Back to Front (Wink album)
Appearance
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Released | February 25, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1988–1994 | |||
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Length | 96:04 | |||
Language | Japanese | |||
Label | Polystar | |||
Producer | Haruo Mizuhashi | |||
Wink chronology | ||||
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Back to Front (バック・トゥ・フロント, Bakku tu Furonto) is the fourth compilation album by Japanese idol duo Wink, released by Polystar on February 25, 1995. The two-disc album covers the duo's B-sides from 1988 to 1994.[1][2]
The album peaked at No. 93 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 4,000 copies, becoming their lowest-selling album.[3][4]
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa, except whee indicated
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Only Lonely[fn 1]" |
| Motoki Funayama | 4:39 | |
2. | "Ichiban Kanashii Bara" ((いちばん哀しい薔薇, "The Saddest Rose")) | Kisaburō Suzuki | Funayama | 4:25 | |
3. | "Shake It" | Yoshiko Miura | KE-Y | Satoshi Kadokura | 4:46 |
4. | "Made in Love" | Rui Serizawa | Seishirō Kusunose | Kadokura | 4:43 |
5. | "Jūnigatsu no Orihime[fn 2]" ((12月の織姫, "Orihime in December")) | [5] | Kadokura | 4:49 | |
6. | "Image na Kankei" (Imāju na Kankei (イマージュな関係, "Image Relationship")) | Toshiaki Matsumoto | Kadokura | 4:48 | |
7. | "Romance no Hakobune[fn 3]" (Romansu no Hakobune (ロマンスの方舟, "Romance's Ark")) |
| Funayama | 3:54 | |
8. | "Kiseki no Monument" (Kiseki no Monyumento (奇跡のモニュメント, "Miraculous Monument")) | Masaya Ozeki | Kadokura | 4:11 | |
9. | "Alone Again[fn 4]" | Serizawa |
| Kadokura | 4:40 |
10. | "Kaze no Prelude" (Kaze no Pureryūdo (風の前奏曲(プレリュード), "Wind Prelude")) | Joe Lemon | Akira Mitake | Shirō Sagisu | 4:45 |
11. | "Ding Ding: Koi kara Hajimaru Futari no Train" (Din Din ~Koi kara Hajimaru Futari no Torein~ (DING DING 〜恋から始まるふたりのトレイン〜, "Ding Ding ~Two Trains Starting from Love~")) | Funayama | 2:59 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Mizu no Seiza[fn 5]" ((水の星座, "Water Constellation")) |
| Kadokura | 4:46 | |
2. | "Cat-Walk Dancing" | Takashi Matsumoto | Hitoshi Haba | Funayama | 4:13 |
3. | "Maboroshi ga Sakenderu" ((幻が叫んでる, "The Illusion Is Screaming")) | Tomofumi Suzuki | Tsukasa Ebisu | 4:26 | |
4. | "Mujitsu no Object" (Mujitsu no Obuje (無実のオブジェ, "An Innocent Object")) | Takao Sugiyama | 4:33 | ||
5. | "Omoide made Soba ni Ite (Welcome to the Edge)" ((想い出までそばにいて (Welcome To The Edge), "I'll Stay by Your Side Until You Remember (Welcome to the Edge)")) |
| Kadokura | 5:05 | |
6. | "Tasty" | Serizawa | Hideo Saitō | Saitō | 3:47 |
7. | "Ai wo Ubatte Kokoro Shibatte" ((愛を奪って心縛って, "Take Away Love and Bind Your Heart")) | Yumi Yoshimoto | Daisuke Inoue | Kadokura | 4:29 |
8. | "Scarlet no Yakusoku" (Sukāretto no Yakusoku (スカーレットの約束, "Scarlet Promise")) | Takashi Kudō | Kadokura | 4:29 | |
9. | "Maigo no Lonely Heart" (Maigo no Ronrī Hāto (迷子のロンリー・ハート, "A Lost Child's Lonely Heart")) | Yukinojo Mori | Yasuhiro Kido | Ken Wakakusa | 3:52 |
10. | "Senaka made 500 Miles" (Senaka made Gohyaku Mairu (背中まで500マイル, "500 Miles and Back")) | Hedy West | Funayama | 3:41 | |
11. | "Please Please Me" | Chika Ueda | Ueda | Kadokura | 4:06 |
Charts
[edit]Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] | 93 |
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Cover of the Dooleys' "Body Language".
- ^ Cover of Zoe Haywood's "My World".
- ^ Cover of Dr. Zivago's "Little Russian".
- ^ Cover of Windham Hill's "Nothing Means More to Me Than You".
- ^ Cover of Tricia Leigh Fisher's "Let an Angel".
References
[edit]- ^ "Wink(ういんく)ディスコグラフィ". Idol.ne.jp. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ "Back to front | WINK ウインク". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ a b "Back to Front | WINK". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ "Wink". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ "ACE Repertory". ASCAP.
External links
[edit]- Back to Front at MusicBrainz (list of releases)