Chime (Yuki Saito album) explained

Chime チャイム
Type:	studio
Artist:	Yuki Saito
Cover:	Chime by Yuki Saito.jpg
Alt:	Cover of the studio album "Chime" by Yuki Saito.
Genre:	J-pop
Label:	Canyon Records
Prev Title:	Garasu no Kodō
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Fūmu
Next Year:	1987

is the third studio album from Yuki Saito, released on October 21, 1986 by Canyon Records. It reached #2 on the Oricon charts. The original LP release contained ten songs, though the CD released at the same time had two additional songs: "Aozora no Kakera" and "Yubiwa Monogatari", both from the "Aozora no Kakera" single release earlier that year.

History

Chime was released on LP, cassette, and CD on October 21, 1986 by Canyon Records. The original LP and cassette releases contained ten songs each, and the CD contained two additional songs: "Aozora no Kakera" and "Yubiwa Monogatari", both from the "Aozora no Kakera" single release earlier that year. The LP and cassette album contain one song released previously as a single, and the CD contains three. All three contain an additional nine songs not previously released as singles. The album reached #2 on the Oricon charts and sold 267,000 copies.^[1]

reached #3 on the Oricon charts,^[2] #6 on The Best Ten chart, and #19 by Oricon in overall sales for singles in 1986.^[3] It was used as the first theme song for the 1986 Fuji TV anime television series Maison Ikkoku.^{[4] [5]} It was also used as an image song for the "Morning Fresh" line of shampoos and styling products from Shiseido.^{[2] [6]}

(with B-side) reached #1 on the Oricon charts and #3 on The Best Ten chart. It was used in commercials for the Axia brand of cassette tapes from Fujifilm in Japan.^[2]

Chime has been rereleased twice since the original release in 1985. It was released as a "Gold CD" on March 21, 1989 (catalog #D35A-0478), and in a special paper jacket packaging and remastered high quality (or "HQ") CD on August 5, 2009 (catalog #PCCA-50132).^{[2] [7]}

Chart history

Track listing

LP (catalog #C28A0520, released October 21, 1986)
Cassette (catalog #28P6657, released October 21, 1986)

CD (catalog #D32A-0234, released October 21, 1986)
Gold CD (catalog #D35A-0478, released March 21, 1989)
HQ CD (catalog #PCCA-50134, released March 25, 2009)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://saitoyuki.jimdo.com/アルバム/. ja:アルバム - 斉藤由貴 非公式ホームページ. Albums - Yuki Saito Unofficial Homepage. 内藤佑輔. February 20, 2013. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20130402062543/http://saitoyuki.jimdo.com/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%A0. April 2, 2013. dead.
2. Web site: http://saitoyuki.jimdo.com/シングル/. ja:シングル - 斉藤由貴 非公式ホームページ. Singles - Yuki Saito Unofficial Homepage. 内藤佑輔. January 21, 2013. Japanese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130425081639/http://saitoyuki.jimdo.com/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB/. April 25, 2013.
3. Web site: オリコンCDシングル年間売上ランキング. Oricon CD Single Annual Sales Ranking. ミュージック・あみ～ご - 音楽ランキング -. January 21, 2013. Japanese. The site references Single Chart-Book Complete Edition 1968-2005, by Oricon Entertainment. April 25, 2006. .
4. Web site: Maison Ikkoku: Theme Song Best Plus. Ex: The Online World of Anime & Manga. Charles. McCarter. 4. 7. January 21, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110828221034/http://www.ex.org/4.7/38-cd_maisonikkoku.html. August 28, 2011. dead.
5. Web site: Life at Maison Ikkoku: Music: Musicians. Life at Maison Ikkoku. Dylan. Acres. January 21, 2013.
6. The cover of the single gives the following information just to the right of the title: CX-TV系放映「めそん一刻」主題歌　新星堂「モーニングフレッシュ」イメージ・ソング, which translates to "CX-TV Network televised Maison Ikkoku, Shinseido 'Morning Fresh' image song".
7. Web site: 斉藤由貴 チャイム(紙ジャケ+HQCD). Yuki Saito - Chime (paper jacket + HQCD). February 21, 2013. Pony Canyon. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084018/http://hp.ponycanyon.co.jp/pchp/cgi-bin/PCHPM.pl?TRGID=PCHP_SKH_1010&CMD=DSP&DSP_SKHBNG=200900000932&DSP_SKHKETSEQ=001. March 4, 2016. dead.