# Timely!!

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Timely!!
| type         = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist       = [Anri](/source/Anri)
| cover        = Timely!! (album cover).png
| released     = December 5, 1983
| recorded     = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = {{hlist|[City pop](/source/City_pop)|[J-pop](/source/J-pop)}}
| length       = 41:30
| label        = [For Life](/source/For_Life_Music)
| producer     = [Toshiki Kadomatsu](/source/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](/source/Cat's_Eye_(song))
 | 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](/source/Anri), released in 1983.

== Overview ==
The album was a collaborative effort with musician and producer [Toshiki Kadomatsu](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Single_(music)), "[Cat's Eye](/source/Cat's_Eye_(song))", served as the opening for the 1983 anime series [''Cat's Eye''](/source/Cat's_Eye_(manga)). It was one of the [highest selling singles in Japan in 1983](/source/List_of_Oricon_number-one_singles_of_1983), remaining number-one for five consecutive weeks. The single was re-recorded for the album and was later covered by girl group [MAX](/source/MAX_(band)) in 2010.

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline      = Side one

| title1        = [Cat's Eye (New Take)](/source/Cat's_Eye_(song))
| lyrics1       = [Yoshiko Miura](/source/Yoshiko_Miura)
| music1        = Yuichiro Oda
| length1       = 3:10

| title2        = Windy Summer
| lyrics2       = [Toshiki Kadomatsu](/source/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](/source/Chinfa_Kan)
| music5        = [Tetsuji Hayashi](/source/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](/source/LP_record) 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](/source/Cassette_tape) 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](/source/1983_in_Japanese_music)

== References ==
<references />

Category:1983 albums
Category:1983 in Japanese music
Category:Anri albums
Category:1980s Japanese-language albums

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