Okaerinasai

Okaerinasai
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released November 21, 1979
Recorded Epicurus and Take One Studios, Tokyo, Japan
Genre Folk, kayokyoku
Length 44:00
Label AARD-VARK/Canyon, Yamaha Music Communications
Producer Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology

Shin-ai Naru Mono e
(1979)		 Okaerinasai
(1979)		 Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
(1980)

Okaerinasai (おかえりなさい) is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 1979.

The album contains the cover versions of the songs Nakajima composed for other singers, including five top-40 hit singles—"Abayo" sung by Naoko Ken (topped the chart in 1976), "Shiawase Shibai" and "Oikakete Yokohama" recorded by Junko Sakurada (reached #3 and #11 on the chart from in 1977-78, respectively), "If I Could Take to the Sky" performed by Tokiko Kato (peaked at #14 in 1978), and "Ame..." by Rumiko Koyanagi (reached #25 in 1978).[1][2][3][4] It also features a song "Rouge" which was initially issued as the title track on Naomi Chiaki's album issued in 1977.　It was later widely recognized around the Asian countries, because of the cover version interpreted by Faye Wong on her album Coming Home in 1992.

Okaerinasai peaked at #2 on the Japanese Oricon LP chart and became one of her most commercially successful album, selling in excess of 530,000 copies while it was entering there.

Track listing

All songs composed by Miyuki Nakajima, except the lyrics of "Yomaigoto" written by Yu Aku

Side one

No. TitleOriginal performer Length
1. "Abayo (あばよ)" (arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto)Naoko Ken 6:13
2. "Kami (髪)" (arranged by Shun Fukui)Graciela Susana 3:43
3. "Sayonara wo Tsutaete (サヨナラを伝えて)" (arranged by Shigeru Suzuki)Naoko Ken 3:27
4. "Shiawase Shibai (しあわせ芝居)" (arranged by Shigeru Suzuki)Junko Sakurada 3:55
5. "Rain... (雨･･･ Ame...)" (arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto)Rumiko Koyanagi 5:41

Side two

No. TitleOriginal performer Length
1. "If I Could Take to the Sky (この空を飛べたら Kono Sora wo Tobetara)" (arranged by Shigeru Suzuki)Tokiko Kato 5:14
2. "Yomaigoto (世迷い言)" (arranged by Osamu Tozuka)Mimi Hiyoshi 3:33
3. "Rouge (ルージュ Rūju)" (arranged by Osamu Tozuka)Naomi Chiaki 4:33
4. "Oikakete Yokohama (追いかけてヨコハマ)" (arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto)Junko Sakurada 4:03
5. "Tsuyogari wa Yose yo (強がりはよせヨ)" (arranged by Shun Fukui)Naoko Ken 3:38

Personnel

Production

Chart positions

Year Country Chart Position Weeks Sales
1979-80 Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)[5] 2 33 533,000
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 3 32

References

  1. ↑ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Naoko Ken" (in Japanese). 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  2. ↑ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Junko Sakurada" (in Japanese). 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  3. ↑ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Tokiko Kato" (in Japanese). 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  4. ↑ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Rumiko Koyanagi" (in Japanese). 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  5. ↑ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2009-09-18.