Timely!!

Timely!!
Timely!!
Studio album by Anri
Released	December 5, 1983
Genre	Pop; city pop; soul;
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[edit]

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 listing[edit]

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[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

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[edit]

Year	Country	Chart	Position	Sales
1984	Japan	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart	10	509,000

References[edit]

^ Otaki, Ei (2013). "City Pop | Now & Then". Billboard Japan.
^ 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.
^ 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 (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.

[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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