Back to Front (Wink album) (original) (raw)

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1995 compilation album by Wink

Back to Front
Compilation album by Wink
Released February 25, 1995 (1995-02-25)
Recorded 1988–1994
Genre J-popdance-pop
Length 96:04
Language Japanese
Label Polystar
Producer Haruo Mizuhashi
Wink chronology
Voce(1994) Back to Front(1995) Flyin' High(1995)

Back to Front (バック・トゥ・フロント, Bakku tu Furonto) is the fourth compilation album by Japanese idol duo Wink, released by Polystar on February 25, 1995. The two-disc album covers the duo's B-sides from 1988 to 1994.[1][2]

The album peaked at No. 93 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 4,000 copies, becoming their lowest-selling album.[3][4]

All lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa, except whee indicated

Disc 1

No. Title Lyrics Music Arrangement Length
1. "Only Lonely[fn 1]" Ben FindonMichael MyersRobert Puzey Motoki Funayama 4:39
2. "Ichiban Kanashii Bara" ((いちばん哀しい薔薇, "The Saddest Rose")) Kisaburō Suzuki Funayama 4:25
3. "Shake It" Yoshiko Miura KE-Y Satoshi Kadokura 4:46
4. "Made in Love" Rui Serizawa Seishirō Kusunose Kadokura 4:43
5. "Jūnigatsu no Orihime[fn 2]" ((12月の織姫, "Orihime in December")) Billie HughesRoxanne Seeman[5] Kadokura 4:49
6. "Image na Kankei" (Imāju na Kankei (イマージュな関係, "Image Relationship")) Toshiaki Matsumoto Kadokura 4:48
7. "Romance no Hakobune[fn 3]" (Romansu no Hakobune (ロマンスの方舟, "Romance's Ark")) Setolosi Alessandro Degl'innocentiMarco Masini Funayama 3:54
8. "Kiseki no Monument" (Kiseki no Monyumento (奇跡のモニュメント, "Miraculous Monument")) Masaya Ozeki Kadokura 4:11
9. "Alone Again[fn 4]" Serizawa Jamey JazRen ToppanoViqui Denman Kadokura 4:40
10. "Kaze no Prelude" (Kaze no Pureryūdo (風の前奏曲（プレリュード）, "Wind Prelude")) Joe Lemon Akira Mitake Shirō Sagisu 4:45
11. "Ding Ding: Koi kara Hajimaru Futari no Train" (Din Din ~Koi kara Hajimaru Futari no Torein~ (DING DING 〜恋から始まるふたりのトレイン〜, "Ding Ding ~Two Trains Starting from Love~")) Lasse AnderssonBruno Glenmark Funayama 2:59

Disc 2

No. Title Lyrics Music Arrangement Length
1. "Mizu no Seiza[fn 5]" ((水の星座, "Water Constellation")) Rod GamonsAngie RubinShelley Speck Kadokura 4:46
2. "Cat-Walk Dancing" Takashi Matsumoto Hitoshi Haba Funayama 4:13
3. "Maboroshi ga Sakenderu" ((幻が叫んでる, "The Illusion Is Screaming")) Tomofumi Suzuki Tsukasa Ebisu 4:26
4. "Mujitsu no Object" (Mujitsu no Obuje (無実のオブジェ, "An Innocent Object")) Simon ClimieHolly Knight Takao Sugiyama 4:33
5. "Omoide made Soba ni Ite (Welcome to the Edge)" ((想い出までそばにいて (Welcome To The Edge), "I'll Stay by Your Side Until You Remember (Welcome to the Edge)")) HughesSeemanDominic Messinger Kadokura 5:05
6. "Tasty" Serizawa Hideo Saitō Saitō 3:47
7. "Ai wo Ubatte Kokoro Shibatte" ((愛を奪って心縛って, "Take Away Love and Bind Your Heart")) Yumi Yoshimoto Daisuke Inoue Kadokura 4:29
8. "Scarlet no Yakusoku" (Sukāretto no Yakusoku (スカーレットの約束, "Scarlet Promise")) Takashi Kudō Kadokura 4:29
9. "Maigo no Lonely Heart" (Maigo no Ronrī Hāto (迷子のロンリー・ハート, "A Lost Child's Lonely Heart")) Yukinojo Mori Yasuhiro Kido Ken Wakakusa 3:52
10. "Senaka made 500 Miles" (Senaka made Gohyaku Mairu (背中まで500マイル, "500 Miles and Back")) Hedy West Funayama 3:41
11. "Please Please Me" Chika Ueda Ueda Kadokura 4:06

  1. ^ Cover of the Dooleys' "Body Language".

  2. ^ Cover of Zoe Haywood's "My World".

  3. ^ Cover of Dr. Zivago's "Little Russian".

  4. ^ Cover of Windham Hill's "Nothing Means More to Me Than You".

  5. ^ Cover of Tricia Leigh Fisher's "Let an Angel".

  6. ^ "Wink(ういんく)ディスコグラフィ". Idol.ne.jp. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

  7. ^ "Back to front | WINK ウインク". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

  8. ^ a b "Back to Front | WINK". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

  9. ^ "Wink". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

  10. ^ "ACE Repertory". ASCAP.