Velvet (Wink album)

Velvet (ベルベット, Berubetto) is the fourth studio album by Japanese idol duo Wink, released by Polystar on July 11, 1990. It features the No. 1 single "Sexy Music", a Japanese-language cover of The Nolans' 1981 single. Also included in the album are covers of Carmin's "Dos Hombres", the Nolans' "I'm in the Mood for Dancing", Kool & the Gang's "Cherish", and Eddie Hodges' "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door". Velvet was Wink's first album to feature Satoshi Kadokura as the duo's music arranger.^[1]^[2]

The album peaked at No. 4 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 198,000 copies.^[3]^[4] It was also certified Gold by the RIAJ.^[5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa, except where indicated; all music is arranged by Satoshi Kadokura, except where indicated.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Sexy Music [Remix]"		Ben Findon Mike Myers Bob Puzey		5:03
2.	"Rainy Lonely Pavement"	Sayako Morimoto	Hitoshi Haba		3:49
3.	"Natsufuku no Juliet (Dos Hombres)" (Natsufuku no Jurietto ~Dos Hombres~ (夏服のジュリエット〜Dos Hombres〜, "Juliet in Summer Clothes ~Dos Hombres~"))		Jamey Jaz Ren Toppano Gabriela Martinez		5:07
4.	"Unshakable"	Morimoto	Patrick DeRemer Jan Buckingham		5:01
5.	"Ame ni Negai wo" ((雨に願いを, "Wishing for the Rain"))		Masaya Ozeki		4:17
6.	"Ginsei Club (I'm in Mood for Dancing)" ((銀星倶楽部〜I'm In Mood For Dancing〜))	Morimoto	Findon Myers Puzey		4:19
7.	"Ano Natsu no Seagull (Cherish)" (Ano Natsu no Shīgaru ~Cherisshu~ (あの夏のシーガル〜Cherish〜, "That Summer Seagull ~Cherish~"))		Robert Earl Bell Ronald Nathan Bell James L Bonnefond George Melvin Brown Claydes Charles Smith James "J.T." Taylor Curtis "Fitz" Williams		4:55
8.	"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door"		Aaron Schroeder Sid Wayne		4:06
9.	"Zeitaku na Kodoku" ((贅沢な孤独, "Luxury Loneliness"))	Morimoto	Keizo Nakanishi Takao Konishi	Motoki Funayama	3:53
10.	"Tsukiyo no Shinjugai" ((月夜の真珠貝, "Moonlit Pearl Shell"))		Ozeki		4:48
Total length:					45:18

2018 bonus track
No.	Title	Music	Arrangement	Length
11.	"Ichiban Kanashii Bara" ((いちばん哀しい薔薇, "The Saddest Rose"))	Kisaburō Suzuki	Funayama	4:25

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[3]	4


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[5]	Gold	200,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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^ "Velvet | WINK ウインク". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
^ ^a ^b "VELVET | WINK". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
^ "Wink". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
^ ^a ^b "Japanese certifications – Wink – Velvet" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-07-21. Select 1990年7月 on the drop-down menu