsugutoshi Gotō4:15
8."Dare no Sei ka na" (誰のせいかな) (Iwai, Kudō, Ikuina)Ryōmei ShiraiRyōmei Shirai3:34
9."Anata dake Oyasuminasai" (あなただけおやすみなさい)Kiyonori MatsuoRyōmei Shirai5:15
10."One-Side Game" (ワンサイド・ゲーム)Jun SatōJun Satō3:41
11."Shin Shin Kaiin Bangō no Uta" (新・新会員番号の唄)Akira MitakeAkira Mitake8:45

Personnel

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