From: sana@McLaren.t-sisi.tis.co.jp (Cazou "ACID" Sanada)
Newsgroups: rec.music.misc,alt.music.alternative,soc.culture.japan
Subject: CHART: Japanese pop singles/albums(18/Jan)
Summary: ALBUM-REVIEW: Flow Into Space by Miki Imai
Date: 22 Jan 93 08:47:51 GMT
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    The day of the Royal Wedding was decided to take place at 3rd June.
    After the Royal Meeting, more and more parts of info about the new
    princess Miss Masako Owada are released. On the other hand,
    Takahanada's topics are a little bit gloomy.

    Anyways, here's a music chart from the far-east island country.
    This ranking is compiled from the latest ORICON-WEEKLY, the most
    popular music chart magazine in Japan.

			ORICON SINGLES TOP 20

  LW  TW TITLES					ARTISTS

   1   1.Sekaijuu No Dare Yori Kitto		Miho Nakayama & Wands
   3   2.Motto Tsuyoku Dakishimetanara		Wands
   2   3.Kiss Me				Kyosuke Himuro
   4   4.Bye For Now				T-Bolan
  11   5.Sayonara				Gao
   9   6.Kitakaze -Kimi Ni Tokokimasu Youni-	Noriyuki Makihara
   6   7.Yakusoku No Hashi			Motoharu Sano
   7   8.Kokorozake				Ayako Fuji
  10   9.Nani Mo Ienakute...Natsu		J-Walk
  21  10.Haretara Iine				Dreams Come True
   5  11.Christmas Carol No Koro Niwa		Jun'ichi Inagaki
   8  12.Ya-Ya-Ya				Zoo
  16  13.You're The Only...			Masatoshi Ono
  17  14.Zero					B'z
  15  15.Orion					Kome-Kome Club
  18  16.Present For You			The Checkers
  14  17.I Will Always Love You			Whitney Houston
  29  18.Kimi Ga Irudakede/Aishiteru		Kome-Kome Club
  13  19.Da-Ka-Ra				Maki Ohguro
  22  20.Kessen Wa Kin'youbi/Taiyo Ga Miteru	Dreams Come True

    Miho & Wands are still making a very good sales. Their single's total
    sales are over 1.3 million copies until this week. Other long sellers
    are "Motto Tsuyoku Dakishimetanara" by Wands, "Sayonara" by Gao,"Nani
    Mo Ienakute...Natsu" by J-Walk, "You're The Only..." by Masatoshi Ono.
    They keep on staying on the top ranking over 20 weeks after their
    releases.

			ORICON ALBUMS TOP 20

  LW  TW TITLES					ARTISTS

   -   1.Memories Of Blue			Kyosuke Himuro
   4   2.The Swinging Star			Dreams Come True
   3   3.Friends				B'z
   1   4.Flow Into Space			Miki Imai
   2   5.The Bodyguard				Soundtrack
   5   6.The Checkers				The Checkers
  13   7.Run					B'z
   7   8.Intro II				Hideaki Tokunaga
  16   9.So Bad					T-Bolan
   9  10.Tears And Reasons			Yumi Matsutoya
  14  11.SMAP 003				SMAP
   6  12.On TV					Jun'ichi Inagaki
  22  13.Guys					Chage & Aska
  27  14.Flight Recorder 1989-1992		Lindberg
   8  15.Ballade				Takako Okamura
  15  16.Quiet Life				Mariya Takeuchi
  12  17.The Other Side				The Checkers
  24  18.13-Sai					J-Walk
  10  19.Seimaiya				Kome Kome C-Love
  11  20.Jungle					Zoo

    Kyosuke Himuro's new album has a hot sales as many as 0.7 million
    copies in the first week. "Run" by B'z and "So Bad" by T-Bolan re-
    entered in top 10. "Guys" by C+A and "Flight Recorder" by Lindberg
    are also re-climbing.

    ALBUM-REVIEW: "Flow Into Space" by Miki Imai

Artist: Miki Imai
Title: Flow Into Space
Production co: For Life
Cat#: FLCF-30196
Release: 92.12.23
Price: 3000yen(Tax included)
Length: 46'52"
Track Data: 1.Blue Moon Blue(Re-Mix)
	    2.Amour au chocolat
	    3.Sutekina Uwasa
	    4.The Days I Spent With You
	    5.Kagero(Re-Mix)
	    6.Eien Ga Owaru Toki
	    7.Yuki No Shumatsu
	    8.Flow Into Space
	    9.Tooi Machi Kara
Goodies:
Comments: "Blue Moon Blue" is used as the title number in the movie
"Pa-Te-O". My favorite song in this album is "The Days I Spent With
You".
I think she is one of the most popular "new music" artists, whose music
is Europe-oriented/adult-oriented.

# Hey, Thor, I'm enjoying the stuffs you kindly sent me!

--- Today's recommendation: Motto Tsuyoku Dakishimetanara by Wands ---
           Kazuhiro Sanada
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