:Miyuki Nakajima (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Miyuki Nakajima

| type = Album

| artist = Miyuki Nakajima

| cover = MNeponymous.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 16, 1988

| recorded = 1987, at the Peninsula, Wonder Station, Music Inn, Sound Inn, Hitokuchizaka

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Folk rock

| length = 48:55

| label = Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK

| producer = Kazuo Shiina
Miyuki Nakajima (credited to "miss M.")

| prev_title = 36.5°C

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Goodbye Girl

| next_year = 1988

}}

{{nihongo|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 c. 1995. The latter was co-written by Yoshihiro Kai, a frontman of the Kai Band.

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. "{{nihongo|Wangan 24-Ji|湾岸24時|}}" – 6:31
  2. "{{nihongo|Gokigen Ikaga|御機嫌如何|}}" – 4:14
  3. "{{nihongo|High Summer Waves|土用波|Doyounami}}" – 4:29
  4. "{{nihongo|Doro wa Furishikiru|泥は降りしきる|}}" – 4:11
  5. "{{nihongo|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. "{{nihongo|Kiiroi Inu|黄色い犬|}}" – 7:31
  2. "{{nihongo|Kamen|仮面|}}" (Nakajima, Yoshihiro Kai) - 5:34
  3. "{{nihongo|Cleansing Cream|クレンジング クリーム|Kurenjingu kurīmu}}" – 6:50
  4. "{{nihongo|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 vocals
  • 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

Charts

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!Chart (1988)

!Peak
position

!Sales

Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)

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Release history

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! Country

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog number

rowspan="7"|Japan

| rowspan="3"|March 16, 1988

| rowspan="5"|Pony Canyon

|LP

|C28A-0625

audio cassette

|28P-6783

rowspan="5"|CD

|D32A-0351

March 21, 1989

|D35A-0467

May 21, 1990

|PCCA-00084

November 21, 2001

| rowspan="2"|Yamaha Music Communications

|YCCW-00018

November 5, 2008

|YCCW-10067

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Category:Miyuki Nakajima albums

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