D404ME
{{Infobox album
| name = D404ME
| type = album
| artist = Akina Nakamori
| cover = File:D404ME_(album_cover).jpg
| alt =
| released = 10 August 1985
| recorded = 1985
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|kayōkyoku}}
| length = 43:09
| language = Japanese
| label = Warner Pioneer
| producer =
| prev_title = Bitter and Sweet
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Best
| next_year = 1986
| misc = {{Singles
| name = D404ME
| type = studio
| single1 = Meu amor é...
| single1date = 8 March 1985
}}
}}
{{nihongo4|D404ME|ディー・よんぜろよん・エムイー|Dī Yon Zero Yon Emu Ī}} is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on 10 August 1985 under the Warner Pioneer label. The album includes renewed version of the smash hit "Meu amor é...".
Background
D404ME is the second studio album released in 1985, four months after her previous studio album Bitter and Sweet. The initial number and letters from the album means {{nihongo4|"Dashi Oshimi"|出し惜しみ||lit. "Unwilling"}}.shi is another way how to spell number 4 in Japanese language (the most used one is yon instead of shi), O can be seen and 0 and includes "mi" is a written pronunciation of "me"{{Cite book|author=Motohiro Ukaino|date=2006-07-20|title=Hotwax presents Kaiyoukyoku Meikyoku Meiban Guide 1980's|publisher=SHINKO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT |pages=65–68|isbn=440175106X}}
The music production team consist a various big hit makers during 80's period such as Aska from duo Chage and Aska, Joe Hisaishi, Takashi Tsushimi, Kiyoshiro Imawano from rock band RC Succession, Taeko Ohnuki or Tsugutoshi Gotō.{{cite web|title=D404ME (中森明菜 ) - Warner Music Japan|url=http://www.wmg.jp/artist/akina/WPCL000010284.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302101505/http://www.wmg.jp/artist/akina/WPCL000010284.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-03-02|website=wmg.jp}}{{cite web|title=中森明菜 D404ME|url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/1140004927|website=cdjournal.com}}
In the earlier editions of newsletter from Nakamori's fanclub Milkyway, was included prototype version of lyrics of "Nocturne" and "Blue Ocean".（1985）Nakamori Akina Fanclub「Milky House」Newsletter Ken-On
Promotion
=Single=
It consists of one previously released single, "Meu amor é..." The single has received the highest claimed musical award in the 27th Japan Record Awards in 1985.{{Cite book|author=Club House|date=1998-11-01|title=Oricon No.1 HITS 500 1968〜1985 (Part 1) Oricon Chart No.1 Hit Songs|publisher=Club House|pages=215、267頁|isbn=4906496121}} The album version has subtitle New Re-mix version and includes renewed arrangement. The intro begins with the sound of acoustic instruments, while the original version starts with the heavy orchestral instrumentation. The original version of Mi Amore was included in the second compilation album "Best" in 1986.
Following studio albums for four years doesn't include any promotion single, instead they include completely new recorded album tracks.
Stage performances
Endless, Allegro Vivace, Nocturne, Mona Lisa and Blue Ocean were performed in Nakamori's live tour Light and Shade in 1986. As of 2023, it doesn't exist a live footage neither it was broadcast in the TV.
None of the original album tracks (aside of original version of Mi Amore) hasn't been performed in the television music programs.
