Welcome to the Edge (album)

Welcome To The Edge is the second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Billie Hughes, released in Japan in 1991 by Pony Canyon . The title song "Welcome To The Edge" with the Japanese title "Todokanu Omoi"とどかぬ想い (One-Sided Love) appeared as the theme song of the Japanese Fuji TV drama I’ll Never Love Anyone Again (Mou Daremo Aisanai) (もう誰も愛さない), and became the #1 International Single of the Year in Japan in 1992.[1]

Welcome To The Edge
Studio album by
Billie Hughes
Released1991
RecordedGlass Sea Studio, Los Angeles
GenrePop
LabelPony Canyon
Producer
Billie Hughes chronology
Dream Master
(1979)		 Welcome To The Edge
(1991)

A second song from the album appeared in the Japanese Fuji TV drama In The Name of Love (Ai to lu Na no Moto ni). All of the songs were written by Billie Hughes and Roxanne Seeman with the exception of two songs with additional writers.[2][3] The album was a commercial success, selling 120,000 copies in Japan.[4][5][6][7][8]

Warner Music International released "Welcome To The Edge" in Korea and other Southeast Asian territories.

The song "Two Worlds Apart" was reworked and released by The Sisters of Mercy as Under the Gun.

Background

FujiPacific, the music publisher for Hughes and Seeman in Japan, proposed the Billie Hughes recording of Welcome To The Edge with the Satoshi Kadokura arrangement to Fuji Television as the theme for their upcoming TV drama I’ll Never Love Anyone Again (Mou Daremo Aisanai) (もう誰も愛さない). When the song was confirmed by Fuji TV, Pony Canyon Records, also part of the FujiSankei Group, released the song as a single. Hughes and Seeman had two weeks to deliver the album.[4]

The album included songs by Hughes and Seeman that appeared as love themes in U.S. television shows, Hughes' original versions of their songs recorded by artists including Bette Midler and The Sisters of Mercy, and new songs recorded in the two weeks deadline.[9][10]

Track listing
Welcome To The Edge
No.TitleLength
1."Welcome To The Edge"4:32
2."Theme from "The Edge" (Welcome To The Edge)"0:53
3."Hurricane"5:53
4."Night and Day"5:28
5."I'll See You Again"6:37
6."Two Worlds Apart"5:18
7."One Way"5:21
8."Welcome To The Edge"4:33
9."The Blue Line"4:07
10."Dreamlove"6:18
11."Wish You Were Around"6:02
12."Theme from "The Edge" (Welcome To The Edge)"3:12

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from liner notes of Welcome To The Edge (album) [3][11]

  • Produced and arranged by – Billie Hughes
  • Additional production assistance on vocals – Roxanne Seeman
  • Photography (Back Cover) – Janis Nelson
  • Art Direction – Masa Fukumoto
  • Designed by: – Yumi Kohchi (Paper Land)
  • Mastered at – Pony Canyon Inc.
  • Mastering by – Kazuya Satoh
  • All Instruments and programming performed by: Billie Hughes
  • All songs recorded and mixed by – Billie Hughes, Glass Sea Studio
    • Except: the song "Welcome To The Edge": Tracking: Hollywild Studio; the song "The Blue Line": Vocals recorded and mixed by – Peter Lewis at One on One Recording
  • Words & Music – Roxanne Seeman (Noa-Noa Music), Billie Hughes (Glass Sea Music)

References
  1. "第6回日本ゴールドディスク大賞". 日本ゴールドディスク大賞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  2. "Billie Hughes; Recorded 'Welcome to the Edge'". Los Angeles Times. 1998-07-18. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  3. Welcome to the Edge - Billie Hughes | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-11-23
  4. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1991-08-24). Billboard (PDF). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 29.
  5. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1992-08-21). Billboard (PDF). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 55.
  6. Pesselnick, Jill (1998-08-21). "Billie Hughes". Variety. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  7. Jonathan and Motoko, Clements and Tamamuro (2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. I-800656-8-7: Stone Bridge Press. p. 131.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  8. Fukatsu, Kaz (June 6, 1992). "Spotlight on Japan, TV THEMES, KARAOKE PUSH CD SINGLES PRODUCTION UP 44% IN '91," (PDF). Billboard. p. J-4.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. Night and Day - Billie Hughes | Song Info | AllMusic, retrieved 2021-05-19
  10. Night and Day - Bette Midler | Song Info | AllMusic, retrieved 2021-05-19
  11. CD Album: Billie Hughes - Welcome To The Edge (1991), retrieved 2017-06-27
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