Today Is Another Day
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| Released | July 8, 1996 | |||
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| Length | 57:33 | |||
| Label | B-Gram | |||
| Producer | Izumi Sakai | |||
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Today Is Another Day is the seventh album by Zard[1] and was released on July 8, 1996 under B-Gram Records label. Izumi Sakai produced the next four albums.
Chart performance[edit]
The album reached #1 rank first week. It charted for 40 weeks and sold more than 1,650,000 copies.[2]
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics written by Izumi Sakai.[3]
| No. | Title | Music | Arrangers | Length |
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| 1. | "My Friend" (マイ フレンド) | Tetsurō Oda | Takeshi Hayama | 4:23 |
| 2. | "Kimi ga Ita kara" (君がいたから, the song was originally performed by Field of View) | Oda | Hayama | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu" (サヨナラは今もこの胸に居ます) | Seiichiro Kuribayashi | Hayama | 5:07 |
| 4. | "Love ~Nemurezu ni Kimi no Yokogao Zutto Miteita~" (Love ~眠れずに君の横顔ずっと見ていた~, the song was originally performed by Seiichiro Kuribayashi) | Kuribayashi | Masao Akashi | 5:24 |
| 5. | "Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku" (DAN DAN 心魅かれてく, the song was originally performed by Field of View) | Oda | Daisuke Ikeda | 4:32 |
| 6. | "Nemuri" (眠り) | Izumi Sakai | Ikeda | 5:00 |
| 7. | "Kokoro wo Hiraite" (心を開いて) | Oda | Ikeda | 4:08 |
| 8. | "Totsuzen" (突然, the song was originally performed by Field of View) | Oda | Hayama | 4:35 |
| 9. | "Kyō mo" (今日も) | Oda | Hayama | 4:25 |
| 10. | "Today Is Another Day" | Oda | Ikeda | 5:16 |
| 11. | "Ai ga Mienai" (愛が見えない) | Masazumi Ozawa (Pamelah) | Hayama | 4:05 |
| 12. | "Mitsumete Itai ne" (見つめていたいね) | Kuribayashi | Akashi | 6:17 |
In media[edit]
- My Friend: ending theme for Anime television series Slam Dunk
- Today Is Another Day: theme song for Anime television series Yawara!
- Ai ga Mienai: commercial song of FT Shiseido
- Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu: theme song for movie series "Shiratori Reiko de gozaimasu!"
- Kokoro wo Hiraite: commercial song of Pocari Sweat
Chart positions[edit]
| Year | Chart | Position | First week sales | Annual sales | Total sales | Yearly position |
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| 1996 | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 1 | 774,190 | 1,573,630 | 1,655,560 | 12 |
References[edit]
- ^ ZARD discography (in Japanese) http://wezard.net/album.html
- ^ Oricon rankings (in Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/26939/products/123534/1/
- ^ Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-1009
