Wink First Live Shining Star

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Wink First Live Shining Star
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Live album by
Wink
ReleasedMay 25, 1990 (1990-05-25)
RecordedJanuary 20, 1990 (1990-01-20)(Sendai)
January 22, 1990 (1990-01-22)(Hamamatsu)
Venue Miyagi Prefectural Auditorium (Sendai)
Iwata Citizens' Cultural Hall (Hamamatsu)
Genre
Length51:06
LanguageJapanese
Label Polystar
Producer Haruo Mizuhashi
Wink chronology
Twin Memories
(1989)		Wink First Live Shining Star
(1990)		 Velvet
(1990)

Wink First Live Shining Star is a live album by Japanese idol duo Wink, released by Polystar on May 25, 1990. The album was recorded live at the duo's concert at the Miyagi Prefectural Auditorium in Sendai on January 20, 1990, and at the Iwata Citizens' Cultural Hall in Hamamatsu on January 22, 1990. [1]

Contents

The album hit No. 1 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 111,000 copies. [2] [3] It was also certified Gold by the RIAJ. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Sugar Baby Love" Joe Lemon
4:46
2."Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)" ((愛が止まらない 〜TURN IT INTO LOVE〜, "Love Doesn't Stop ~Turn It into Love~")) Neko Oikawa
5:03
3."Kaze no Prelude" (Kaze no Pureryūdo (風の前奏曲（プレリュード）, "Wind Prelude"))Joe Lemon Akira Mitake 4:49
4."Joanna"Oikawa
4:51
5."Fuyu no Photograph" (Fuyu no Fotogurafu (冬のフォトグラフ, "Winter Photograph")) Yukinojo Mori Yasuhiro Kido5:35
6."Amaryllis" (Amaririsu (アマリリス))MoriKen Satō3:56
7."One Night in Heaven (Mayonaka no Angel)" ((One Night In Heaven 〜真夜中のエンジェル〜, "One Night in Heaven ~Midnight Angel~")) Takashi Matsumoto
4:14
8."Yakan Hikō (Never Marry a Railroad Man)" ((夜間飛行 〜Never Marry A Railroad Man〜, "Night Flight ~Never Marry a Railroad Man~"))Sayako Morimoto Robbie van Leeuwen 4:14
9."Samishii Nettaigyo" ((淋しい熱帯魚, "Lonely Tropical Fish"))OikawaMasaya Ozeki4:53
10."Suteki ni Happy Birthday" ((素敵にHappy Birthday, "A Nice Happy Birthday"))Machiko RyūTakayuki Baba3:58
11."Shining Star"MatsumotoOzeki4:47
Total length:51:06

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [2] 1

Certification

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [4] Gold200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Wink First Live Shining Star | WINK". Oricon . Retrieved 2021-07-21.
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