Ride on Time is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released by AIR/RVC on September 19, 1980. It is best known for its title track, which was used in the television commercial for Maxell cassette tapes starring Yamashita, and released as a single in May 1980. The song became his first charting single, peaking at No. 3 on Oricon's weekly singles chart with sales of 417,000 copies. In 2003, the song was featured on the television drama Good Luck!! starring Takuya Kimura, and entered the top 20 on the chart again.
The album was released after the title track became a hit, and gained commercial success subsequently. It topped the Oricon weekly albums chart for a week in October 1980, selling more than 220,000 units.
Following the album's release, the song "My Sugar Babe" (ode to the band he formerly fronted) was issued as a single. It was featured as a theme song for the television drama Keishi-K starring and directed by Shintaro Katsu and aired on NTV in Autumn 1980. Yamashita composed the entire background music used on the TV series. The album's 2002 remastered edition includes three tracks from the soundtrack as bonus tracks.
Track listing
Personnel
Someday Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Glocken, Percussion & Background Vocals Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) & Guitar Synthesizer Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet Yoshihiro Nakagawa – Trumpet Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax Daydream Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Percussion & Background Vocals Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards Nobu Saito – Percussion Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet Yoshihiro Nakagawa – Trumpet Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax Silent Screamer Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Percussion & Background Vocals Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards Nobu Saito – Percussion Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals Ride on Time Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Percussion & Background Vocals Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax Solo Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet Yoshihiro Nakagawa – Trumpet Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax The Door into Summer Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Clavinet, Percussion & Background Vocals Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards Kenji Nakazawa – Flugelhorn Solo Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals
My Sugar Babe Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Glocken & Background Vocals Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) Toshiaki Usui – Acoustic Guitar Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards Nobu Saito – Percussion Rainy Day Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Electric Sitar, Percussion & Background Vocals Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) Hiroshi Sato – Keyboards
Clouds Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Korg Lambda Strings, Percussion & Background Vocals Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) Hiroshi Sato – Keyboards Nobu Saito – Percussion Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax Kissing Goodnight Tatsuro Yamashita – Acoustic Piano, Minimoog & Background Vocals Hiroyuki Namba – Korg PS-3100 Synthesizer Ride on Time [Single version] Tatsuro Yamashita Electric Guitar (Right), Kalimba, Percussion & Background Vocals Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax Solo Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet Yoshikazu Kishi – Trumpet Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax Interlude I & II Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right) Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards My Sugar Babe [Instrumental] Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Left) Jun Aoyama – Drums Koki Ito – Bass Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Right) Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards
Chart positions Weekly charts YearAlbumCountryChartPositionSales1980–81Ride on TimeJapanOricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)1225,000Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)42002–03Ride on Time [Expanded remaster]Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (top 300)2042,000
Year-end charts YearAlbumCountryChartPositionSales1980Ride on TimeJapanOricon Yearly Albums Chart (top 50)39184,000
Release history Country Date Label Format Catalog numberJapanSeptember 19, 1980AIR/RVC LP RAL-8501CTRAT-8501November 21, 1984CDRACD-16August 15, 1986R32A-1019March 15, 1987R28H-2805August 21, 1990RCA/BMG Victor BVCR-7005September 21, 1990BVCR-2503June 4, 1997RCA/BMG JapanBVCR-1032May 21, 1999BVCK-37010February 14, 2002RCA/BMG FunhouseBVCR-17017February 20, 2002LPBVJR-17007
See also 1980 in Japanese music
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