Back to Front (Wink album)

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Back to Front
Compilation album by
Wink
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1995 (1995-02-25)
Recorded1988–1994
Genre
Length96:04
LanguageJapanese
LabelPolystar
ProducerHaruo 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]

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa, except whee indicated

Disc 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Only Lonely[fn 1]" 
  • Ben Findon
  • Michael Myers
  • Robert Puzey
Motoki Funayama4:39
2."Ichiban Kanashii Bara" ((いちばん哀しい薔薇, "The Saddest Rose")) Kisaburō SuzukiFunayama4:25
3."Shake It"Yoshiko MiuraKE-YSatoshi Kadokura4:46
4."Made in Love"Rui SerizawaSeishirō KusunoseKadokura4:43
5."Jūnigatsu no Orihime[fn 2]" ((12月の織姫, "Orihime in December")) 
[5]		Kadokura4:49
6."Image na Kankei" (Imāju na Kankei (イマージュな関係, "Image Relationship")) Toshiaki MatsumotoKadokura4:48
7."Romance no Hakobune[fn 3]" (Romansu no Hakobune (ロマンスの方舟, "Romance's Ark")) 
  • Setolosi Alessandro Degl'innocenti
  • Marco Masini
Funayama3:54
8."Kiseki no Monument" (Kiseki no Monyumento (奇跡のモニュメント, "Miraculous Monument")) Masaya OzekiKadokura4:11
9."Alone Again[fn 4]"Serizawa
  • Jamey Jaz
  • Ren Toppano
  • Viqui Denman
Kadokura4:40
10."Kaze no Prelude" (Kaze no Pureryūdo (風の前奏曲（プレリュード）, "Wind Prelude"))Joe LemonAkira MitakeShirō Sagisu4:45
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~")) 
Funayama2:59
Disc 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Mizu no Seiza[fn 5]" ((水の星座, "Water Constellation")) 
  • Rod Gamons
  • Angie Rubin
  • Shelley Speck
Kadokura4:46
2."Cat-Walk Dancing"Takashi MatsumotoHitoshi HabaFunayama4:13
3."Maboroshi ga Sakenderu" ((幻が叫んでる, "The Illusion Is Screaming")) Tomofumi SuzukiTsukasa Ebisu4:26
4."Mujitsu no Object" (Mujitsu no Obuje (無実のオブジェ, "An Innocent Object")) 
Takao Sugiyama4:33
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)")) 
Kadokura5:05
6."Tasty"SerizawaHideo SaitōSaitō3:47
7."Ai wo Ubatte Kokoro Shibatte" ((愛を奪って心縛って, "Take Away Love and Bind Your Heart"))Yumi YoshimotoDaisuke InoueKadokura4:29
8."Scarlet no Yakusoku" (Sukāretto no Yakusoku (スカーレットの約束, "Scarlet Promise")) Takashi KudōKadokura4:29
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 MoriYasuhiro KidoKen Wakakusa3:52
10."Senaka made 500 Miles" (Senaka made Gohyaku Mairu (背中まで500マイル, "500 Miles and Back")) Hedy WestFunayama3:41
11."Please Please Me"Chika UedaUedaKadokura4:06

Charts[edit]

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 93

Footnotes[edit]

  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".

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wink(ういんく)ディスコグラフィ". Idol.ne.jp. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  2. ^ "Back to front | WINK ウインク". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  3. ^ a b "Back to Front | WINK". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  4. ^ "Wink". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  5. ^ "ACE Repertory". ASCAP.

External links[edit]

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