Anri (2) = 杏里* – Timely!! = タイムリー

Gorgeous Blue tranparent color repress of that classic cult City Pop record.
Perfect sound quality, clear, clean without any surface noise at all.
It would have been great to have "Remember Summer Days" included, but without, in it's original form, the pressing is amazing either way !

A city pop classic through and through. While Anri and Toshiki Kadomatsu are a duo made in heaven, they really hit their groove with this 3rd time team-up.

Anri really comes into her own here, proving she is a pop diva in her own right, while Toshiki reaches some song writing peaks of his career.

The remake of Cat's Eye is fresh and revitalizing over the anime hit standard, and Tetsuji Hayashi's music paired up with some of Toshiki's finest compositions of the decade make for an unforgettable experience. Jun Sato I see is also in the credits, and Yurie Kokubu makes an appearance, too.

Many people will have their say for which song is the most absolute banger, but for my money it's "Stay By Me" with it's razor perfect funk drop timing and soaring vocals. I dare anyone not to dance when it comes on. It's easy to hear why this was Anri's first album to top the Oricon charts.

Add in the trend-setting vaporwave font, no doubt inspired by the hit 80's TV show "Miami Vice" with a summer retro aesthetic that is unbeatable. Get a copy with the rare calendar with ultimate effect.

so sad most scalpers had a fad of hoarding the whole supply and create an artificial shortages and price increase!!! we all know Citypop had revived it's popularity on recent times... i had one from 1983, the soundwave is very clear and a little bit warm, and the new re-release pressing had punchier bass but the details are not as same as the original

Amazing album and a must have if you are a city pop enjoyer. However my pressing from this reissue has some audible IGD. Other than that, the songs on the outer groove sound pretty good.

First off, love this album so much!
Not sure if anyone else has experienced this, but my copy of the record sounds flat at times with her voice not having as much warmth and depth compared with the instrumentals.
Anyone notice something similar?

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Sound: great sound quality and volume, no surface noise at all. Still songwise I not sure....

Excellent repress! Warm sound and full of life. Wish other represses would take more inspiration from the quality that japanese reissues bring to the table.

Looks like a solid repress (only 40 years late, right guys?), however I'm kind of on the fence about the exclusion of 'Remember Summer Days' from the tracklist. Sure, its not original to the album and makes this one match the original vinyl pressings; however, that track has basically been retroactively assigned as the closer ever since this album picked up on YT and the like. I'm a little disappointed by that ngl.

Just a minor gripe from me tho. Yay repress!

Sounds great to my ears. All the instruments & vocals are crystal clear. bass sounds please me. refreshing and lovely voice.