From: sana@McLaren.pontneuf.tis.co.jp (Kaz "ACID" Sanada)
Newsgroups: rec.music.misc,alt.rock-n-roll,alt.music.alternative,soc.culture.japan
Subject: music chart from JAPAN(13/Apr)
Summary: Crossposting to alt.rock-n-roll will be quitted at the end of April.
Keywords: Miho Nakayama, Misato Watanabe, Flippers Guitar, Nokko, Bz, Wink
Date: 16 Apr 92 00:47:27 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.misc
Organization: Toyo Information Systems Co.Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.


    The pro-baseball pennant race started a week ago, but this season
    the games seem to us less fascinating than before. One of the
    reasons is the foundation of the Japanese pro-soccer league is
    close at hand. Uh, Hanshin Tigers is at the top at this time.
    Great!

    Anyway, here's this week's Japanese pop music chart. Thanks for
    netters who have kindly e-mailed me. I'm catching your messages,
    and please wait for the announcement of the winners and the
    answers.  Don't miss my answers to your Q's at the bottom of
    this article!

			ORICON SINGLES TOP 20

  LW  TW TITLES					ARTISTS

   1   1.Kanashimi Wa Yuki No Youni		Shogo Hamada
   2   2.Namida^2(Love Version)			Bakufu-Slump
   -   3.Mellow					Miho Nakayama
   5   4.Walk					Chage & Aska
   3   5.Love Song				Chage & Aska
   6   6.Bridge					Hound Dog
   4   7.Matenrou Museum			Wink
  10   8.Heya To T-Shirt To Watashi		Eri Hiramatsu
   9   9.Woman					Keizo Nakanishi
   8  10.Promised Love				Alfee
   7  11.#1090-Thousand Dreams/Life		Takahiro Matsumoto
  12  12.Garagarahebi Ga Yatte Kuru		Tunnels
  15  13.Itsumademo Kawaranu Ai Wo		Tetsuro Oda
  17  14.Crazy Clouds				Nokko
  13  15.Iezu No I Love You			Kan
  16  16.Sore Ga Daiji				Daiji Man Brothers Band
  18  17.Choo Choo Train			Zoo
  11  18.Kon'ya No Namida Wa Saiko		The Checkers
  19  19.Steal Your Love			Yoko Oginome
  23  20.Kitto Mata Aeru...			Seiko Matsuda

    Shogo Hamada still keeps his top position. Can Bakufu-Slump reach
    the top next week? Miho Nakayama's new single is featured in the
    TV-CM of "Esthe-de-Milode", a kind of esthetic salon.

			ORICON ALBUMS TOP 20

  LW  TW TITLES					ARTISTS

   1   1.Super Best II				Chage & Aska
   -   2.Shogo Hamada Box			Shogo Hamada
   2   3.Hallelujah				Nokko
   -   4.Adrenalize				Def Leppard
   4   5.Yell					Keizo Nakanishi
   3   6.Rock Alive				Chisato Moritaka
   -   7.Seishun-Dama				Bakufu-Slump
   -   8.Best Selection II			Miyuki Nakajima
   9   9.Ai No Sedai No Mae Ni			Shogo Hamada
   8  10.1992 Nouvelle Vague			Seiko Matsuda
   5  11.Memphis				Kiyoshiro Imawano
   7  12.K2 Best Seller				Kyoko Koizumi
   6  13.Koroshi No Shirabe			Buck-Tick
  10  14.Bridge					Hound Dog
   -  15.Zoku-Color Me Pop			Flipper's Guitar
  14  16.Yasashikunaritai			Mariko Nagai
  12  17.Too Much Love				Kouji Kikkawa
  15  18.Super Best				Chage & Aska
  11  19.Trinity				Shizuka Kudoh
  16  20.Mezurashii Jinsei			Kan

    "Super Best II" has sold over 100,000 copies in two weeks! Hamasho's
    popularity never gets down. Def Leppard's newest debuts at very high
    position. Miyuki Nakajima's greatest hits is one of this week's new
    entries.

    Topics:

    Misato Watanabe, one of the most cute & dynamic female singers, is
    going to release "My Revolution -Second Chapter-". The original
    version was released in 1986, and it's her best title, or the great
    Japanese pop classic through 80's.

    BTW, here are my answers to your questions by e-mail.

>Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 21:40:36 CDT
>Message-Id: <9204080240.AA06775@heartland.bradley.edu >
>From: mwelch@heartland.bradley.edu (Michael Welch)
>
>Did you receive my E-mail? my system unexpectedly crashed
>and I don't know if my mail was sent.

    This time your mail successfully reached me, but I didn't catch
    the other ones:-).

>	Have you heard of "Flipper's Guitar"?
>	If so, do you know what albums they have released?
>	Also, do you know where I can purchase them?

    Yes, this eccentric duo has recently released a new album titled
    "Zoku-Color Me Pop" which you can find at No.15 in the album chart
    this week. It seems strange they released another works after
    breakup! Hmm..., they say it's a live album...
    Other works I can recommend are "Doctor Head's World Tower" and
    "Camera Talk". "Doctor..." is the last album before the breakup.

>Forgive me for being blunt, but I am afraid the system may crash again.

    Can you read this article? I'd be very happy if this article reaches
    you.

>Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 22:17:57 CDT
>From: kkexponu@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Ken K)
>Message-Id: <9204110317.AA24435@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
>Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
>
> I am curious about Nokko's new album "hallelujah". I've heard that she is
>about to release it here in AMerica sometime in April. Did she record it in NY
>like rest of her Rebecca albums?

    Sorry, I don't have exact information. She has been in NY after
    breakup of Rebecca, but this album was produced by Gohta Yashiki,
    the Japanese member of Mick Hacknall's Simply Red. So here's great
    possibility that the album was recorded in London. Please wait
    another info.

>Also do you know what kind of songs are on
>the B'z's TV Style? Are they actual TV songs they remixed or is it an entirely
>new album, or is it a mini-album like "Bad Communication", "wicked Beat", and
>"Mars"? 

    This album is a SONGLESS album. I mean it is a collection of the
    instrumental versions of their former works including "Bad
    Communication", "Taiyo No Komachi Angel", and "Lady Navigation".
    Perhaps you need information of "#1090-Thousand Dreams/Life". This
    title is an instrumental number. Instrumental tunes are very rare
    in Japanese music chart. It must be closed up.

>From: yeahbaby@cs.bu.edu (Terry Chang)
>Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 19:01:10 -0400
>Message-Id: <9204102301.AA01601@csa.bu.edu>
>Subject: s.suzuki (wink)
>
>(just some encouragement to follow up on
>a possible S.Suzuki album's status)
>
>Please.Please.Please.Please.Please.Please.Please.Please.
>Please.Please.Please.Please.Please.Please.Please.Please.
>Please.Please.Please.Please.Please.Please.Please.Please.

    Wahhahhah, thank you Terry:-) You're very kind. I found Sachiko
    Suzuki's Mini album "Mode" in some record shops. This album includes
    6 songs sung by Sacchi.

# Of course she is one of Wink! Oh, Wink has another album on 25/Apr.
# The title is "Each Side Of Screen". Soon you will catch the information
# of the other member, Shouko Aida's solo works:-)

--- Today's recommendation: Watashi by Yukari Suzuki ---
           Kazuhiro Sanada
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