Ringetsu
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{{Infobox album
| name = Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
| type = studio
| artist = Miyuki Nakajima
| cover = Ringetsu album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 5, 1981
| recorded = Epicurus Studio, Hitokuchizaka Studio, Media Studio
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = J-pop (folk, kayokyoku)
| length = 45:29
| label = Canyon/AARD-VARK
| producer = Miyuki Nakajima
| prev_title = Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Kansuigyo
| next_year = 1982
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
| type = studio
| single1 = Hitori Jouzu
| single1date = October 21, 1980
| single2 = Ashita Tenki ni Nare
| single2date = March 21, 1981
}}
}}
{{nihongo|Month of Parturition|臨月|Ringetsu}} is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1981.
The album features "Hitori Jouzu", a song released as a lead single in October 1980 and became her second top-ten hit on the Japanese Oricon (since her 1977 chart-topper "The Parting Song").
Month of Parturition topped the Japanese albums chart for two weeks, and marked the number-six on the country's year-end chart of 1981.{{cite web|url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/nenkan1981_a.html|title=Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – 1981 Oricon Year-end Albums|language=Japanese|accessdate=May 24, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20071115021311/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/nenkan1981_a.html|archivedate=November 15, 2007}} Also in December 1981, the album received honor of winning the 23rd Japan Record Awards for "Album Best 10", a category acclaimed the ten most magnificent long-playing records.
Along with a follow-up Kansuigyo released in the following year, Month of Parturition has been one of her best-selling non-compilation albums to date, selling over 590,000 copies.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.
=Side one=
- "{{nihongo|Ashita Tenki ni Nare|あした天気になれ}}" – 3:19
- "{{nihongo|Anata ga Umi wo Miteiru Uchi ni|あなたが海を見ているうちに}}" – 5:42
- "{{nihongo|Self Portrait in Two Mirrors|あわせ鏡|Awase Kagami}}" – 5:13
- "{{nihongo|Hitori Jouzu|ひとり上手( lit., Having Been Accustomed to Solitude) }}" – 4:12
- "{{nihongo|Snow|雪|Yuki}}" – 4:55
=Side two=
- "{{nihongo|Bus Dōri|バス通り|Basu Dōri}}" – 4:18
- "{{nihongo|Friendship|友情|Yūjou}}" – 6:56
- "{{nihongo|Seijin Sedai|成人世代|}}" – 4:06
- "{{nihongo|Nocturne|夜曲|Yakyoku}}" – 6:48
Personnel
- Miyuki Nakajima – Vocals
- Masaki Matsubara – electric guitar
- Takashi Ozaki – electric guitar
- Ken Yashima – electric guitar
- Shigeru Suzuki – electric guitar
- Kazuo Shiina – electric guitar
- Chuei Yoshikawa – acoustic guitar
- Hiromi Yasuda – acoustic guitar
- Tsugutoshi Goto – bass guitar
- Michio Nagaoka – bass guitar
- Kenji Takamizu – bass guitar
- Ryoichi Akimoto – bass guitar
- Masataka Matsutoya – keyboards
- Haruo Togashi – keyboards
- Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards
- Maki Tashiro – keyboards
- Izumi Kobayashi – keyboards
- Nobu Saito – percussion
- Motoya Hamaguchi – percussion
- Yuki Sugawara – percussion
- Nobuo Yagi – harmonica
- Keiko Yamakawa – harp
- Jake H Conception – saxophone
- Eiji Shimamura – drums
- Yuichi Tokashiki – drums
- Tatsuo Hayashi – drums
- Yutaka Uehara – drums
Production
- Performer, composer, lyricist, producer: Miyuki Nakajima
- Arranger: Katz Hoshi (Side one #1 / Side two #3), Hiromi Yasuda (Side one #2), Masataka Matsutoya (Side one No. 3 / Side two #2,4), Mitsuo Hagita (Side one #4,5 / Side two #1)
- Recording director: Yoshio Okujima
- Director: YūZō Watanabe
- Mixing and mastering engineer: Katsuya Kuroda
- Assistant engineer: Bill Takahashi
- Photographer, art director: Jin Tamura
- Designer: Hirofumi Arai
- Management for the artist: Hiroshi Kojima, Kunio Kaneko
- Executive producer: Genichi Kawakami
- Special Thanks to Gil House People
- Mixed and Mastered at the Hitokuchizaka SIudio, Tokyo, Japan
Awards
| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| colspan=4 bgcolor="#DDDDDD" align=center | Japan Record Awards |
| align="center"|Year
!align="center"|Title !align="center"|Category !align="center"|Winner |
|---|
| align="left"|1981 (23rd)
|align="left"|Month of Parturition (Ringetsu){{cite web|url=http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1981.htm |title=History of the Japan Record Awards – List of the 23rd Award Winners|language=Japanese|accessdate=May 24, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213114532/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1981.htm|archivedate=February 13, 2012}} |align="left"|Best 10 Albums |align="left"|Miyuki Nakajima |
Chart positions
=Album=
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Album !Country !Chart !Position !Sales |
| rowspan=2|1981
|rowspan=2|Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) |rowspan=2|Japan |Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) |align="center"|1 |
| Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)
|align="center"|1 |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| Year
!Single !B-Side !Chart !Position !Sales |
|---|
| 1980
|"Hitori Jouzu" |"Kanashimi ni" |rowspan=2|Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) |align="center"|6 |
| 1981
|"Ashita Tenki ni Nare" |"Anzu Mura kara" |align="center"|25 |
See also
References
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{{Miyuki Nakajima}}
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Category:Miyuki Nakajima albums