Rock and Rolling Idol
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{{Infobox album
| name = Rock and Rolling Idol
| type = studio
| artist = The Nolans
| cover = The Nolans - Rock and Rolling Idol.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1991|08|21|df=y}} (Japan)
| recorded = 1991
| studio = Berlin Studio Blackpool
| genre = {{hlist|Pop|pop rock}}
| length =
| label = Teichiku Records
| producer = {{hlist|Clive Scott (musician){{!}}Clive Scott|Ray Hedges}}
| prev_title = Playback Part 2
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Tidal Wave (Samishii Nettaigyo)
| next_year = 1991
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Rock and Rolling Idol
| type = studio
| single1 = Rock and Rolling Idol
| single1date = {{Start date|1991|08|21|df=y}}
}}
}}
{{nihongo4|Rock and Rolling Idol|なんてったってアイドル|Nantetatte Aidoru|What an Idol}} is the tenth album by the Irish pop group The Nolans. Released on 21 August 1991 exclusively in Japan by Teichiku Records, the album consists of ten English-language covers of songs made famous by Japanese idol Kyoko Koizumi.{{cite web |url=https://nolansisters.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-164.html |title=CD- Rock and Rolling Idol（なんてったってアイドル）（Japan）（ノーランズ博物館） |website=The Nolans Museum |date=20 May 2016 |access-date=6 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/1291100286 |title=ノーランズ / なんてったってアイドル [廃盤] |website=CDJournal |access-date=6 July 2021}}
The album peaked at No. 88 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 15,000 copies.{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/121652/products/247299/1/ |title=なんてったってアイドル {{!}} ノーランズ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=6 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_norans.html |title=ノーランズ |website=Yamachan Land |access-date=6 July 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070619175006/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_norans.html |archive-date=19 June 2007 |url-status=dead}}
Track listing
All English lyrics are written by Clive Scott and Des Dyer.
{{Track listing
| headline =
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| total_length =
| title1 = Rock and Rolling Idol
| note1 = {{nihongo4||なんてったってアイドル|Nantetatte Aidoru|"What an Idol"}}
| writer1 = {{hlist|Yasushi Akimoto|Kyōhei Tsutsumi}}
| extra1 = Bernie Nolan
| length1 = 3:59
| title2 = Japanese Girl
| note2 = {{nihongo4||ヤマトナデシコ七変化|Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge}}
| writer2 = {{hlist|Chinfa Kan|Tsutsumi}}
| extra2 = Bernie Nolan
| length2 = 3:12
| title3 = Daybreak
| note3 = {{nihongo4||夜明けのMEW|Yoake no Mew|"Mew at Dawn"}}
| writer3 = {{hlist|Akimoto|Tsutsumi}}
| extra3 = Coleen Nolan
| length3 = 3:45
| title4 = Darling My Love
| note4 = {{nihongo4||艶姿ナミダ娘|Adesugata Namida Musume|"Charming Tearful Girl"}}
| writer4 = {{hlist|Kan|Kōji Makaino}}
| extra4 = Bernie Nolan
| length4 = 4:15
| title5 = Fall in Love in Summertime
| note5 = {{nihongo4||まっ赤な女の子|Makka na Onna no Ko|"Girl in Red"}}
| writer5 = {{hlist|Kan|Tsutsumi}}
| extra5 = Coleen Nolan
| length5 = 3:39
| title6 = Ocean Girl
| note6 = {{nihongo4||渚のはいから人魚|Nagisa no Haikara Ningyo|"The Magical Mermaid by the Beach"}}
| writer6 = {{hlist|Kan|Makaino}}
| extra6 = Bernie Nolan
| length6 = 4:04
| title7 = Red Russian Rose
| note7 = {{nihongo4||私の16才|Watashi no Jūrokusai|"My 16-year-old"}}
| writer7 = {{hlist|Noriko Maki|Eiji Takino}}
| extra7 = Coleen Nolan
| length7 = 3:42
| title8 = Navy Blue
| note8 = {{nihongo4||常夏娘|Tokonatsu Musume|"Everlasting Summer Girl"}}
| writer8 = {{hlist|Hifumi Midori|Kōhei Miyuki}}
| extra8 = Maureen Nolan
| length8 = 3:06
| title9 = Stardust Memory
| writer9 = {{hlist|Toshihiko Takamizawa|Ken Takahashi}}
| extra9 = Maureen Nolan
| length9 = 3:59
| title10 = Ando Laura
| note10 = {{nihongo4||迷宮のアンドローラ|Meikyū no Andorōra|"Ando Laura in the Labyrinth"}}
| writer10 = {{hlist|Takashi Matsumoto|Tsutsumi}}
| extra10 = Anne Nolan
| length10 = 3:24
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1991) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)
| 88 |
|---|
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs release|release=2614074|name=Rock and Rolling Idol|type=album}}
{{The Nolans}}
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