Toki no Tsubasa

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Toki no Tsubasa
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Studio album by
Released
  • February 15, 2001 (original)
  • September 15, 2021 (re-issue)
Recorded1999-2000
Genre Pop rock, J-pop
Length65:26
Label B-Gram
Producer Izumi Sakai
Zard chronology
Eien
(1999)
Toki no Tsubasa
(2001)
Tomatteita Tokei ga Ima Ugokidashita
(2004)
Singles from Toki no Tsubasa
  1. "Sekai wa Kitto Mirai no Naka"
    Released: 16 June 1999
  2. "Itai Kurai Kimi ga Afureteiru yo"
    Released: 14 October 1999
  3. "Kono Namida Hoshi ni Nare"
    Released: 1 December 1999
  4. "Get U're Dream"
    Released: 6 September 2000
  5. "Promised You"
    Released: 15 November 2000

Toki no Tsubasa (時間の翼, Wings of Time) is the 9th album of Zard [1] and was released on February 15, 2001 under B-Gram Records label.

Contents

Background

Album was released for 10th anniversary of ZARD's debut.

The album consist of five previously released singles between years 1999-2000.

Two famous songs were remixed for debut anniversary celebration: Makenaide and Yureru Omoi.

Among of all released original albums, Toki no Tsubasa is only out of print neither available on iTunes. The official statement has never been announced for its discontinuation.

On July 26, 2021, it was announced that all 11 of ZARD's studio albums would be re-released as part of its 30th anniversary campaign on September 15. Ten of them are being released as remastered editions, while the re-issue of Toki no Tsubasa is a re-arranged edition with all ten original songs remixed by Yumeto Tsurusawa. [2] In the streaming platforms, only re-issue version has been added to the catalogues.

Charting performance

The album reached #1 rank first week. It charted 10 weeks and completely sold more than 371,000 copies. [3] This is last studio album which reach rank #1 in Oricon charts.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Izumi Sakai. [4]

No.TitleMusicArrangersLength
1."Get U're Dream" Aika Ohno Takeshi Hayama 5:14
2."Kono Namida Hoshi ni Nare" (この涙 星になれ)Yuuichirou Iwai (New Cinema Tokage) Hirohito Furui (Garnet Crow)5:36
3."Promised You~with P-edition~" Seiichiro Kuribayashi Cybersound5:36
4."Itai Kurai Kimi ga Afureteiru yo" (痛いくらい君があふれているよ)4D-JAM4D-JAM4:48
5."Mado no Soto wa Monochrome" (窓の外はモノクローム)Iwai Yoshinobu Ohga 5:16
6."Omohide" (お・も・ひ・で)Hiroshi TeraoFurui and Akihito Tokunaga 4:17
7."Ashita Moshi Kimi ga Kowaretemo" (明日もし君が壊れても, the song was originally performed by Wands)OhnoTokunaga4:17
8."Sekai wa Kitto Mirai no Naka〜another style 21〜" (世界はきっと未来の中)IwaiTokunaga and Ohga4:02
9."Hero"OhnoOhga5:01
10."Yureru Omoi Gomi's New York Remix" (揺れる想い) Tetsurou Oda Gomi10:42
11."Makenaide Gomi's 10th Anniversary Special Mix" (負けないで)OdaGomi8:08
12."Toki no Tsubasa" (時間の翼)OhnoTokunaga2:29
30th anniversary re-issue
No.TitleMusicArrangersLength
1."Get U're Dream"Aika OhnoYumeto Tsurusawa5:10
2."Kono Namida Hoshi ni Nare" (この涙 星になれ)Yuuichirou Iwai (New Cinema Tokage)Tsurusawa4:33
3."Promised You"Seiichiro KuribayashiTsurusawa5:28
4."Itai Kurai Kimi ga Afureteiru yo" (痛いくらい君があふれているよ)4D-JAMTsurusawa4:16
5."Mado no Soto wa Monochrome" (窓の外はモノクローム)IwaiTsurusawa5:08
6."Omohide" (お・も・ひ・で)Hiroshi TeraoTsurusawa4:07
7."Ashita Moshi Kimi ga Kowaretemo" (明日もし君が壊れても)OhnoTsurusawa4:09
8."Sekai wa Kitto Mirai no Naka" (世界はきっと未来の中)IwaiTsurusawa4:01
9."Hero"OhnoTsurusawa5:00
10."Toki no Tsubasa 〜30th Anniversary〜" (時間の翼)OhnoTsurusawa3:26

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References

  1. ZARD discography (in Japanese) http://wezard.net/album.html
  2. "ZARD Official Website – WEZARD.net | ZARD 30周年YEAR企画 オリジナルアルバム リマスター盤10W、リアレンジ盤1W、2021年 9月15日(水)発売".
  3. Oricon ranking (in Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/26939/products/433591/1/
  4. Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-1033