Seiko (album)

Seiko is the seventeenth and first internationally released studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Seiko (Seiko Matsuda). It was released on June 7, 1990, by CBS Sony, Columbia Records, and Epic Records. After gaining nationwide success in the 1980s, Matsuda took to the international market, especially the United States and the United Kingdom. She originally intended to release her first English-language studio album Sound of My Heart internationally, however, the plan was scrapped and the album was released exclusively in Hong Kong[2] and Japan to a commercial success, peaking at number two on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart.

Seiko
Studio album by
Seiko Matsuda
ReleasedJune 7, 1990 (1990-06-07)
Recorded1989-1990
Studio
Genre
Length40:16
Label
Producer
Seiko Matsuda chronology
Precious Moment
(1989)		 Seiko
(1990)		 We Are Love
(1990)
Singles from Seiko
  1. "All the Way to Heaven"
    Released: April 30, 1990
  2. "The Right Combination"
    Released: July 15, 1990
  3. "Who's That Boy"
    Released: October 1, 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Select[1]

The album has spawned three singles. The first single from the album, "All the Way to Heaven" was released on April 30, 1990. "The Right Combination" was released on July 15, 1990, as the second single. The song, which features the guest vocal by Donnie Wahlberg, a member of the boy band New Kids on the Block, has been the most internationally successful song on Matsuda's discography, charting in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Japan, as well as peaking at number fifty-four in the United States.[3] It was the first time in ten years for Japanese artists to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 since Yellow Magic Orchestra's "Computer Game" reached number sixty in 1980. The third single from the album, "Who's That Boy" was released in the United States on October 1, 1990.

Commercially, the album was a moderate success, peaking at number two in Japan and has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.

Track listing
CD, digital download
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."All the Way to Heaven"
  • Cruz
  • Jay
3:40
2."He's So Good to Me"
Maurice Starr4:14
3."Leave It Up to Fate"
3:40
4."The Right Combination" (featuring Donnie Wahlberg)
  • Cruz
  • Jay
Starr4:27
5."Goodbye My Baby"
  • Estefan
  • Teddy Mulet
  • Ostwald
  • Estefan
  • Casas
4:02
6."Who's That Boy"
Jellybean4:04
7."With Your Love"StarrStarr4:20
8."Everybody Feels Alright"Michael Morejon
  • Ostwald
  • Estefan
  • Casas
3:37
9."Halfway to Heaven"
Moroder3:40
10."Try Gettin' Over You"
Phil Ramone3:24

Charts
Chart performance for Seiko
Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 86
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] 2

References
  1. Connelly, Laura (October 1990). "Seiko: Seiko". Select. No. 4. p. 115.
  2. "Discogs".
  3. Vago, Mike; Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy; Eichel, Molly (1 February 2016). "America will love Heintje: 11 failed English-language crossovers". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 247.
  5. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 1990-6-14" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
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