is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 1979.
Okaerinasai peaked at number two on the Japanese Oricon LP chart, and became one of her most commercially successful albums, selling over 530,000 copies.
Background The album contains self-cover versions of the songs Nakajima composed for other artists, including five top-40 hit singles—"Abayo" sung by Naoko Ken (topped the chart in 1976), "Shiawase Shibai" and "Oikakete Yokohama" recorded by Junko Sakurada (reached #3 and #11 on the chart from in 1977–78, respectively), "If I Could Take to the Sky" performed by Tokiko Kato (peaked at #14 in 1978), and "Ame..." by Rumiko Koyanagi (reached #25 in 1978). It also features the song "Rouge" which was initially issued as the title track on Naomi Chiaki's 1977 album of the same name. It was later widely recognized around the Asian countries, because of the cover version interpreted by Faye Wong on her album Coming Home in 1992.
Track listing All songs composed by Miyuki Nakajima, except the lyrics of "Yomaigoto" written by Yu Aku
Side one
Side two
Personnel Miyuki Nakajima - Lead vocal, acoustic guitar Toshiaki Usui - Acoustic guitar Hiromi Yasuda - Acoustic guitar Nobuo Tsunetomi - Acoustic guitar Yasushi Suehara - Acoustic guitar Chūei Yoshikawa - Acoustic guitar Shigeru Suzuki - Electric guitar Kimio Mizutani - Electric guitar Munemitsu Noguchi - Steel guitar Tsugotoshi Gotō - Electric bass Rei Ohara - Electric bass Shigehiro Takahashi - Electric bass Shigeaki Takebe - Electric bass Kazumi Okayama - Drums Eiji Shimamura - Drums Yūichi Togashiki - Drums Tatsuo Hayashi - Drums Nobu Saitō - Percussion Yasukazu Satō - Percussion Jun Sato - Keyboards Hiroshi Shibui - Keyboards Makiko Tashiro - Keyboards Hidetoshi Yamada - Keyboards Jake H. Conception - Saxophone Shin Kazuhara - Trumpet Eiji Arai - Trombone Sumio Okada - Trombone Yasuo Hirauchi - Trombone Masao Suzuki - Clarinet First Music - Strings Isao Kaneyama - Marimba Fumihiko Kazama - Midget Accordion Keiji Azami - Dulcimer Osamu Tozuka - Chorus Hiroshi Narumi - Chorus
Production Designer: Hirofumi Arai Disk Promoter: Yoshiki Ishikawa Recording Director: Yoshio Okujima Recording & Mixing Engineer: Yoshihiko Kaminari, Koji Sakakibara, Shoya Mizutani Manager: Hiroshi Kojima Assistant Promotion Manager: Kunio Kaneko Disk Co-ordinator: Yuzo Watanabe Costume Designer: Mihoko Kiyokawa Art Director: Jin Tamura Remixing & Mastering Engineer: Kinji Yoshino General Producer: Genichi Kawakami Special Thanks to Sailor Shinohara
Chart positions YearCountryChartPositionSales1979-80JapanOricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)2533,000Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)3
See also 1979 in Japanese music
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