Today Is Another Day

{{Infobox album

| name = Today Is Another Day

| type = studio

| artist = Zard

| cover = Today is Another Day.jpg

| released = {{Start date|1996|7|8}}

| genre = * Rock{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1405389-Zard-Today-Is-Another-Day|title=None}}

| length = 57:33

| label = B-Gram

| producer = Izumi Sakai

| prev_title = Forever You

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Eien

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Today is Another Day

| type = studio

| single1 = Ai ga Mienai

| single1date = 5 June 1995

| single2 = Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu

| single2date = 28 August 1995

| single3 = My Friend

| single3date = 8 January 1996

| single4 = Kokoro wo Hiraite

| single4date = 6 May 1996

}}

}}

Today Is Another Day is the seventh album by ZardZARD discography (in Japanese) http://wezard.net/album.html and was released on July 8, 1996 under B-Gram Records label. Izumi Sakai produced the next four albums.

Chart performance

The album reached #1 rank first week. It charted for 40 weeks and sold more than 1,650,000 copies.Oricon rankings (in Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/26939/products/123534/1/

Track listing

All lyrics written by Izumi Sakai.Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-1009

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| extra_column = Arrangers

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| title1 = My Friend

| note1 = {{nihongo2|マイ フレンド}}

| music1 = Tetsurō Oda

| extra1 = Takeshi Hayama

| length1 = 4:23

| title2 = Kimi ga Ita kara

| note2 = {{nihongo2|君がいたから}}, the song was originally performed by Field of View

| music2 = Oda

| extra2 = Hayama

| length2 = 4:21

| title3 = Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu

| note3 ={{nihongo2|サヨナラは今もこの胸に居ます}}

| music3 = Seiichiro Kuribayashi

| extra3 = Hayama

| length3 = 5:07

| title4 = Love ~Nemurezu ni Kimi no Yokogao Zutto Miteita~

| note4 = {{nihongo2|Love ~眠れずに君の横顔ずっと見ていた~}}, the song was originally performed by Seiichiro Kuribayashi

| music4 = Kuribayashi

| extra4 = Masao Akashi

| length4 = 5:24

| title5 = Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku

| note5 = {{nihongo2|DAN DAN 心魅かれてく}}, the song was originally performed by Field of View

| music5 = Oda

| extra5 = Daisuke Ikeda

| length5 = 4:32

| title6 = Nemuri

| note6 = {{nihongo2|眠り}}

| music6 = Izumi Sakai

| extra6 = Ikeda

| length6 = 5:00

| title7 = Kokoro wo Hiraite

| note7 = {{nihongo2|心を開いて}}

| music7 = Oda

| extra7 = Ikeda

| length7 = 4:08

| title8 = Totsuzen

| note8 = {{nihongo2|突然}}, the song was originally performed by Field of View

| music8 = Oda

| extra8 = Hayama

| length8 = 4:35

| title9 = Kyō mo

| note9 = {{nihongo2|今日も}}

| music9 = Oda

| extra9 = Hayama

| length9 = 4:25

| title10 = Today Is Another Day

| note10 =

| music10 = Oda

| extra10 = Ikeda

| length10 = 5:16

| title11 = Ai ga Mienai

| note11 = {{Nihongo2|愛が見えない}}

| music11 = Masazumi Ozawa (Pamelah)

| extra11 = Hayama

| length11 = 4:05

| title12 = Mitsumete Itai ne

| note12 = {{Nihongo2|見つめていたいね}}

| music12 = Kuribayashi

| extra12 = Akashi

| length12 = 6:17

}}

In media

  • My Friend: ending theme for Anime television series Slam Dunk
  • Today Is Another Day: theme song for Anime television series Yawara!
  • Ai ga Mienai: commercial song of FT Shiseido
  • Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu: theme song for movie series "Shiratori Reiko de gozaimasu!"
  • Kokoro wo Hiraite: commercial song of Pocari Sweat

Chart positions

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!Year

!Chart

!Position

!First week sales

!Annual sales

!Total sales

!Yearly position

1996

|Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart

|1

|774,190

|1,573,630

|1,655,560

|12

References