Toki no Tobira

Toki no Tobira (時の扉, lit. The Door of Time) is the first full-length studio album by Japanese rock band Wands, released by B-Gram Records on April 17, 1993. It features the No. 1 singles "Toki no Tobira", "Motto Tsuyoku Kimi wo Dakishimetara", and "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto", the latter co-written by Miho Nakayama. Also included is the band's version of the Deen song "Kono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai".[1]

Toki no Tobira
Studio album by
Wands
ReleasedApril 17, 1993 (1993-04-17)
Recorded1992–1993
Genre
Length42:56
LanguageJapanese
LabelB-Gram records
ProducerDaiko Nagato
Wands chronology
Wands
(1992)		 Toki no Tobira
(1993)		 Little Bit…
(1993)
Singles from Toki no Tobira
  1. "Motto Tsuyoku Kimi wo Dakishimetara"
    Released: July 1, 1992
  2. "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto"
    Released: October 28, 1992
  3. "Toki no Tobira"
    Released: February 26, 1993

The album became the band's first No. 1 on Oricon's weekly albums chart, selling 410,930 copies on its first week. It charted for 33 weeks and sold 1,626,350 copies. By February 1994, the album was certified as a 2 Million seller by the RIAJ.[2][3][4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Show Wesugi, expect where indicated.[5]

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Toki no Tobira" ((時の扉, "The Door of Time")) Kousuke OhshimaMasao Akashi4:09
2."Kono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai" ((このまま君だけを奪い去りたい, "I Just Want to Take You Away")) Tetsurō OdaTakeshi Hayama4:41
3."Hoshi no nai Sora no Shita de" ((星のない空の下で, "Under the Starless Sky")) Hiroshi ShibasakiWands4:46
4."Motto Tsuyoku Kimi wo Dakishimetara" ((もっと強く抱きしめたなら, "If You Hold Me Tightly")) Yoshio TatanoHayama4:55
5."Glass no Kokoro de" ((ガラスの心で, "With a Heart of Glass")) ShibasakiAkashi3:59
6."Sono Mama Kimi he to..." ((そのままの君へと…, "To You As It Is...")) OhshimaAkashi5:03
7."Kodoku e no Target" ((孤独へのTARGET, "Target to Loneliness")) Daria KawashimaAkashi4:36
8."Mr.Jail" ShibasakiHayama3:58
9."Keep My Rock'n Road" Show WesugiHayama2:19
10."Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto (Album Ver.)" ((世界中の誰よりきっと~Album Ver.~, "Surely More Than Anyone in the World"))
OdaAkashi4:29

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2] 4

Certification
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[4] 2× Million 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Wands". Being Inc. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  2. "時の扉 | WANDS". Oricon. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  3. "WANDS". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  4. "Japanese certifications – WANDS – 時の扉" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2022-07-12. Select 1994年2月 on the drop-down menu
  5. "時の扉". Show Wesugi Official Website. Office Pojjo. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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