is the album by the Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1988.
Her 15th studio album features two songs released as a single, "Gokigen Ikaga" and "Kamen". The former was used in the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications' TV ad starring by Nakajima, aired c. 1995. The latter was co-written by Yoshihiro Kai, a frontman of the Kai Band.
Track listing All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, unless otherwise noted.
Side one All songs arranged by Kazuo Shiina (except "Doro wa Furishikiru" arranged by Joe Hisaishi) "" – 6:31 "" – 4:14 "" – 4:29 "" – 4:11 "" – 5:00
Side two All songs arranged by Kazuo Shiina (except "Cleansing Cream" arranged by Joe Hisaishi) "" – 7:31 "" (Nakajima, Yoshihiro Kai) - 5:34 "" – 6:50 "" – 4:35
Personnel Kōki Itō - bass guitar Hitoshi Watanabe - bass guitar Chūei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar Kenji Kitajima - electric guitar Hideo Saito - electric guitar Takayuki Hijikata - electric guitar Kazuo Shiina - electric guitar, synthesizer Joe Hisaishi - synthesizer Yasuharu Nakanishi - piano Katsuhiko Kamizuna - hammond organ Jake H Conception - saxophone Jun Aoyama - drums Motoya Hamaguchi - percussion Kazuyo Sugimoto - backing vocals Yuiko Tsubokura - backing vocals Eve - backing vocals Kazuhito Murata - backing vocals Keisuke Yamamoto - backing vocals Joey McCoy - backing vocals Michael Wilson - backing vocals Miyuki Nakajima - lead vocal, backing vocals Keiji Azami - dulcimer Takashi Asahi - quena Aska Kaneko Group - strings Yūichi Tomaru - computer programming Yukari Hashimoto - computer programming
Production Producer and Arranger: Kazuo Shiina Arranger: Joe Hisaishi (on "Doro wa Furishikiru" and "Cleansing Cream") Composer, Lyricist, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima (occasionally credit to "miss M" in association with Airando) Mixing Engineer: Larry Alexander Digitally mastering: Ted Jensen (at the Stering Sound, NYC) Engineer: Yasuo Satō, Takeshi Itō, Hiroshi "Pin" Satō, Masayoshi Ohkawa, Keishi Ikeda, Shun'ichi Yokoyama Assistant Engineer: Steve Boyer, Masato Tobisawa, Tōru Okitsu, Kazuyoshi Inoue, Hiroki Iijima, Tsuneharu Manda Photographer and Art Director: Jin Tamura Designer: Hirofumi Arai Visual Coordinator: Norio Murai, Meg Maruyama Music Coordinator: Takashi Kimura, Fumio Miyata Production Coordinator: Shizu Orishige Disc Promotor: Yoshio Kan, Seiki Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Yamauchi Artist Management: Kohji Suzuki, Mizuho "Sranky" Shirato General Management: Takahiro "Woody" Uno A&R: Yūzō Watanabe Special Advice: Yoshihiro Kai DAD: Genichi Kawakami
Charts Chart (1988)PeakpositionSalesJapan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)3160,000+
Release history Country Date Label Format Catalog numberJapanMarch 16, 1988Pony CanyonLPC28A-0625audio cassette28P-6783CDD32A-0351March 21, 1989D35A-0467May 21, 1990PCCA-00084November 21, 2001Yamaha Music CommunicationsYCCW-00018November 5, 2008YCCW-10067
See also 1988 in Japanese music
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