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is the third studio album from Yuki Saito, released on October 21, 1986 by Canyon Records. It reached #2 on the Oricon charts. The original LP release contained ten songs, though the CD released at the same time had two additional songs: "Aozora no Kakera" and "Yubiwa Monogatari", both from the "Aozora no Kakera" single release earlier that year. ==History== ''Chime'' was released on LP, cassette, and CD on October 21, 1986 by Canyon Records. The original LP and cassette releases contained ten songs each, and the CD contained two additional songs: "Aozora no Kakera" and "Yubiwa Monogatari", both from the "Aozora no Kakera" single release earlier that year. The LP and cassette album contain one song released previously as a single, and the CD contains three. All three contain an additional nine songs not previously released as singles. The album reached #2 on the Oricon charts and sold 267,000 copies. reached #3 on the Oricon charts, #6 on The Best Ten chart, and #19 by Oricon in overall sales for singles in 1986.〔 The site references ''Single Chart-Book Complete Edition 1968-2005'', by Oricon Entertainment. April 25, 2006. ISBN 4871310760 (ISBN 9784871310765).〕 It was used as the first theme song for the 1986 Fuji TV anime television series ''Maison Ikkoku''. It was also used as an image song for the "Morning Fresh" line of shampoos and styling products from Shiseido.〔〔The cover of the single gives the following information just to the right of the title: CX-TV系放映「めそん一刻」主題歌 新星堂「モーニングフレッシュ」イメージ・ソング, which translates to "CX-TV Network televised ''Maison Ikkoku'', Shinseido 'Morning Fresh' image song".〕 (with B-side ) reached #1 on the Oricon charts and #3 on The Best Ten chart. It was used in commercials for the Axia brand of cassette tapes from Fujifilm in Japan.〔 ''Chime'' has been rereleased twice since the original release in 1985. It was released as a "Gold CD" on March 21, 1989 (catalog #D35A-0478), and in a special paper jacket packaging and remastered high quality (or "HQ") CD on August 5, 2009 (catalog #PCCA-50132).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chime (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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