is a cover album by the Irish pop group

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. Released on 21 September 1991 exclusively in Japan by

Teichiku Records is a Japanese record label, run by , that specializes in enka, kayōkyoku, and similar music. Teichiku is an abbreviation for , the former name of the company. Teichiku Entertainment also runs the record labels Imperial Records, Takumi Note, ...

, the album consists of 12 English-language covers of popular

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songs from the 1970s and 1980s. The title track, a cover of

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's "

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", was released as a single. The album peaked at No. 99 on

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's albums chart and sold over 3,000 copies.

Track listing

All English lyrics are written by

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and Des Dyer except track 1 by M. Jordan.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tidal Wave 1991 albums The Nolans albums Covers albums Teichiku Records albums