Oiro Naoshi

Change (Oiro Naoshi)
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released April 17, 1985
Recorded Hitokuchizaka and Epicurus Studios (except backing track for "Kamome wa Kamome" recorded at Ishibashi Memorial Hall)
Genre Folk rock, Kayokyoku
Length 38:09
Label Canyon Records/AARD-VARK, Yamaha Music Communications
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
How Do You Do (Hajimemashite)-
(1984)		 Change (Oiro Naoshi)
(1985)		 miss M.
(1985)

Change (御色なおし Oiro Naoshi?) is the 12th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in April 1985. The album comprises 9 tracks originally written for other singers, including "Kamome wa Kamome" which has been 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 Keiko Masuda.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima, except the music of "Bibou no Miyako" composed by Kyouhei Tsutsumi

Side one

No. Title Original performer Length
1. "Hitoripocchi de Odorasete (ひとりぽっちで踊らせて?)" (arranged by Chito Kawauchi) Naoko Ken 4:48
2. "Sparrow (すずめ Suzume?)" (arranged by Nobutaka Tsugei) Keiko Masuda 4:40
3. "Saiai (最愛?)" (arranged by Nobutaka Tsugei) Yoshie Kashiwabara 4:19
4. "Farewell Chimes (さよならの鐘 Sayonara no Kane?)" (arranged by Michio Yamashita and Crystal King) Graciela Susana 4:57

Side two

No. Title Original performer Length
1. "The Sea and the Jewels (海と宝石 Umi to Houseki?)" (Album version, arranged by Nobutaka Tsugei) Keiko Matsuzaka 2:45
2. "Camouflage (カム・フラージュ Kamufuraju?)" (arranged by Chito Kawauchi) Yoshie Kashiwabara 4:12
3. "Tabako (煙草?)" (arranged by Michio Yamashita and Crystal King) Yuko Kotegawa 3:33
4. "Bibou no Miyako (美貌の都?)" (arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto) Hiromi Go 4:40
5. "Kamome wa Kamome (かもめはかもめ?)" (arranged by Kuni Kawauchi) Naoko Ken 4:15

Personnel

Kai Band

Sentimental City Romance

Crystal King

Additional musicians

Production

Mixed at the TAKE ONE and Epicurus Studios, Tokyo, Japan

Chart positions

Year Country Chart Position Weeks Sales
1985 Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)[1] 1 14 338,000
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 1 19

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog number
Japan April 17, 1985 Audio cassette Pony 28P-6416
Canyon Records LP C25A-0404
April 21, 1985 CD D32A-0073
March 1, 1985 LP C32A-0406
March 21, 1989 Pony Canyon CD D35A-0464
May 21, 1990 PCCA-00081
April 18, 2001 Yamaha Music Communications YCCW-00015
October 1, 2008 YCCW-10064

References

  1. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html. Retrieved 2008-01-24. 
Preceded by
Bitter and Sweet by Akina Nakamori		 Japanese Oricon LP Chart number-one album
April 23 - April 29, 1985 (one week)		 Succeeded by
Tan Tan Tanuki (Soundtrack) by Various Artists
Miyuki Nakajima
Studio albums
Watashi no Koe ga Kikoemasuka · Minna Itte Shimatta · A Ri Ga To U · Aishiteiru to Ittekure · Shin-ai Naru Mono e · Okaerinasai · Ikiteitemo Iidesuka · Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) · Kansuigyo · Hunch (Yokan) · How Do You Do (Hajimemashite) · Change (Oironaoshi) · miss M. · 36.5°C · Miyuki Nakajima · Goodbye Girl · Kaikinetsu · Yoru wo Yuke · Utadeshika Ienai · East Asia · Jidai: Time Goes Around · Love or Nothing · 10 Wings · Paradise Cafe · Be Like My Child (Watashi no Kodomo ni Narinasai) · Sun: Wings · Moon: Wings · Short Stories (Tanpenshū) · Lullaby for the Soul (Kokoromoriuta) · Otogibanashi: Fairy Ring · Koibumi (Love Letter) · Ima no Kimochi · Ten-Sei · Lullaby Singer · I Love You, Do You Hear Me? · Drama! · Midnight Zoo · From the Icy Reaches
Live and other albums
Utagoyomi · Live at Sony Pictures Studios in L.A. · Utatabi: Miyuki Nakajima Concert Tour 2007
Notable compilations
Singles · Singles II · Daiginjō · Daiginmaku (Starring) · Singles 2000
Videos
A Film of Nakajima Miyuki · Yakai 1990 · Yakai Vol.3 Kan-Tan · Yakai Vol.4 Kinkanshoku · Yakai Vol.5 "Hana no Iro wa Utsuri ni keri na Itazura ni Waga Mi Yo ni Furu Nagame Seshi Ma ni" · Yakai Vol.6 "Shangri-La" · Yakai Vol.7 "2/2" · Film of Nakajima Miyuki II · Yakai Vol.8 "Tou On'na" · Yakai Vol.10 "Kaishou" · The Film of Nakajima Miyuki · Yakai no Kiseki 1989-2002 · Yakai Vol.14 "24-ji Chaku 0-ji Hatsu" · Utahime: Live in L.A." · Nakajima Miyuki Live at Sony Pictures Studios in L.A." · Utatabi: Miyuki Nakajima Concert Tour 2007
Notable hit singles
"Time Goes Around" · "The Parting Song" · "Akujo" · "Shallow Sleep" · "Between the Sky and You" · "Wanderer's Song" · "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)"/"Headlight Taillight"
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