is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1981.
The album features "Hitori Jouzu", a song released as a lead single in October 1980 and became her second top-ten hit on the Japanese Oricon (since her 1977 chart-topper "The Parting Song").
Month of Parturition topped the Japanese albums chart for two weeks, and marked the number-six on the country's year-end chart of 1981. Also in December 1981, the album received honor of winning the 23rd Japan Record Awards for "Album Best 10", a category acclaimed the ten most magnificent long-playing records.
Along with a follow-up Kansuigyo released in the following year, Month of Parturition has been one of her best-selling non-compilation albums to date, selling over 590,000 copies.
Track listing All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.
Side one "" – 3:19 "" – 5:42 "" – 5:13 "" – 4:12 "" – 4:55
Side two "" – 4:18 "" – 6:56 "" – 4:06 "" – 6:48
Personnel Miyuki Nakajima – Vocals Masaki Matsubara – electric guitar Takashi Ozaki – electric guitar Ken Yashima – electric guitar Shigeru Suzuki – electric guitar Kazuo Shiina – electric guitar Chuei Yoshikawa – acoustic guitar Hiromi Yasuda – acoustic guitar Tsugutoshi Goto – bass guitar Michio Nagaoka – bass guitar Kenji Takamizu – bass guitar Ryoichi Akimoto – bass guitar Masataka Matsutoya – keyboards Haruo Togashi – keyboards Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards Maki Tashiro – keyboards Izumi Kobayashi – keyboards Nobu Saito – percussion Motoya Hamaguchi – percussion Yuki Sugawara – percussion Nobuo Yagi – harmonica Keiko Yamakawa – harp Jake H Conception – saxophone Eiji Shimamura – drums Yuichi Tokashiki – drums Tatsuo Hayashi – drums Yutaka Uehara – drums
Production Performer, composer, lyricist, producer: Miyuki Nakajima Arranger: Katz Hoshi (Side one #1 / Side two #3), Hiromi Yasuda (Side one #2), Masataka Matsutoya (Side one No. 3 / Side two #2,4), Mitsuo Hagita (Side one #4,5 / Side two #1) Recording director: Yoshio Okujima Director: YūZō Watanabe Mixing and mastering engineer: Katsuya Kuroda Assistant engineer: Bill Takahashi Photographer, art director: Jin Tamura Designer: Hirofumi Arai Management for the artist: Hiroshi Kojima, Kunio Kaneko Executive producer: Genichi Kawakami Special Thanks to Gil House People Mixed and Mastered at the Hitokuchizaka SIudio, Tokyo, Japan
Awards Japan Record AwardsYearTitleCategoryWinner1981 (23rd)Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)Best 10 AlbumsMiyuki Nakajima
Chart positions Album YearAlbumCountryChartPositionSales1981Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)JapanOricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)1590,000Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)1
Singles YearSingleB-SideChartPositionSales1980"Hitori Jouzu""Kanashimi ni"Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100)6444,0001981"Ashita Tenki ni Nare""Anzu Mura kara"2579,000
See also 1981 in Japanese music
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