Miyuki Nakajima (album)

Miyuki Nakajima
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released	March 16, 1988
Recorded	1987, at the Peninsula, Wonder Station, Music Inn, Sound Inn, Hitokuchizaka
Genre	Arena rock, folk rock
Length	48:55
Label	Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK
Producer	Kazuo Shiina Miyuki Nakajima　(credited to "miss M.")
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
36.5°C (1986) Miyuki Nakajima (1988) Goodbye Girl (1988)

Miyuki Nakajima (中島みゆき, Nakajima Miyuki^?) is the eponymous album by the Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1988.

Her 15th studio album features two songs released as a single, "Gokigen Ikaga" and "Kamen". The former was used in the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications' TV ad starring by Nakajima, aired circa 1995. The latter was co-written by Yoshihiro Kai, a frontman of the Kai Band.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Chart positions 5 Release history

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, unless otherwise noted.

Side one

All songs arranged by Kazuo Shiina (except "Doro wa Furishikiru" arranged by Joe Hisaishi)

1. "Wangan 24-Ji (湾岸24時^?)" – 6:31
2. "Gokigen Ikaga (御機嫌如何^?)" – 4:14
3. "High Summer Waves (土用波, Doyounami^?)" – 4:29
4. "Doro wa Furishikiru (泥は降りしきる^?)" – 4:11
5. "Musician (ミュージシャン, Myūjishan^?)" – 5:00

Side two

All songs arranged by Kazuo Shiina (except "Cleansing Cream" arranged by Joe Hisaishi)

1. "Kiiroi Inu (黄色い犬^?)" – 7:31
2. "Kamen (仮面^?)" (Nakajima, Yoshihiro Kai) - 5:34
3. "Cleansing Cream (クレンジング クリーム, Kurenjingu kurīmu^?)" – 6:50
4. "Rolling (ローリング, Rōringu^?)" – 4:35

Personnel

• Kōki Itō - bass guitar
• Hitoshi Watanabe - bass guitar
• Chūei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar
• Kenji Kitajima - electric guitar
• Hideo Saito - electric guitar
• Takayuki Hijikata - electric guitar
• Kazuo Shiina - electric guitar, synthesizer
• Joe Hisaishi - synthesizer
• Yasuharu Nakanishi - piano
• Katsuhiko Kamizuna - hammond organ
• Jake H Conception - saxophone
• Jun Aoyama - drums
• Motoya Hamaguchi - percussion
• Kazuyo Sugimoto - backing vocals
• Yuiko Tsubokura - backing vocals
• Eve - backing vovals
• Kazuhito Murata - backing vocals
• Keisuke Yamamoto - backing vocals
• Joey McCoy - backing vocals
• Michael Wilson - backing vocals
• Miyuki Nakajima - lead vocal, backing vocals
• Keiji Azami - dulcimer
• Takashi Asahi - quena
• Aska Kaneko Group - strings
• Yūichi Tomaru - computer programming
• Yukari Hashimoto - computer programming

Production

• Producer and Arranger: Kazuo Shiina
• Arranger: Joe Hisaishi (on "Doro wa Furishikiru" and "Cleansing Cream")
• Composer, Lyricist, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima (occasionally credit to "miss M" in association with Airando)
• Mixing Engineer: Larry Alexander
• Digitally mastering: Ted Jensen (at the Stering Sound, NYC)
• Engineer: Yasuo Satō, Takeshi Itō, Hiroshi "Pin" Satō, Masayoshi Ohkawa, Keishi Ikeda, Shun'ichi Yokoyama
• Assistant Engineer: Steve Boyer, Masato Tobisawa, Tōru Okitsu, Kazuyoshi Inoue, Hiroki Iijima, Tsuneharu Manda
• Photographer and Art Director: Jin Tamura
• Designer: Hirofumi Arai
• Visual Coordinator: Norio Murai, Meg Maruyama
• Music Coordinator: Takashi Kimura, Fumio Miyata
• Production Coordinator: Shizu Orishige
• Disc Promotor: Yoshio Kan, Seiki Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Yamauchi
• Artist Management: Kohji Suzuki, Mizuho "Sranky" Shirato
• General Management: Takahiro "Woody" Uno
• A&R: Yūzō Watanabe
• Special Advice: Yoshihiro Kai
• DAD: Genichi Kawakami

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position	Weeks	Sales
1988	Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)	3	10	160,000+

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number
Japan	March 16, 1988	Pony Canyon	LP	C28A-0625
			audio cassette	28P-6783
			CD	D32A-0351
	March 21, 1989			D35A-0467
	May 21, 1990			PCCA-00084
	November 21, 2001	Yamaha Music Communications		YCCW-00018
	November 5, 2008			YCCW-10067

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" Related articles Discography