is the 12th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima. It was released in April 1985. The album comprises nine tracks originally written for other singers, including "Kamome wa Kamome," which is known as one of the signature songs for Naoko Ken, and "Sparrow (Suzume)", which became the sole top-ten charting solo single for ex-Pink Lady member Keiko Masuda.
Track listing All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima, except the music of "Bibou no Miyako" composed by Kyouhei Tsutsumi
Side one
Side two
Personnel Kai Band Yoshihiro Kai – guitars, backing vocals Nobukazu Omori – guitars Hideo Matsufuji – drums Ichiro Tanaka – guitars
Sentimental City Romance Nobutaka Tsugei – E. Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion & Chorus Fumio Kondo – drums Yutaka Hosoi – keyboards, chorus Tokuo Nakano – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, chorus Kiyoshi Hisada – electric bass, chorus
Crystal King Katsumasa "Monsieur" Yoshizaki – percussion, chorus Masayuki Tanaka – chorus Kimiharu Nakamura – piano Hiromi Imakiire – keyboards Michio Yamashita – electric guitars Hidetoshi Nomoto – electric bass Kazuyoshi Takagi – drums
Additional musicians Yasuo Tomikura – electric bass Tsugutoshi Goto – electric bass, electric guitar Haruo Togashi – piano, keyboards Elton Nagata – keyboards Kuni Kawauchi – pipe organ Hideki Matsutake – synthesizer programming Shigeo Fuchino – saxophone Kiyoshi Saito – saxophone Pecker – percussion Hideo Yamaki – drums Maeda Strings – strings
Production Composer, lyricist, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima (credited in association with Airando) Composer for "Bibou no Miyako": Kyohei Tsutsumi Arrangers: Chito Kawauchi (on M1,6), Nobutaka Tsugei (on M2,3,5), Michio Yamashita and Crystal King (on M4,7), Tsugutoshi Goto (on M8), Kuni Kawauchi (on M9) Recording Director: Yoshio Okujima Director: Yuzo Watanabe Art Director: Jin Tamura Designer: Hirofumi Arai Costume Designer: Kazumi Yamase Manager: Osamu Tsuchiya Executive Producer: Genichi Kawakami Special Thanks: Ken Okugawa Mixed at the TAKE ONE and Epicurus Studios, Tokyo, Japan
Chart positions YearCountryChartPositionSales1985JapanOricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)1338,000Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)1
Release history Country Date Label Format Catalog numberJapanApril 17, 1985Audio cassettePony 28P-6416Canyon RecordsLPC25A-0404April 21, 1985CDD32A-0073March 1, 1985LPC32A-0406March 21, 1989Pony CanyonCDD35A-0464May 21, 1990PCCA-00081April 18, 2001Yamaha Music CommunicationsYCCW-00015October 1, 2008YCCW-10064
See also 1985 in Japanese music
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