Toki no Tobira (時の扉, lit. The Door of Time) is the first full-length studio album by Japanese rock band Wands, released by B-Gram Records on April 17, 1993. It features the No. 1 singles "Toki no Tobira", "Motto Tsuyoku Kimi wo Dakishimetara", and "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto", the latter co-written by Miho Nakayama. Also included is the band's version of the Deen song "Kono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai".[1]
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| Released | April 17, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992–1993 | |||
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| Length | 42:56 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | B-Gram records | |||
| Producer | Daiko Nagato | |||
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| Singles from Toki no Tobira | ||||
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The album became the band's first No. 1 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, selling 410,930 copies on its first week. It charted for 33 weeks and sold 1,626,350 copies. By February 1994, the album was certified as a 2 Million seller by the RIAJ.[2][3][4]
Track listing edit
All lyrics are written by Show Wesugi, expect where indicated.[5]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Toki no Tobira" ((時の扉, "The Door of Time")) | Kousuke Ohshima | Masao Akashi | 4:09 | |
| 2. | "Kono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai" ((このまま君だけを奪い去りたい, "I Just Want to Take You Away")) | Tetsurō Oda | Takeshi Hayama | 4:41 | |
| 3. | "Hoshi no nai Sora no Shita de" ((星のない空の下で, "Under the Starless Sky")) | Hiroshi Shibasaki | Wands | 4:46 | |
| 4. | "Motto Tsuyoku Kimi wo Dakishimetara" ((もっと強く抱きしめたなら, "If You Hold Me Tightly")) | Yoshio Tatano | Hayama | 4:55 | |
| 5. | "Glass no Kokoro de" ((ガラスの心で, "With a Heart of Glass")) | Shibasaki | Akashi | 3:59 | |
| 6. | "Sono Mama Kimi he to..." ((そのままの君へと…, "To You As It Is...")) | Ohshima | Akashi | 5:03 | |
| 7. | "Kodoku e no Target" ((孤独へのTARGET, "Target to Loneliness")) | Daria Kawashima | Akashi | 4:36 | |
| 8. | "Mr.Jail" | Shibasaki | Hayama | 3:58 | |
| 9. | "Keep My Rock'n Road" | Show Wesugi | Hayama | 2:19 | |
| 10. | "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto (Album Ver.)" ((世界中の誰よりきっと~Album Ver.~, "Surely More Than Anyone in the World")) |
| Oda | Akashi | 4:29 |
Charts edit
Weekly charts
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2] | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2] | 4 |
Certification edit
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Japan (RIAJ)[4] | 2× Million | 2,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References edit
- ^ "Wands". Being Inc. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ a b c "時の扉 | WANDS". Oricon. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ "WANDS". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ a b "Japanese certifications – WANDS – 時の扉" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2022-07-12. Select 1994年2月 on the drop-down menu
- ^ "時の扉". Show Wesugi Official Website. Office Pojjo. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
External links edit
- Tengoku no Tobira at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- Tengoku no Tobira at Discogs