At Heel Diamonds (アット・ヒール・ダイアモンズ, Atto Hīru Daiamonzu) is an EP by Japanese idol duo Wink, released by Polystar on December 1, 1988. It features the duo's first No. 1 single "Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)", a Japanese-language cover of Kylie Minogue's "Turn It into Love". Also included in the EP are covers of Bananarama's "Love in the First Degree" and Sinitta's "Cross My Broken Heart", as well as a remix of the duo's debut single "Sugar Baby Love". The EP was the duo's first release to feature songwriter Neko Oikawa and arranger Motoki Funayama, who would work on the duo's further recordings.[1][2]
| At Heel Diamonds | ||||
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| Released | December 1, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
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| Length | 25:56 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Polystar | |||
| Producer | Haruo Mizuhashi | |||
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The EP peaked at No. 6 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 345,000 copies.[3][4]
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa, except where indicated
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)" ((愛が止まらない 〜TURN IT INTO LOVE〜, "Love Doesn't Stop ~Turn It into Love~")) | Motoki Funayama | 3:29 | ||
| 2. | "Love in the First Degree (Warui Anata)" ((LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE 〜悪いあなた〜, "Love in the First Degree ~You Are Bad~")) |
| Funayama | 4:02 | |
| 3. | "Cross My Broken Heart (Yasashii Koro wo Odoritai)" ((CROSS MY BROKEN HEART 〜優しい頃を踊りたい〜, "Cross My Broken Heart (I Want to Dance When I'm Kind)")) |
| Kei Wakakusa | 3:54 | |
| 4. | "Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love) [Remix Version]" |
| Funayama | 5:01 | |
| 5. | "Sugar Baby Love [Remix Version]" | Joe Lemon | Shirō Sagisu | 4:32 | |
| 6. | "Fuyu no Photograph" (Fuyu no Fotogurafu (冬のフォトグラフ, "Winter Photograph")) | Yukinojo Mori | Yasuhiro Kido | Wakakusa | 4:58 |
| Total length: | 25:56 | ||||
| No. | Title | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 7. | "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~")) | Funayama | 2:59 |
Charts
edit| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] | 6 |
References
edit- ^ "Wink(ういんく)ディスコグラフィ". Idol.ne.jp. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ "At Heel Diamonds | Wink". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ a b "At Heel Diamonds | WINK". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ "Wink". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
External links
edit- Official website
- At Heel Diamonds at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- At Heel Diamonds at Discogs (list of releases)