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(14/Dec)
Summary: ALBUM-REVIEW: The Swinging Star by Dreams Come True
Date: 21 Dec 92 00:47:52 GMT
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    I've had many enough Bounenkai's and X'mas parties last week. Of
    course I enjoyed them, but a little bit tired...

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

			ORICON SINGLES TOP 20

  LW  TW TITLES					ARTISTS

   1   1.Christmas Carol No Koro Niwa		Jun'ichi Inagaki
   2   2.Bye For Now				T-Bolan
   3   3.Sekaijuu No Dare Yori Kitto		Miho Nakayama & Wands
   -   4.Yuki Ga Furu Machi			Unicorn
   8   5.Motto Tsuyoku Dakishimetanara		Wands
   4   6.Yakusoku No Hashi			Motoharu Sano
   -   7.Power/Regret				Princess Princess
   5   8.Da-Ka-Ra				Maki Ohguro
   6   9.Present For You			The Checkers
  10  10.Junrenka				Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
   7  11.Ai No Wave				Carl Smoky Ishii & Yumi Matsutoya
   9  12.Kitakaze -Kimi Ni Todokimasu Youni-	Noriyuki Makihara
  13  13.Ya-Ya-Ya				Zoo
  26  14.Kokorozake				Ayako Fuji
   -  15.Nakanaide				Naoto Kine
  17  16.I Love You				Hideaki Tokunaga
  18  17.Kimi No Hitomi Ni rainbow		Tetsuro Oda
  11  18.Trouble In Heaven			Takashi Utsunomiya
  21  19.Good-by Morning			Keiko Utoku & Fusanosuke Kondoh
  15  20.Jirettai Ai				T-Bolan

    Jun'ichi Inagaki keeps his top position this week. Unicorn and
    Princess^2 debut at their good positions. Aiming at the Grand-Prix's
    of this season, Enka songs are re-climbing like Ayako Fuji.
    Standard Christmas songs are: Last Christmas by Wham! at No.32,
    Christmas Eve by Tatsuro Yamashita at No.34.

			ORICON ALBUMS TOP 20

  LW  TW TITLES					ARTISTS

   1   1.Tears And Reasons			Yumi Matsutoya
   -   2.Intro II				Hideaki Tokunaga
   -   3.On TV					Jun'ichi Inagaki
   2   4.The Swinging Star			Dreams Come True
   -   5.Rokkoh Oroshi Fuita			Senri Oe
   -   6.Dream Passport				Hikaru Genji
   3   7.Flight Recorder 1989-1992		Lindberg
   -   8.Order Made				Ziggy
   4   9.So Bad					T-Bolan
   -  10.Bodyguard				Soundtrack
   7  11.Quiet Life				Mariya Takeuchi
   -  12.Sweet Memories '93			Seiko Matsuda
   -  13.Reunion				Sing Like Talking
   -  14.13-Sai					J-Walk
   6  15.Run					B'z
   5  16.Guys					Chage & Aska
   -  17.Woman Dream				TV Soundtrack
  18  18.Guide No Inai Yoru			Yosui Inoue
   8  19.Made In Heaven				Toshi
   -  20.Get					The Bubble Gum Brothers

    Yuming keeps her top position again this week. Hideaki Tokunaga and
    Jun'ichi Inagaki debut at No.2 and No.3. Dreams Come True has sold
    over 2 million copies of "The Swinging Star" this week. It's the
    shortest record in the history.

    ALBUM REVIEW: "The Swinging Star" by Dreams Come True

Artist: Dreams Come True
Title: The Swinging Star
Production co.: Epic/Sony Records
Cat#: ESCB 1350
Release: 92.11.14
Price: 2800yen(tax included)
Length: 53'55"
Track Data: 1.The Swinging Star
	    2.Ano Natsu No Hanabi
	    3.Da Diddly Deet Dee
	    4.Sayonara(Extended Version)
	    5.Ikitai No Wa Mountain Mountain
	    6.Megane-goshi No Sora
	    7.Kessen Wa Kin'youbi(Version of "The Dynamites")
	    8.Namida To Tatakatteru
	    9.Hide And Seek
	   10.Taiyo Ga Miteru
	   11.Sweet Sweet Sweet
	   12.Haretara Iine
Goodies:
Comments: Following their million seller album "Million Kisses", they
    release their fifth album. "Kessen Wa Kin'youbi" has already reached
    No.1 at the ORICON signles chart. The last title "Haretara Iine"
    is used in the NHK morning series of drama "Hirari".
    Members are:
	Masato Nakamura: arrangement, keyboards, drums and bass programming,
		heart field bass guitar, backing vocal arrangement.
	Miwa Yoshida: vocal, backing vocal, vocal and backing vocal
		arrangement.
	Takahiro Nishikawa: keyboards, sound design, backing vocal
		arrangement, backing vocal.

# Hey, Thor, I received your package yesterday. It's great! Thanks!

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