Anri
Anri (杏里), real name Eiko Kawashima (川嶋栄子, Kawashima Eiko) (born August 31, 1961), is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, born in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
History
She has written much of her own music as well as singing songs written by others such as her debut release Oribia o Kikinagara, by Amii Ozaki. Her song "Cat's Eye" was used as the first opening theme for the eponymous 1983 anime series Cat's Eye and debuted as #1 on Countdown Japan. It was one of the first J-pop songs used as an anime theme song, and it was included in a recent Dance Dance Revolution game. Her popularly increased following her appearance at the Red and White New Year's Music Special at the end of that same year.
Other hit songs include Summer Candles and Dolphin Ring, both of which became standard songs played at Japanese wedding and receptions. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Anri's albums were bestsellers. She is often cited as being one of the first Japanese singers to fuse Britain and American music into j-pop. She has highly successful tours—one with attendance of almost 100,000—and toured Hawaii for the first time in 1987. She was given a boost by singing the closing theme for the 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano. In 2002, she began collaborating with jazz fusion guitarist Lee Ritenour who produced her 2002 LP "Smooth Jam - Quiet Storm".
Anri (given name)
Anri is both a masculine given name and a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
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ALBUMS
- Kosmoraum released: 2011
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ALBUMS
- ANRI the BEST released: 2000
- MOONLIT SUMMER TALES released: 1998
- TWIN SOUL released: 1997
- Angel Whisper released: 1996
- 16th Summer Breeze released: 1994
- ½ & ½ released: 1993
- MOANA LANI released: 1992
- MY FAVORITE SONGS 2 released: 1991
- NEUTRAL released: 1991
- MIND CRUISIN' released: 1990
- CIRCUIT of RAINBOW released: 1989
- Love Songs released: 1988
- BOOGIE WOOGIE MAINLAND released: 1988
- meditation released: 1987
- Summer Farewells released: 1987
- MYSTIQUE released: 1986
- WAVE released: 1985
- COOOL released: 1984
- TIMELY!! released: 1983
- Feelin' released: 1979
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Stations
by: Joe HenryBring me the head of John the Baptist
show it round and shine
his cloudy, marble, crossed and final eyes
once more into mine.
Give me a leg up high enough
to see beyond this wall,
to be the first to see the victors take the gate
or to be the last one so fall.
I said, “I meant a world of good”
and she said, “I wouldn't doubt it”
standing where she was,
she kissed the back of my head;
I said, “we could make the woods”
but she said, “how ‘bout it —
let's sleep and let them
find us here instead.”
Every time I catch a good sang
wouldn't you know — the station starts to fade,
but every step I've ever taken
has brought me in time just to hear it slip away.
Bring me the head of John the Baptist
show it round and shine
his cloudy, marble, crossed and final eyes