: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)
- "{{nihongo|Wangan 24-Ji|湾岸24時|}}" – 6:31
- "{{nihongo|Gokigen Ikaga|御機嫌如何|}}" – 4:14
- "{{nihongo|High Summer Waves|土用波|Doyounami}}" – 4:29
- "{{nihongo|Doro wa Furishikiru|泥は降りしきる|}}" – 4:11
- "{{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)
- "{{nihongo|Kiiroi Inu|黄色い犬|}}" – 7:31
- "{{nihongo|Kamen|仮面|}}" (Nakajima, Yoshihiro Kai) - 5:34
- "{{nihongo|Cleansing Cream|クレンジング クリーム|Kurenjingu kurīmu}}" – 6:50
- "{{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 !Sales |
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)
|align=center|3 |align=center|160,000+ |
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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