Hold Me is the third album by Japanese pop-rock group Zard[1] and was released on September 2, 1992, under the Polydor label. In 1992, the album was released as a CD and cassette. In 1993, B-Gram Records re-released this album under CD format with code BGCH-1005.[2]

Hold Me
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2, 1992 (1992-09-02)
Genre
Length48:19
LabelPolydor, B-Gram
ProducerDaiko Nagato
Zard chronology
Mou Sagasanai
(1991)
Hold Me
(1992)
Yureru Omoi
(1993)
Singles from Hold Me
  1. "Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite"
    Released: 5 August 1992

Chart performance

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The album reached number two in Japan in its first week on the charts. It charted for 71 weeks and sold, in total, 1,065,000 copies.[3]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Izumi Sakai

Hold Me[4]
No.TitleMusicArrangersLength
1."Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite" (眠れない夜を抱いて)Tetsurō OdaMasao Akashi and Daisuke Ikeda4:28
2."Dareka ga Matteru" (誰かが待ってる)Seiichiro KuribayashiAkashi3:55
3."Sayonara Ienakute" (サヨナラ言えなくて)KuribayashiIkeda4:02
4."Ano Hohoemi wo Wasurenai de" (あの微笑みを忘れないで)Daria KawashimaAkashi4:26
5."Sukina you ni Odoritai no" (好きなように踊りたいの)Kazuya IzumiTakeshi Hayama4:23
6."Dangerous Tonight"KuribayashiAkashi4:13
7."Konna ni Aishite mo" (こんなに愛しても)KuribayashiAkashi5:00
8."Why Don't You Leave Me Alone"KawashimaHayama3:24
9."Ai wa Nemutteru" (愛は眠ってる)KawashimaIkeda3:39
10."Tooi Hi no Nostalgia" (遠い日のNostalgia)Eisuke MochizukiAkashi5:49
11."So Together"KawashimaAkashi5:02

In media

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  • "Ano Hohoemi wo Wasurenaide" is theme song for drama series Udemakuri Kangofu Monogatari
  • "Dareka ga Matteru" is theme song for Nihon TV program Magical Zunou Power!
  • "Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite" is ending theme f

or TV Asahi program Tonight

Chart positions

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Year Chart Position Annual sales Total sales Yearly position
1992 Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 2 536,020 1,056,130 26

References

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  1. ^ ZARD discography (in Japanese) http://wezard.net/album.html Archived 2016-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Information about actual and real code number for CD through ZARD official website (in Japanese) http://wezard.net/album_03.html Archived 2017-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Oricon rankings (in Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/26939/rank/album/
  4. ^ Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/BGCH-1005