Lovely Times: Noriko Part III

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Lovely Times: Noriko Part III
Noriko Sakai - Lovely Times.jpg
Studio album by
Noriko Sakai
ReleasedAugust 21, 1988 (1988-08-21)
Recorded1988
Genre J-pop
Length39:26
LanguageJapanese
Label Victor
Noriko Sakai chronology
Guanbare: Noriko Part II
(1988)		Lovely Times: Noriko Part III
(1988)		Blue Wind: Noriko Part IV
(1989)
Singles from Lovely Times: Noriko Part III
  1. "Ichioku no Smile (Please Your Smile)"
    Released: May 18, 1988 (1988-05-18)

Lovely Times: Noriko Part III is the fourth studio album by Japanese entertainer Noriko Sakai. Released through Victor Entertainment on August 21, 1988, the album features the single "Ichioku no Smile (Please Your Smile)". In addition, the songs "Try Again...!" and "Active Heart" were used as the ending and opening themes, respectively, of the 1988 anime OVA series Gunbuster . Chage and Aska were involved in the album's songwriting process. The album cover was shot in London as part of Sakai's photo book Lovely Times: Noriko Sakai in Europe [1] [2]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 8 on Oricon's albums chart. [3]

Track listing

All music is arranged by Motoki Funayama, except where indicated.

Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Beat Parade" (Bīto Parēdo (ビート・パレード))Hiromi MoriEiji Nishiki Kenji Yamamoto 4:01
2."Try Again...!" (Torai Agein...! (トライ Again…!))Megumi OguraNishiki 3:29
3."Wink ni Somete" (Uinku ni Somete (ウィンクに染めて, "Dyed in Wink"))Kazuko Matsumoto Chage  4:06
4."Pop ni Ikou yo" ((POPにいこうよ, "Let's Go to Pop"))MoriNishikiYamamoto4:25
5."Listen to Me" Ryō Asuka AsukaTomoji Sogawa3:49
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Fight!" (Faito! (ファイト!))AsukaAsuka4:00
2."Active Heart" (Akutibu Hāto (アクティブ・ハート))MoriNishiki3:23
3."Stardust Wave"MoriNishiki3:55
4."1 Page no August" (Ichi Pēji no Ōgasuto (1ページのAugust, "August on Page 1"))MatsumotoChage4:26
5."Ichioku no Smile (Please Your Smile)" (Ichioku no Sumairu (1億のスマイル － PLEASE YOUR SMILE －, "One Million Smiles - Please Your Smile -"))MoriAsuka3:52

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [3] 8

References

  1. ↑ "酒井法子". Idol.ne.jp. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  2. ↑ "酒井法子 / LOVELY TIMES [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  3. 1 2 "Lovely Times/NORIKO Part III | 酒井法子". Oricon . Retrieved 2022-02-24.
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