Chart performance
The album reached number 1 on the Oricon Album Weekly Charts. LP Record version charted 28 weeks, Cassette tape version debuted on number 1 as well and charted 36 weeks and sold over 651,100 copies. The album remained at number 7 on the Oricon Album Yearly Charts in 1985.{{cite book |title=Oricon Album Chart Book Complete Edition 1970-2005 |date=25 April 2006 |publisher=オリコン・マーケティング・プロモーション |isbn=4871310779 |pages=3, 455–457, 883}} As result, in the December 1985 it was nominated in 27th Japan Record Awards and won title The Album of the Year.{{cite web|title=優秀アルバム賞「D404ME」（ワーナー・パイオニア） 歌手：中森明菜|url=http://www.jacompa.or.jp/reco27.html|website=JACOMPA.JP|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=2019-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103072747/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/reco27.html|url-status=dead}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline =
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Endless
| lyrics1 = Ikki Matsumoto
| music1 = Taeko Ohnuki
| extra1 = Akira Inoue
| length1 = 4:23
| title2 = Nocturne
| lyrics2 = Aska
| music2 = Aska
| extra2 = AKAGUY
| length2 = 4:21
| title3 = Allegro Vivace
| lyrics3 = Yoshiko Miura
| music3 = Tsugutoshi Gotō
| extra3 = Gotō
| length3 = 5:02
| title4 = Kanashii Romance
| lyrics4 = Eiko Kyo
| music4 = Takashi Tsushimi
| extra4 = Satoshi Nakamura
| length4 = 4:15
| title5 = Pierce
| lyrics5 = Fumiko Okada
| music5 = Yukihide Takekawa
| extra5 = Nakamura
| length5 = 4:02
| title6 = Blue Ocean
| lyrics6 = Reiko Yukawa
| music6 = NobodyNobody is a Japanese rock band which debuted in 1981
| extra6 = Joe Hisaishi
| length6 = 4:01
| title7 = Magnetic Love
| lyrics7 = Epo
| music7 = Ohnuki
| extra7 = Nobuyuki Shimizu
| length7 = 3:38
| title8 = Star Pilot
| lyrics8 = Tetsuya Chiaki
| music8 = Kiyoshiro Imawano
| extra8 = Gotō
| length8 = 4:04
| title9 = Monalisa
| lyrics9 = Ichiko Takehana
| music9 = Gotō
| extra9 = Gotō
| length9 = 5:18
| title10 = Meu amor é... (New Remix Version)
| lyrics10 = Chinfa Kan
| music10 = Naoya Matsuoka
| extra10 = Matsuoka
| length10 = 4:18
| all_writing =
}}
{{track listing
| headline = 2023 remaster issue
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| total_length =
| title11 = Meu amor é... (Single Version)
| lyrics11 = Chinfa Kan
| music11 = Naoya Matsuoka
| extra11 = Matsuoka
| length11 = 3:53
| title12 = Lonely Journey
| lyrics12 = Epo
| music12 = Epo
| extra12 = Nobuyuki Shimizu
| length12 = 4:54
}}
Notes:
- "Endless," "Blue Ocean" and "Star Pilot" are stylised in all uppercase.
Covers
=Meu amor é=
- Naoya Matsuoka, original composed of the song released instrumental cover in 1985 album ONE LAST FAREWELL〜Naoya Matsuoka best selection. The song was reprised as a bonus track on the compilation album "Venus wo Sagase" in 1994.
- Nana Katase covered song as her fifth single, released on March 10, 2004, by Avex Trax as the lead single from her second album Extended.
- Karyudo covered the song as single released in 1996.{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/1296070446 |title=狩人 / ミ・アモーレ(Meu amor e…) [廃盤] |website=CDJournal |access-date=2022-08-21}}{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/216122/products/207560/2/ |title=ミ・アモーレ {{!}} 狩人 |publisher=Oricon |access-date=2022-08-21}}
=Sky Pilot=
- Japanese singer from rock band RC Succession, Kiyoshiro Imawano covered Star Pilot under different title "Sky Pilot" and was released as a single on 21 November 1995.{{cite web|title=RC Succession: Heart Ace (1985)|url=https://www.universal-music.co.jp/rc-succession/products/toct-26610/|website=RC Succession Discography from Universal Japan Music}}
=Mona Lisa=
- Japanese idol-singer, Miho Nakayama covered "Mona Lisa" in her first live tour Virgin Flight in 1986.{{cite web|title=中山美穂 / バージン・フライト / 中山美穂ファースト・コンサート|url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/virgin-flight-86-miho-nakayama-first-concert/4115072293|website=cdjournal.com}}
Release history
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Format(s) ! scope="col"| Serial number ! scope="col"| Label(s) ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 1985
| LP, CT, CD | L-12594, LKF-8094, 32XL-115 |
| 1991
| CD | WPCL-418 |
| 1996
| CD | WPC6-8189 |
| 2006
| CD, digital download | WPCL-10284 |
| 2012
| Super Audio CD, CD hybrid |WPCL-11142 |
| 2014
| CD |WPCL-11729 |
| 2018
| LP | WPJL-10096 |
| 2023
| 2CD | WPCL-13451/2 |
Notes:
- 2006 re-release includes 24-bit digitally remastered sound source
- 2012 and 2014 re-release includes subtitles in the tracks "2012 remaster"
- 2023 re-release includes lacquer remaster which includes subtitles in the tracks "2023 lacquer remaster" along with original karaoke version of the tracks
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Akina Nakamori}}
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Category:1980s Japanese-language albums