Ikiteite mo Ii Desu ka

Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released April 5, 1980
Recorded Take One Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Genre Folk
Length 44:56
Label AARD-VARK/Canyon
Producer Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Okaerinasai
(1979)		 Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
(1980)		 Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
(1981)

Ikiteitemo Iidesuka (生きていてもいいですか?) is a seventh studio album by a Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in April 1980.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, except an untitled interlude composed by Tsugutoshi Goto.

Side one

All songs arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto, except "Sobaya" co-arranged by Miyuki Nakajima

  1. "Urami Masu (うらみ・ます?)" – 7:27
  2. "Nakitai Yoru ni (泣きたい夜に?)" – 4:54
  3. "Kitsune Gari no Uta (キツネ狩りの歌?)" – 4:08
  4. "Sobaya (蕎麦屋?)" – 5:09

Side two

All songs arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto, except "Ikoku" co-arranged by Miyuki Nakajima

  1. "Fune wo Dasu no Nara Kugatsu (船を出すのなら九月?)" – 5:12
  2. Untitled – 1:10
  3. "Elaine (エレーン Erēn?)" – 7:44
  4. "Ikoku (異国?)" – 9:12

Personnel

Chart positions

Year Country Chart Position Weeks Sales
1980 Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)[1] 1 27 330,000
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 1 20

Release history

Country Date Format Label Catalog number
Japan April 5, 1980 LP Canyon Records C25A-0089
Audio cassette Pony 25P-7117
March 1, 1981 LP Canyon Records C28A-0149
May 21, 1981 Audio cassette Pony 28P-6072
September 1, 1983 CD Canyon Records D35A-0018
November 5, 1986 D32A-0230
March 21, 1989 Pony Canyon D35A-0459
May 21, 1990 PCCA-00076
April 18, 2001 Yamaha Music Communications YCCW-00010
October 1, 2008 YCCW-10059

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
Tiny Bubbles by Southern All Stars		 Japanese Oricon LP Chart number-one album
April 21 - May 11, 1981 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
Roman by Chiharu Matsuyama
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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