Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete

Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete (Especially For You 〜優しさにつつまれて〜, Especially for You: Surrounded by Kindness) is the second studio album by Japanese idol duo Wink, released by Polystar on June 30, 1989. It features the No. 1 single "Namida wo Misenai de (Boys Don't Cry)", a Japanese-language cover of Moulin Rouge's "Boys Don't Cry". Also included in the album are covers of Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan's "Especially for You", Holly Knight's "Baby Me", Blondie's "Heart of Glass", The Dooleys' "Body Language", Annica Burman's "För Fulla Segel", Connie Francis' "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter", Debbie Harry's "You Got Me in Trouble", and The Nolans' "Let's Make Love".[1][2]

Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete
Studio album by
Wink
ReleasedJune 30, 1989 (1989-06-30)
Recorded1988–1989
Genre
Length39:50
LanguageJapanese
LabelPolystar
ProducerHaruo Mizuhashi
Wink chronology
At Heel Diamonds
(1988)		 Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete
(1989)		 Twin Memories
(1989)
Singles from Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete
  1. "Namida wo Misenai de (Boys Don't Cry)"
    Released: March 16, 1989 (1989-03-16)

The album hit No. 1 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 508,000 copies.[3][4] It was also certified Platinum by the RIAJ.[5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa, except where indicated; all music is arranged by Motoki Funayama, except where indicated.

Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete" ((Especially For You 〜優しさにつつまれて〜, "Especially for You: Surrounded by Kindness")) 
 4:09
2."Baby Me" 
Takao Sugiyama3:45
3."Garasu no Kokoro (Heart of Glass)" ((硝子の心 ~Heart Of Glass~))Yukinojo Mori
 4:02
4."Only Lonely[fn 1]" 
  • Ben Findon
  • Michael Myers
  • Robert Puzey
 4:37
5."Take Me to Heaven[fn 2]" 
 3:37
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Oshare Dorobō" ((おしゃれ泥棒, "Fashionable Thief"))Sayako Morimoto
Kei Wakakusa3:05
2."Remember Sweet" Kazuya AmikuraShingo Kobayashi4:20
3."Hikitomenai de[fn 3]" ((ひきとめないで, "Don't Hold Back"))Morimoto
  • Harry
  • Seth Justman
Sugiyama4:23
4."Yasashiku Aishite...[fn 4]" ((優しく愛して…, "I Love You Kindly..."))Mori
  • Findon
  • Myers
Wakakusa4:10
5."Namida wo Misenai de (Boys Don't Cry)" ((涙をみせないで～Boys Don't Cry～, "Don't Show Your Tears")) Matjaž Kosi 3:42

Charts
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 1

Certification
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[5] Platinum 400,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Footnotes
  1. Cover of The Dooleys' "Body Language".
  2. Cover of Annica Burman's "För Fulla Segel".
  3. Cover of Debbie Harry's "You Got Me in Trouble".
  4. Cover of the Nolans' "Let's Make Love".

References
  1. "Wink(ういんく)ディスコグラフィ". Idol.ne.jp. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  2. "Especially For You ~優しさにつつまれて~ | WINK ウインク". Disk Union. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  3. "Especially For You 優しさにつつまれて | WINK". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  4. "Wink". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  5. "Japanese album certifications – Wink – Especially For You-優しさにつつまれて-" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-07-21. Select 1989年5月 on the drop-down menu
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.