Timely!! is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer Anri.
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| Released | December 5, 1983 | |||
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| Label | For Life Records | |||
| Producer | Toshiki Kadomatsu | |||
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| Singles from Timely!! | ||||
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OverviewEdit
The album was a collaboration between Toshiki Kadomatsu and Anri.[1] It is considered one of Anri's best albums.[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 listingEdit
All lyrics, music, and arrangements were written by Toshiki Kadomatsu except where noted.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Cat's Eye (New Take)" | Yoshiko Miura | Yuichiro Oda | 3:09 |
| 2. | "Windy Summer" | 4:06 | ||
| 3. | "Stay By Me" | 3:37 | ||
| 4. | "A Hope from Sad Street" | Anri | Anri | 4:19 |
| 5. | "You Are Not Alone" | Chinfa Kan | Tetsuji Hayashi | 3:03 |
| 6. | "悲しみがとまらない (I Can't Stop the Loneliness)" | Chinfa Kan | Tetsuji Hayashi | 4:23 |
| 7. | "Shyness Boy" | 3:16 | ||
| 8. | "Lost Love in the Rain" | Anri | 4:19 | |
| 9. | "Driving My Love" | 4:51 | ||
| 10. | "Good-Night for You" | 5:20 | ||
| 11. | "Remember Summer Days" | 4:55 |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Otaki, Ei (2013). "City Pop | Now & Then". Billboard Japan.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Winkie, Luke (2019-01-11). "City Pop, the optimistic disco of 1980s Japan, finds a new young crowd in the West". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
...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.