{{use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It is considered one of Anri's best releases.<ref>{{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.}}</ref>
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 = ''Kanashimi ga Tomaranai;'' "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=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Country !Chart !Position !Sales |- |rowspan="2"|1983 |rowspan="2"|Japan |Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart |1 |314,000<ref name="chartbook">{{cite book |title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005 |publisher=Oricon Entertainment |year=2006 |isbn=978-48713-1077-2 |editor-last=Okamoto |editor-first=Satoshi}}</ref> |- |Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart |2 |196,000 |}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Country !Chart !Position !Sales |- |1984 |Japan |Oricon Yearly Albums Chart |10 |509,000 |}
==See also== *1983 in Japanese music
== References == <references />
Category:1983 albums Category:1983 in Japanese music Category:Anri albums Category:1980s Japanese-language albums