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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. It is considered one of Anri's best releases.

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
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 (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.
  3. Okamoto, Satoshi, ed. (2006). Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 978-48713-1077-2.
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