| Heartbeat Express: Sōshun Monogatari Memorial Album | ||||
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| Released | August 5, 1986 (1986-08-05) | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
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| Length | 25:39 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Victor | |||
| Producer | Tamio Komuro | |||
| Yōko Oginome chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Heartbeat Express: Sōshun Monogatari Memorial Album | ||||
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Heartbeat Express: Sōshun Monogatari Memorial Album (ハートビート・エクスプレス ～早春物語メモリアル・アルバム～, Hātobīto Ekusupuresu: Sōshun Monogatari Memoriaru Arubamu, Heartbeat Express: Early Spring Story Memorial Album) is an EP by Japanese singer Yōko Oginome. Released through Victor Entertainment on August 5, 1986, the EP served as the soundtrack to the TBS drama series Sōshun Monogatari: Watashi, Otona ni Narimasu (早春物語〜私、大人になります〜, Early Spring Story: I Will Be an Adult), which starred Oginome as the lead character Hitomi Okino (沖野 瞳, Okino Hitomi). It was reissued on March 24, 2010 with nine bonus tracks as part of Oginome's 25th anniversary celebration.[1][2][3][4]
The EP peaked at No. 4 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 42,000 copies.[5][6]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Dance Beat wa Yoake made" (Dansu Bīto wa Yoake made (Dance Beatは夜明けまで, "Dance Beat Until Dawn")) | Hiromi Mori | Nobody | Akira Nishihira | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Pandora no Namida" ((パンドラの涙, "Pandora's Tears")) | Masumi Kawamura | Tetsuya Furumoto | Motoki Funayama | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Rain -Natsu wo Tsuresaru Ame-" ((rain夏をつれさる雨, "Rain -The Rain That Brings Summer-")) | Mori | Hiroya Watanabe | Watanabe | 3:53 |
| Total length: | 11:38 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 4. | "Velvet no Itazura" (Berubetto no Itazura (ベルベットの悪戯, "Velvet Mischief")) | Kawamura | Watanabe | Watanabe | 4:12 |
| 5. | "Hito Natsu dake no Tenshi" ((ひと夏だけの天使, "An Angel Only For One Summer")) | Fumiko Okada | Watanabe | Masaaki Ōmura | 4:56 |
| 6. | "After My Heart Beats" (Afutā Mai Hātobītsu (アフター・マイ・ハートビーツ)) | Kawamura | Nobody | Nishihira | 4:51 |
| Total length: | 14:00 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 7. | "Romantic Odyssey" (Romantikku Odessei (ロマンティック・オデッセイ)) | Mori | Ginji Itō | Itō | 4:12 |
| 8. | "Dance Beat wa Yoake made -In Sevilla-" (Dansu Bīto wa Yoake made -In Sebīria (Dance Beatは夜明けまで -in セビーリア-, "Dance Beat Until Dawn -In Sevilla-")) | Mori | Nobody | Nishihira | 4:01 |
| 9. | "I Love You wo Ienai Mama ni" ((I Love Youを言えないままに, "Without Saying I Love You")) | Mai Arai | Arai | Mitsuo Hagita | 5:11 |
| 10. | "Skyway wo Mitsumete" (Sukaiuei wo Mitsumete (Skywayを見つめて, "Staring at the Skyway")) | Arai | Arai | Hagita | 5:23 |
| 11. | "Kegareta Kutsu no Initial" (Kegareta Kutsu no Inisharu (汚れた靴のイニシャル, "Initials of Dirty Shoes")) | Gorō Matsui | Kōji Tamaki |
| 4:21 |
| 12. | "Omoide ni wa Hayasugiru" ((想い出には早すぎる, "Too Early to Remember")) | Matsui | Tamaki |
| 3:46 |
| 13. | "Main Theme" (Mein Tēma (メインテーマ)) | Akira Hayasaka | Shinji Harada | Hideharu Mori | 3:51 |
| 14. | "Rock My Love" | Yumi Yoshimoto | Kōji Makaino | Makaino | 4:33 |
| 15. | "More More Shiawase" (Moa Moa Shiawase (MORE MORE しあわせ, "More More Happiness")) | Kawamura | Mark Davis | Inoue Brothers | 4:57 |
| Total length: | 40:19 | ||||
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] | 4 |
