Welcome to the Edge (album)

Welcome To The Edge is an album by Billie Hughes. The title track, "Welcome To The Edge", also known by the Japanese song title "Todokanu Omoi", is the hit single from the album and became the #1 International Single of the Year in Japan in 1992.[1] All the songs are written by Billie Hughes and Roxanne Seeman with the exception of two songs with additional writers.[2][3] "Welcome To The Edge" was released by Pony Canyon in Japan in 1991.[4][5]

Welcome To The Edge
Studio album by
Billie Hughes
Released1991
RecordedGlass Sea Studio, Los Angeles
GenrePop
LabelPony Canyon Inc. (Noa Noa Music / Glass Sea Music)
ProducerBillie Hughes, Roxanne Seeman

Two songs from "Welcome To The Edge", "Welcome To The Edge" aka "Todokanu Omoi" and "Dreamlove", appeared in Fuji Television primetime TV drama series. "Welcome To The Edge" sold over 120,000 copies in Japan.[6]

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.

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][7]

  • 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
    • Except: the song "Welcome To The Edge": Keyboards & Programming – Chuck Wild, Guitars – Jimmy Haun; the song "The Blue Line": Bass – Marcus Miller
  • All songs recorded and mixed by – Billie Hughes, Glass Sea Studio
    • Except: the song "Welcome To The Edge": Tracking: Hollywood Studio; the song "The Blue Line": Vocals recorded by – Peter Lewis, Mixed by – Peter Lewis
  • 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. CD Album: Billie Hughes - Welcome To The Edge (1991), retrieved 2017-06-27
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