Timely!!

Timely!!
Timely!!
Studio album by Anri
Released	December 5, 1983
Genre	City pop; J-pop;
Length	41:30
Label	For Life
Producer	Toshiki Kadomatsu
Anri chronology
Singles from Timely!!
	"Cat's Eye"; Released: August 5, 1983; "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.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Cat's Eye (New Take)"	Yoshiko Miura	Yuichiro Oda	3:10
2.	"Windy Summer"	Toshiki Kadomatsu	Kadomatsu	4:07
3.	"Stay by Me"	Kadomatsu	Kadomatsu	3:37
4.	"A Hope from Sad Street"	Anri	Anri	4:19
5.	"You Are Not Alone"	Chinfa Kan	Tetsuji Hayashi	4:05

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
6.	"悲しみがとまらない" (I Can't Stop the Loneliness)	Kan	Hayashi	4:25
7.	"Shyness Boy"	Kadomatsu	Kadomatsu	3:15
8.	"Lost Love in the Rain"	Kadomatsu	Anri	4:19
9.	"Driving My Love"	Kadomatsu	Kadomatsu	4:51
10.	"Good-Night for You"	Kadomatsu	Kadomatsu	5:18
Total length:				41:30

2008 reissue bonus track
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
11.	"Remember Summer Days"	Kadomatsu	Kadomatsu	4:55

Chart positions

Weekly charts

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

References

^ Otaki, Ei (2013). "City Pop | Now & Then". Billboard Japan.
^ 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.
^ Okamoto, Satoshi, ed. (2006). Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 978-48713-1077-2.

[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.

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

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