Today Is Another Day

Today Is Another Day
Studio album by
Zard
ReleasedJuly 8, 1996 (1996-07-08)
Genre
Length57:33
LabelB-Gram
ProducerIzumi Sakai
Zard chronology
Forever You
(1995) 		Today Is Another Day
(1996) 		Eien
(1999)
Singles from Today is Another Day
  1. "Ai ga Mienai"
    Released: 5 June 1995
  2. "Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu"
    Released: 28 August 1995
  3. "My Friend"
    Released: 8 January 1996
  4. "Kokoro wo Hiraite"
    Released: 6 May 1996

Today Is Another Day is the seventh album by Zard[2] 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.[3]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Izumi Sakai.[4]

No.TitleMusicArrangersLength
1."My Friend" (マイ フレンド)Tetsurō OdaTakeshi Hayama4:23
2."Kimi ga Ita kara" (君がいたから, the song was originally performed by Field of View)OdaHayama4:21
3."Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu" (サヨナラは今もこの胸に居ます)Seiichiro KuribayashiHayama5:07
4."Love ~Nemurezu ni Kimi no Yokogao Zutto Miteita~" (Love ~眠れずに君の横顔ずっと見ていた~, the song was originally performed by Seiichiro Kuribayashi)KuribayashiMasao Akashi5:24
5."Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku" (DAN DAN 心魅かれてく, the song was originally performed by Field of View)OdaDaisuke Ikeda4:32
6."Nemuri" (眠り)Izumi SakaiIkeda5:00
7."Kokoro wo Hiraite" (心を開いて)OdaIkeda4:08
8."Totsuzen" (突然, the song was originally performed by Field of View)OdaHayama4:35
9."Kyō mo" (今日も)OdaHayama4:25
10."Today Is Another Day"OdaIkeda5:16
11."Ai ga Mienai" (愛が見えない)Masazumi Ozawa (Pamelah)Hayama4:05
12."Mitsumete Itai ne" (見つめていたいね)KuribayashiAkashi6:17

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

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

  1. ^ a b c "None".
  2. ^ ZARD discography (in Japanese) http://wezard.net/album.html
  3. ^ Oricon rankings (in Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/26939/products/123534/1/
  4. ^ Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-1009