Love or Nothing
Love or Nothing is the 22nd studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 1994.
Lead-off track of the album is another rendition of "Between the Sky and You" arranged by David Campbell, her biggest hit single which reached number-one on the Japanese Oricon chart. This new recording is used in Ienakiko, the sequel movie of same titled TV drama series which was featured single version of the song.
Love or Nothing debuted at the number-one on the Oricon, and became her last top-charting non-compilation album as of 2008.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizō Seo (except "Between the Sky and You", "Tenbin Bakari" and "Don't Fall Asleep" co-arranged by David Campbell.
- "Between the Sky and You (空と君のあいだに, Sora to Kimi no Aida ni?)" – 5:00
- "Mou Sanbashi ni Akari wa Tomoranai (もう桟橋に灯りは点らない?)" – 5:40
- "Bara Iro no Mirai (バラ色の未来?)" – 5:21
- "Himawari -Sunward- (ひまわり"Sunward"?)" – 5:23
- "Antenna no Machi (アンテナの街?)" – 5:23
- "Tenbin Bakari (てんびん秤?)" – 4:51
- "Ryuusei (流星?)" – 6:08
- "Yume Dattandane (夢だったんだね?)" – 5:43
- "Kaze ni Naranaika (風にならないか?)" – 4:52
- "You Never Need Me" – 8:26
- "Don't Fall Asleep (眠らないで, Nemuranaide?)" - 4:12
Personnel
- Shigeru Suzuki - Electric guitar
- Nozomi Furukawa - Electric guitar
- Tsuyoshi Kon - Electric, Electric slide, pedal steel and dobro guitars
- Chūei Yoshikawa - Nylon guitar
- Tsugutoshi Gotō - Bass guitar
- Yasuo Tomikura - Bass guitar
- Akira Okazawa - Bass guitar
- Nobuo Kurata - Acoustic Piano, Hammond B3 and keyboards
- Jun Aoyama - Drums, marching drums
- Eiji Shimamura - Drums
- Toshihiko Furumura - Tenor sax
- Bill Bergman - Tenor sax
- Don Markese - Baritone sax
- Dennis Farias - Trumpet
- Andy Martin - Trombone
- Jon Clarke - Oboe, tin whistle
- Julia Waters - Background vocals
- Maxine Waters - Background vocals
- Oren Waters - Background vocals
- EVE - Background vocals
- Monalisa Young - Background vocals
- Joseph Powell - Background vocals
- Suginami Jidou Chorus - Background vocals
- David Campbell - Strings conductor
- Joel Derouin - Strings concertmaster
- Suzie Katayama - String contractor
Production
- Producer and Arranger: Ichizo Seo
- Composer, Writer, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima
- Arranger:Nobuo Kurata, David Campbell
- Engineer: Tad Gotoh, Joe Chicarelli, Kengo Katoh
- Mixer: Hiroshi Tokunaga, Tomotaka Takehara, Mike Baumagerther
- A&R: Yuzo Watanabe, Kohichi Suzuki
- Assistant: Katsuhisa Oura, Hideki Kodera, Junichi Hohrin, Yuichi Inoue, Mitsuyoshi Kishida, Koh Yamashita, Tomoaki Satoh, Atsushi Matsui, Bino Espinozza, Randy Wine
- Assistant for Producer: Tomoo Satoh
- Artist Promotor: Yoshio Kan
- Disc Promotor: Narihiko Yoshida, Shoko Sone
- Music Coordinator - Takashi Kimura, Fumio Miyata, Tomoko Takaya, Ruriko Duer, Sam Onoda
- Photographer and Art Director: Jin Tamura
- Designer: Hirofumi Arai
- Costume: Norio Suzuki
- Hair and Make-up: Noriko Izumisawa
- Location Coordinator: Tomiki Sugimura
- Artist Management: Kohji Suzuki
- Assistant: Maki Nishida
- Management Desk: Atsuko Hayashi
- General Management: Takahiro Uno
- DAD - Genichi Kawakami
Chart positions
Year |
Chart |
Position |
Weeks |
Sales |
RIAJ Cetification |
1994 |
Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100) |
1 (CDDA) |
13 |
370,000 |
Platinum |
11 (APO-CD) |
4 |
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Studio albums |
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Live and other albums |
Utagoyomi · Live at Sony Pictures Studios in L.A. · Utatabi: Miyuki Nakajima Concert Tour 2007
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Notable compilations |
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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
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Notable hit singles |
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