Oiro Naoshi

Change (Oiro Naoshi)
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released April 17, 1985
Recorded Hitokuchizaka and Epicurus Studios (except backing track for "Kamome wa Kamome" recorded at Ishibashi Memorial Hall)
Genre Folk rock, Kayokyoku
Length 38:09
Label Canyon Records/AARD-VARK, Yamaha Music Communications
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
How Do You Do (Hajimemashite)-
(1984)
Change (Oiro Naoshi)
(1985)
miss M.
(1985)

Change (御色なおし Oiro Naoshi) is the 12th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in April 1985. The album comprises 9 tracks originally written for other singers, including "Kamome wa Kamome" which has been known as one of the signature songs for Naoko Ken and "Sparrow (Suzume)" which became the sole top-ten charting solo single for ex-Pink Lady Keiko Masuda.

Track listing

All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima, except the music of "Bibou no Miyako" composed by Kyouhei Tsutsumi

Side one

No. TitleOriginal performer Length
1. "Hitoripocchi de Odorasete (ひとりぽっちで踊らせて)" (arranged by Chito Kawauchi)Naoko Ken 4:48
2. "Sparrow (すずめ Suzume)" (arranged by Nobutaka Tsugei)Keiko Masuda 4:40
3. "Saiai (最愛)" (arranged by Nobutaka Tsugei)Yoshie Kashiwabara 4:19
4. "Farewell Chimes (さよならの鐘 Sayonara no Kane)" (arranged by Michio Yamashita and Crystal King)Graciela Susana 4:57

Side two

No. TitleOriginal performer Length
1. "The Sea and the Jewels (海と宝石 Umi to Houseki)" (Album version, arranged by Nobutaka Tsugei)Keiko Matsuzaka 2:45
2. "Camouflage (カム・フラージュ Kamufuraju)" (arranged by Chito Kawauchi)Yoshie Kashiwabara 4:12
3. "Tabako (煙草)" (arranged by Michio Yamashita and Crystal King)Yuko Kotegawa 3:33
4. "Bibou no Miyako (美貌の都)" (arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto)Hiromi Go 4:40
5. "Kamome wa Kamome (かもめはかもめ)" (arranged by Kuni Kawauchi)Naoko Ken 4:15

Personnel

Kai Band

Sentimental City Romance

Crystal King

Additional musicians

Production

Mixed at the TAKE ONE and Epicurus Studios, Tokyo, Japan

Chart positions

Year Country Chart Position Weeks Sales
1985 Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)[1] 1 14 338,000
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 1 19

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog number
Japan April 17, 1985 Audio cassette Pony 28P-6416
Canyon Records LP C25A-0404
April 21, 1985 CD D32A-0073
March 1, 1985 LP C32A-0406
March 21, 1989 Pony Canyon CD D35A-0464
May 21, 1990 PCCA-00081
April 18, 2001 Yamaha Music Communications YCCW-00015
October 1, 2008 YCCW-10064

References

Preceded by
Bitter and Sweet by Akina Nakamori
Japanese Oricon LP Chart number-one album
April 23 - April 29, 1985 (one week)
Succeeded by
Tan Tan Tanuki (Soundtrack) by Various Artists
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