Ringetsu

Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released March 5, 1981
Recorded Epicurus Studio, Hitokuchizaka Studio, Media Studio
Genre J-pop (folk, kayokyoku)
Length 45:29
Label Canyon/AARD-VARK
Producer Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
(1980)		 Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
(1981)		 Kansuigyo
(1982)
Singles from Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
  1. "Hitori Jouzu"
    Released: October 21, 1980
  2. "Ashita Tenki ni Nare"
    Released: March 21, 1981

Month of Parturition (臨月 Ringetsu?) is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1981.

The album features "Hitori Jouzu", a song released as a lead single in October 1980 and became her second top-ten hit on the Japanese Oricon (since her 1977 chart-topper "The Parting Song").

Month of Parturition topped the Japanese albums chart for two weeks, and marked the number-six on the country's year-end chart of 1981.[1] Also in December 1981, the album received honor of winning the 23rd Japan Record Awards for "Album Best 10", a category acclaimed the ten most magnificent long-playing records.

Along with a follow-up Kansuigyo released in the following year, Month of Parturition has been one of her best-selling non-compilation albums to date, selling over 590,000 copies.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.

Side one

  1. "Ashita Tenki ni Nare (あした天気になれ?)" – 3:19
  2. "Anata ga Umi wo Miteiru Uchi ni (あなたが海を見ているうちに?)" – 5:42
  3. "Self Portrait in Two Mirrors (あわせ鏡 Awase Kagami?)" – 5:13
  4. "Hitori Jouzu (ひとり上手?)" – 4:12
  5. "Yuki (雪?)" – 4:55

Side two

  1. "Bus Dōri (バス通り Basu Dōri?)" – 4:18
  2. "Yūjou (友情?)" – 6:56
  3. "Seijin Sedai (成人世代?)" – 4:06
  4. "Yakyoku (夜曲?)" – 6:48

Personnel

Production

Awards

Japan Record Awards
Year Title Category Winner
1981 (23rd) Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)[2] Best 10 Albums Miyuki Nakajima

Chart positions

Album

Year Album Country Chart Position Weeks Sales
1981 Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) 1 48 590,000[3]
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 1 33

Singles

Year Single B-Side Chart Position Weeks Sales
1980 "Hitori Jouzu" "Kanashimi ni" Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) 6 23 444,000[4]
1981 "Ashita Tenki ni Nare" "Anzu Mura kara" 25 12 79,000[4]

References

  1. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - 1981 Oricon Year-end Albums" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/nenkan1981_a.html. Retrieved 2009-05-24. 
  2. ^ Japan Composer's Association "History of the Japan Record Awards - List of the 23rd Award Winners" (in Japanese). http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1981.htm Japan Composer's Association. Retrieved 2009-05-24. 
  3. ^ "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 2009-05-24. 
  4. ^ a b "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/nakajima.html. Retrieved 2008-01-24. 
Preceded by
Thank Ai You by Masahiko Kondo		 Japanese Oricon LP Chart number-one album
March 23 - April 5, 1981 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
Heart and Soul by the Chanels
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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