Fair Tension

Fair Tension
Studio album by
Yōko Oginome
ReleasedNovember 21, 1989 (1989-11-21)
Recorded1989
Genre
Length43:42
LanguageJapanese
LabelVictor
ProducerPanta
Yōko Oginome chronology
Verge of Love (Japanese Version)
(1989) 		Fair Tension
(1989) 		Knock on My Door
(1990)
Singles from Fair Tension
  1. "You're My Life"
    Released: September 27, 1989 (1989-09-27)

Fair Tension (フェア・テンション, Fea Tenshon) is the tenth studio album by Japanese singer Yōko Oginome. Produced by Panta and released through Victor Entertainment on November 21, 1989, the album features the hit single "You're My Life", as well as a Japanese-language cover of The Drifters' hit single "Under the Boardwalk". It was Oginome's last album to be released on LP. The album was reissued on April 21, 2010 with eight bonus tracks as part of Oginome's 25th anniversary celebration.[1][2][3][4]

The album peaked at No. 12 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 49,000 copies.[5][6]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Jōnetsu" ((情熱, "Passion"))PantaKisaburō SuzukiTatsumi Yano4:47
2."Heartbreak wo Buttobase" (Hātobureiku o Buttobase (ハートブレイクをぶっとばせ, "Blow the Heartbreak"))Shun TaguchiRyō KomuroNittoku Inoue3:33
3."Under the Boardwalk" (Andā za Bōdowōku (アンダー・ザ・ボードウォーク))
  • Resnick
  • Young
Yano3:49
4."Sennen Roman" ((千年浪漫, "Millennium Romance"))Yukinojo MoriJoey CarboneShirō Sagisu5:03
5."Yūwaku no Machi de" ((誘惑の街で, "In the City of Temptation"))PantaMasayuki KuzuguchiN. Inoue4:50
Total length:22:04
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Morning Call" (Mōningu Kōru (モーニング・コール))Mayumi HaraKuzuguchi
  • N. Inoue
  • Hitoshi Haba
4:34
2."Rhetorica" (Retorika (レトリカ))Hitoshi ShinoharaToshiyuki SekiguchiSagisu4:17
3."Beach Drive" (Bīchi Doraibu (ビーチ・ドライブ))Masao UrinoSuzukiJun Satō4:00
4."Kinō Yori Kagayaite" ((昨日より輝いて, "Shining Brighter Than Yesterday"))PantaPantaSatō4:40
5."You're My Life (Album Mix)" (Yua Mai Raifu (ユア・マイ・ライフ (YOU’RE MY LIFE) ~ALBUM MIX~))
ChristianYano4:05
Total length:21:38
2010 bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
11."Shōnan Heartbreak" (Shōnan Hātobureiku (湘南ハートブレイク))UrinoYūji ŌtaguroYano3:55
12."Koishikute" ((恋しくて, "I Miss You"))Keiko AsōTetsuji HayashiMotoki Funayama4:03
13."You're My Life"
  • Urino
  • Christian
ChristianYano3:57
14."Pink Sapphire" (Pinku Safaia (ピンク・サファイア))Yoshiko MiuraKeiju IshikawaYano4:02
15."You're My Life" (Version II)
  • Urino
  • Christian
ChristianAtsushi Onozawa4:46
16."This Girl"AsōYoshimasa InoueRyō Yonemitsu4:24
17."Under the Boardwalk" (New Version)
  • Resnick
  • Young
  • Sakata
  • Resnick
  • Young
 3:51
18."Kinō Yori Kagayaite" (New Version)PantaPanta 4:42
Total length:33:43

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] 12

References

  1. ^ "Album Discography". Yōko Oginome Official Website. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  2. ^ "FAIR TENSION+8 | 荻野目洋子". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  3. ^ "荻野目洋子 / FAIR TENSION[+8] [デジパック仕様] [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  4. ^ "Fair Tension | 荻野目洋子". Rising Production. Archived from the original on 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  5. ^ a b "CD-RIDER | 荻野目洋子". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  6. ^ "荻野目洋子". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-06-23.