# Ride on Time (album)

Ride on Time is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released by AIR/RVC on September 19, 1980. It is best known for its title track, which was used in the television commercial for Maxell cassette tapes starring Yamashita, and released as a single in May 1980. The song became his first charting single, peaking at No. 3 on Oricon's weekly singles chart with sales of 417,000 copies. In 2003, the song was featured on the television drama Good Luck!! starring Takuya Kimura, and entered the top 20 on the chart again.
The album was released after the title track became a hit, and gained commercial success subsequently. It topped the Oricon weekly albums chart for a week in October 1980, selling more than 220,000 units.
Following the album's release, the song "My Sugar Babe" (ode to the band he formerly fronted) was issued as a single. It was featured as a theme song for the television drama Keishi-K starring and directed by Shintaro Katsu and aired on NTV in Autumn 1980. Yamashita composed the entire background music used on the TV series. The album's 2002 remastered edition includes three tracks from the soundtrack as bonus tracks.

## Track listing

All lyrics are written by Minako Yoshida, except where indicated; all music is composed by Tatsuro Yamashita

## Personnel
### Someday

* Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Glocken, Percussion & Background Vocals
* Jun Aoyama – Drums
* Koki Ito – Bass
* Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) & Guitar Synthesizer
* Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards
* Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals
* Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet
* Yoshihiro Nakagawa – Trumpet
* Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone
* Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone
* Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax
* Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax

### Daydream

* Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Percussion & Background Vocals
* Jun Aoyama – Drums
* Koki Ito – Bass
* Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left)
* Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards
* Nobu Saito – Percussion
* Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet
* Yoshihiro Nakagawa – Trumpet
* Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone
* Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone
* Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax
* Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax

### Silent Screamer

* Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Percussion & Background Vocals
* Jun Aoyama – Drums
* Koki Ito – Bass
* Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left)
* Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards
* Nobu Saito – Percussion
* Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals

### Ride on Time

* Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Percussion & Background Vocals
* Jun Aoyama – Drums
* Koki Ito – Bass
* Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left)
* Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards
* Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax Solo
* Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals
* Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet
* Yoshihiro Nakagawa – Trumpet
* Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone
* Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone
* Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax
* Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax

### The Door into Summer

* Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Clavinet, Percussion & Background Vocals
* Jun Aoyama – Drums
* Koki Ito – Bass
* Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left)
* Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards
* Kenji Nakazawa – Flugelhorn Solo
* Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals

### My Sugar Babe

* Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Glocken & Background Vocals
* Jun Aoyama – Drums
* Koki Ito – Bass
* Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left)
* Toshiaki Usui – Acoustic Guitar
* Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards
* Nobu Saito – Percussion

### Rainy Day

* Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Electric Sitar, Percussion & Background Vocals
* Jun Aoyama – Drums
* Koki Ito – Bass
* Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left)
* Hiroshi Sato – Keyboards

### Clouds

* Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Korg Lambda Strings, Percussion & Background Vocals
* Jun Aoyama – Drums
* Koki Ito – Bass
* Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left)
* Hiroshi Sato – Keyboards
* Nobu Saito – Percussion
* Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax

### Kissing Goodnight

* Tatsuro Yamashita – Acoustic Piano, Minimoog & Background Vocals
* Hiroyuki Namba – Korg PS-3100 Synthesizer

### Ride on Time [Single version]

* Tatsuro Yamashita Electric Guitar (Right), Kalimba, Percussion & Background Vocals
* Jun Aoyama – Drums
* Koki Ito – Bass
* Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left)
* Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards
* Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax Solo
* Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals
* Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet
* Yoshikazu Kishi – Trumpet
* Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone
* Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone
* Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax
* Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax

### Interlude I & II

* Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right)
* Jun Aoyama – Drums
* Koki Ito – Bass
* Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left)
* Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards

### My Sugar Babe [Instrumental]

* Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Left)
* Jun Aoyama – Drums
* Koki Ito – Bass
* Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Right)
* Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards

## Chart positions
### Weekly charts

| Year | Album | Country | Chart | Position | Sales |
| 1980–81 | Ride on Time | Japan | Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) | 1 | 225,000 |
| 1980–81 | Ride on Time | Japan | Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) | 4 | 225,000 |
| 2002–03 | Ride on Time [Expanded remaster] | Japan | Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 300) | 20 | 42,000 |

### Year-end charts

| Year | Album | Country | Chart | Position | Sales |
| 1980 | Ride on Time | Japan | Oricon Yearly Albums Chart (top 50) | 39 | 184,000 |

## Release history

| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
| Japan | September 19, 1980 | AIR/RVC | LP | RAL-8501 |
| Japan | September 19, 1980 | AIR/RVC | CT | RAT-8501 |
| Japan | November 21, 1984 | AIR/RVC | CD | RACD-16 |
| Japan | August 15, 1986 | AIR/RVC | CD | R32A-1019 |
| Japan | March 15, 1987 | AIR/RVC | CD | R28H-2805 |
| Japan | August 21, 1990 | RCA/BMG Victor | CD | BVCR-7005 |
| Japan | September 21, 1990 | RCA/BMG Victor | CD | BVCR-2503 |
| Japan | June 4, 1997 | RCA/BMG Japan | CD | BVCR-1032 |
| Japan | May 21, 1999 | RCA/BMG Japan | CD | BVCK-37010 |
| Japan | February 14, 2002 | RCA/BMG Funhouse | CD | BVCR-17017 |
| Japan | February 20, 2002 | RCA/BMG Funhouse | LP | BVJR-17007 |