1980 studio album by Tatsuro Yamashita
Ride on Time Released September 19, 1980 (1980-09-19 ) Studio CBS/Sony Genre Length 43 :19 53:29 (2002 reissue) Label Producer Tatsuro Yamashita The
obi of the first release of the 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 [ edit ] All lyrics are written by Minako Yoshida, except where indicated; all music is composed by Tatsuro Yamashita
Side A Title Lyrics 1. "Someday" (Itsuka (いつか ) ) 5:49 2. "Daydream" 4:31 3. "Silent Screamer" 5:29 4. "Ride on Time " (Album Version) Yamashita 5:55
Side B Title Lyrics 1. "The Door into Summer" (Natsu e no Tobira (夏への扉 ) ) 4:41 2. "My Sugar Babe" Yamashita 4:11 3. "Rainy Day" 5:20 4. "Clouds" (Kumo no Yukue ni (雲のゆくえに , "Where the Clouds Are") ) 5:40 5. "Kissing Goodnight" (Oyasumi (おやすみ ) ) Yamashita 1:41
2002 remastered edition bonus tracks Title Lyrics 10. "Ride on Time" (Single Version) Yamashita 4:25 11. "Interlude I" (Instrumental) 0:56 12. "Interlude II" (Instrumental) 1:31 13. "My Sugar Babe" (Instrumental) 3:21
Personnel [ edit ] Recording members
Someday [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Electric Sitar , Percussion & Background Vocals Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) Hiroshi Sato – Keyboards 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 [ edit ] Tatsuro Yamashita – Acoustic Piano, Minimoog & Background Vocals Hiroyuki Namba – Korg PS-3100 Synthesizer Ride on Time [Single version] [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right) Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards My Sugar Babe [Instrumental] [ edit ] Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Left) Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Right) Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards[2] Chart positions [ edit ] Weekly charts [ edit ] Year Album Country Chart Position Weeks Sales 1980–81 Ride on Time Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) 1 19 225,000[3] Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 4 19 2002–03 Ride on Time [Expanded remaster] Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 300) 20 14 42,000
Year-end charts [ edit ] Year Album Country Chart Position Sales 1980 Ride on Time Japan Oricon Yearly Albums Chart (top 50) 39 184,000[4]
Release history [ edit ] Country Date Label Format Catalog number Japan September 19, 1980 AIR/RVC LP RAL-8501 CT RAT-8501 November 21, 1984 CD RACD-16 August 15, 1986 R32A-1019 March 15, 1987 R28H-2805 August 21, 1990 RCA/BMG Victor BVCR-7005 September 21, 1990 BVCR-2503 June 4, 1997 RCA/BMG Japan BVCR-1032 May 21, 1999 BVCK-37010 February 14, 2002 RCA/BMG Funhouse BVCR-17017 February 20, 2002 LP BVJR-17007
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