Freesia no Ame | ||||
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Released | March 5, 1985 | |||
Recorded | 1984 | |||
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Length | 40:33 | |||
Language | Japanese | |||
Label | Victor | |||
Yōko Oginome chronology | ||||
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Singles from Freesia no Ame | ||||
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Freesia no Ame (フリージアの雨, Furīja no Ame, Freesia Rain) is the second studio album by Japanese singer Yōko Oginome. Released through Victor Entertainment on March 5, 1985, the album features the single "Mukokuseki Romance". The song "My Catherine" incorporates musical elements of the ABBA songs "Chiquitita" and "Fernando". The album was reissued on March 24, 2010, with two bonus tracks as part of Oginome's 25th anniversary celebration.[1][2][3][4]
The album peaked at No. 26 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 16,000 copies.[5][6]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "Irie ni Kaeru Yacht no Yō ni" (Irie ni Kaeru Yotto no Yō ni (入江に帰るヨットのように, "Like a Yacht Returning to a Cove")) | Seki Andō | Tetsuya Furumoto | Jun Irie | 4:58 |
2. | "Freesia no Ame" (Furīja no Ame (フリージアの雨, "Freesia Rain")) | Takashi Matsumoto | Motoki Funayama | Funayama | 3:39 |
3. | "Mukokuseki Romance" (Mukokuseki Romansu (無国籍ロマンス, "A Romance Without Nationality")) | Fumiko Okada | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Irie | 3:20 |
4. | "Omoide no Juke Box" (Omoide no Jūku Bokkusu (想い出のジューク・ボックス, "Memories in a Jukebox")) | Hiromi Kanda | Daisuke Inoue | Funayama | 4:21 |
5. | "My Catherine" (Mai Kyasarin (マイ キャサリン)) | Yoshiko Miura | Yayoi Tanaka | Mitsuo Hagita | 3:46 |
Total length: | 20:07 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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1. | "B no Uwasa" (Bī no Uwasa (Bの噂, "The Rumor of B")) | Miura | Tsugutoshi Gotō | Irie | 3:43 |
2. | "Kare to Kanojo to Hikōkigumo" ((彼と彼女とひこうき雲, "He and She and the Clouds")) | Miura | Inoue | Funayama | 3:53 |
3. | "Poinsettia no Omoi" (Poinsechia no Omoi (ポインセチアの想い, "The Poinsettia's Feelings")) | Kyōko Matsumiya | Tanaka | Irie | 3:50 |
4. | "Ame to Jasmine" (Ame to Jasumin (雨とジャスミン, "Rain and Jasmine")) | Miura | Inoue | Hagita | 3:41 |
5. | "Ame no Memory" (Ame no Memorī (雨のメモリー, "Memories of the Rain")) | Okada | Kōji Makaino | Irie | 5:16 |
Total length: | 20:26 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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11. | "December Memory" (Disenbā Memorī (ディセンバー・メモリー)) | Miura | Inoue | Funayama | 4:19 |
12. | "Tasogare Angel" (Tasogare Enjeru (たそがれエンジェル, "Twilight Angel")) | Kanda | Yukiyoshi Shimazu | Hagita | 3:59 |
Total length: | 8:19 |
Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] | 26 |