Timely!!
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{{Infobox album
| name = Timely!!
| type = Album
| artist = Anri
| cover = Timely!! (album cover).png
| released = December 5, 1983
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|City pop|J-pop}}
| length = 41:30
| label = For Life
| producer = Toshiki Kadomatsu
| prev_title = Bi・Ki・Ni
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Coool
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Timely!!
| type = Studio album
| single1 = Cat's Eye
| single1date = August 5, 1983
| single2 = I Can't Stop the Loneliness
| single2date = November 5, 1983
}}
}}
Timely!! is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Anri, released in 1983.
Overview
The album was a collaborative effort with musician and producer Toshiki Kadomatsu.{{Cite web|last=Otaki|first=Ei|date=2013|title=City Pop {{!}} Now & Then|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/808#|access-date=|website=Billboard Japan}} It is considered one of Anri's best releases.{{Cite web|last=Winkie|first=Luke|date=2019-01-11|title=City Pop, the optimistic disco of 1980s Japan, finds a new young crowd in the West|url=http://chicagoreader.com/blogs/city-pop-the-optimistic-disco-of-1980s-japan-finds-a-new-young-crowd-in-the-west/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Chicago Reader|language=en-US|quote=...many City Pop fans consider her best work to be the superbly breezy 1983 release Timely!!, which is like a blueprint for the genre’s aesthetic.}}
The single, "Cat's Eye", served as the opening for the 1983 anime series Cat's Eye. It was one of the highest selling singles in Japan in 1983, remaining number-one for five consecutive weeks. The single was re-recorded for the album and was later covered by girl group MAX in 2010.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Cat's Eye (New Take)
| lyrics1 = Yoshiko Miura
| music1 = Yuichiro Oda
| length1 = 3:10
| title2 = Windy Summer
| lyrics2 = Toshiki Kadomatsu
| music2 = Kadomatsu
| length2 = 4:07
| title3 = Stay by Me
| lyrics3 = Kadomatsu
| music3 = Kadomatsu
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = A Hope from Sad Street
| lyrics4 = Anri
| music4 = Anri
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = You Are Not Alone
| lyrics5 = Chinfa Kan
| music5 = Tetsuji Hayashi
| length5 = 4:05
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = 悲しみがとまらない
| note6 = I Can't Stop the Loneliness
| lyrics6 = Kan
| music6 = Hayashi
| length6 = 4:25
| title7 = Shyness Boy
| lyrics7 = Kadomatsu
| music7 = Kadomatsu
| length7 = 3:15
| title8 = Lost Love in the Rain
| lyrics8 = Kadomatsu
| music8 = Anri
| length8 = 4:19
| title9 = Driving My Love
| lyrics9 = Kadomatsu
| music9 = Kadomatsu
| length9 = 4:51
| title10 = Good-Night for You
| lyrics10 = Kadomatsu
| music10 = Kadomatsu
| length10 = 5:18
| total_length = 41:30
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2008 reissue bonus track
| title11 = Remember Summer Days
| lyrics11 = Kadomatsu
| music11 = Kadomatsu
| length11 = 4:55
}}
Chart positions
=Weekly charts=
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Country !Chart !Position !Sales |
| 1984
|Japan |Oricon Yearly Albums Chart |10 |509,000 |