Uta de Shika Ienai

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Uta de Shika Ienai
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released October 23, 1991
Recorded Burnish Stone, Sound Valley, Victor, Onkio Haus, Epicurus, and Studio ULTIMO
Genre Folk rock
Length 69:45
Label Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK, Yamaha Music Communications
Producer Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology

Yoru wo Yuke
(1990)		 Utadeshika Ienai'
(1991)		 East Asia
(1992)

Uta de Shika Ienai (歌でしか言えない) is the 19th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 1991.

The album features remix version of "Tokyo Maigo", a song released as a less successful lead single in June 1991. Gospelesque "Odayaka na Jidai" is a remake version of a song that she originally contributed for the news program News Station aired on TV Asahi in the mid 1980s. "Ta-Wa-Wa" features horn sections that played by the members of a group Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra who were still not famous at that time.

Backing tracks of the songs like "Nagisa e" and "Minami Sanjou" were mostly recorded with North American session musicians including Abe Laboriel, Paulinho da Costa and Dean Parks. In addition to such musicians, Rita Coolidge participated in "Odayaka na Jidai" as one of the backing vocalists. Since Uta de shika Ienai album, Nakajima came to appoint those distinguished players for her recording.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except horn arrangement of "Ta-Wa-Wa" by Masahiko Kitahara, strings arrangement of "Sapporo Snowy" by Mitsuo Hagita).

  1. "C.Q." – 7:55
  2. "Odayaka na Jidai (おだやかな時代)" – 7:10
  3. "Tokyo Maigo (トーキョー迷子)" [Album Mix] – 5:08
  4. "Maybe" – 6:19
  5. "Nagisa e (渚へ)" – 6:10
  6. "Eikyū Ketsuban (永久欠番)" – 6:56
  7. "Waratteyo Angel (笑ってよエンジェル)" – 5:15
  8. "Ta-Wa-Wa (た・わ・わ)" – 4:50
  9. "Sapporo Snowy (サッポロSNOWY)" – 5:40
  10. "Minami Sanjou (南三条)" – 7:32
  11. "Honō to Mizu (炎と水)" – 6:49

Personnel

  • Tsuyoshi Kon - Electric guitar, pedal-Steel Guitar, slide guitar
  • Shigeru Suzuki - Electric guitar
  • Paul Jackson, Jr. - Electric guitar
  • Chuei Yoshikawa - Acoustic Guitar, flat mandolin
  • Dean Parks - Acoustic Guitar
  • Abraham Laboriel - Electric bass
  • Yasuo Tomikura - Electric bass
  • Chiharu Mikuzuki - Electric bass
  • Kenji Takamizu - Electric bass
  • Nobu Saito - Percussion
  • Paulinho da Costa - Percussion
  • John Robinson - Drums
  • Hideo Yamaki - Drums
  • Eiji Shimamura - Drums
  • Elton Nagata - Keyboards
  • Nobuo Kurata - Piano, keyboards, synth bass
  • Ryoichi Kuniyoshi - Keyboards, synth bass
  • Joe Group - Strings
  • Nobuhiko Nakayama - Computer programming
  • Keishi Urata - Computer programming, drum programming, synth percussion
  • Tatsuhiko Mori - Computer programming, drum programming
  • Ichizo Seo - Computer programming, drum programming, synth percussion, keyboards, piano, background vocals
  • Ska Para Horns
    • Masahiko Kitahara - Trombone, horn arrangement
    • Nargo (credited to Kimiyoshi Nagoya) - Trumpet
    • Gamou - Tenor sax
  • Toshihiko Furumura - Tenor sax
  • Yasuhiro Kido - Background vocals
  • Kiyoshi Hiyama - Background vocals
  • Yuiko Tsubokura - Background vocals
  • Kazuyo Sugimoto - Background vocals
  • Maxi Anderson - Background vocals
  • Clydene Jackson - Background vocals
  • Carmen Twillie - Background vocals
  • Monalisa Young - Background vocals
  • Varelie Kashimura - Background vocals
  • Joey Diggs - Background vocals
  • David Lasley - Background vocals
  • Arnold McCuller - Background vocals
  • Fred White - Background vocals
  • Rita Coolidge - Background vocals


Chart positions

Year Chart Position Weeks Sales Certification
(RIAJ)
1991 Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)[1][2] 4(CDDA) 9 197,000+[3] Platinum
47 (APO-CD) 1

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog number
Japan October 23, 1991 Pony Canyon CD PCCA-00311
APO-CD PCCA-00315
Audio cassette PCTA-00105
May 23, 2001 Yamaha Music Communications CD YCCW-00022
November 5, 2008 YCCW-10071

References

  1. ↑ 中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "(Highest position and charting weeks)". oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. Retrieved September 17, 2009. 
  2. ↑ 中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "(Highest position and charting weeks)". oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. Retrieved September 17, 2009. 
  3. ↑ a-中島みゆき "- Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). December 30, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2009. 
Miyuki Nakajima
Studio albums
Live and other albums
  • Utagoyomi
  • Live at Sony Pictures Studios in L.A.
  • Utatabi: Miyuki Nakajima Concert Tour 2007
Notable compilations
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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