Shaker (Akina Nakamori album)

It consists of two previously released singles.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/106645/s/|title=JBOOK:SHAKER:中森明菜:CD|publisher=文教堂|accessdate=2012-04-10}}{{cite web|title=Discography (中森明菜 ) - Alteranet|url=http://www.meix-net.or.jp/~akina/disco2.html#albums|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990223182912/http://www.meix-net.or.jp/~akina/disco2.html#albums|url-status=dead|archive-date=1999-02-23|website=meix-net.jp}}

"Moonlight Shadow: Tsuki ni Hoero" is the thirty-third single written and produced by Tetsuya Komuro. It was released on 7 August 1996, her only single to be released in that year. It includes renewed arrangement with the slower intro start. The original version was included re-printed version of album, Shaker+3 and compilation album Utahime Densetsu: 90's Best under the Universal Music label.{{cite web|title=中森明菜 / 歌姫伝説～90's BEST～ [3CD+DVD] [限定]|url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/4108010677|website=cdjournal.com}}{{cite web|title=歌姫伝説~'90s BEST [初回限定盤]|url=https://www.universal-music.co.jp/nakamori-akina/products/umck-9196/|website=UMJ.jp}} The single debuted at number 14 on the Oricon Single Weekly Charts.

"Appetite" is the thirty-fourth single written by Uki. It was released on 21 February 1997, it was her only single to be released in that year. It includes renewed arrangement with the heavy sound of the synthesizer in the beginning, instead of the original bass sound. The original version was included re-printed version of album, Shaker+3 and compilation albums Utahime Densetsu: 90's Best and All Time Best: Original. The single debuted at number 46 on the Oricon Single Weekly Charts and become final single to be released under MCA Records label.

The album tracks "Tsuki ha Aoku", "Mangetsu", "Biyaku", "Yoru no Nioi", "Oishii Mizu" and "Akai Bara ga Yureta" has been performed once in the live tour Felicidad in 1997.

"Appetite" and "Moonlight Shadow" has been performed in the live tour Felicidad and Spoon in 1998, 'Music Fiesta in 2002 and The Last Destination in 2006.

The album reached at number 14 on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart charted for the 5 consecutive weeks with the sales of 43,600 copies.{{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}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=1997&month=3&week=5&submit5.x=14&submit5.y=15|title=検索結果-ORICON STYLE アーティスト/CD検索|publisher=オリコン|accessdate=2012-04-11}} During its re-release in 2023, it debut at number 91 on the Billboard Japan´s Album Weekly Charts. {{cite web|url=https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2023&month=06&day=12|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums: Week of June 7, 2023|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=June 7, 2023}}

{{track listing

| headline = Shaker track listing

| extra_column = Arranger(s)

| total_length =

| title1 = Mangetsu (満月)

| lyrics1 = Sho Saegusa

| music1 = Kazuhisa Yamaguchi

| extra1 = Yamaguchi, Sumi Kazuhiro

| length1 = 5:28

| title2 = Spicy Heart

| lyrics2 = Ryo Mama

| music2 = Toshihide Uno

| extra2 = Shouhei Narabe

| length2 = 4:11

| title3 = Yoru no Nioi (夜の匂い)

| lyrics3 = Mariko Okabe

| music3 = Hirofumi Asamoto

| extra3 = Asamoto

| length3 = 4:48

| title4 = Oishii Mizu (おいしい水)

| lyrics4 = Okabe

| music4 = Asamoto

| extra4 = Asamoto

| length4 = 5:37

| title5 = Moonlight Shadow: Tsuki ni Hoero (月に吠えろ)

| note5 = album mix

| lyrics5 = Toshihiko Takamizawa

| music5 = Tetsuya Komuro

| extra5 = Komuro

| length5 = 5:33

| title6 = Akai Bara ga Yureta (赤い薔薇が揺れた)

| lyrics6 = Seriko Natsuno

| music6 = Miki Watanabe

| extra6 = Shingo Tamaki

| length6 = 4:58

| title7 = Appetite: Horror Plants Benjamin

| lyrics7 = Natsuno

| music7 = U-ki

| extra7 = U-ki

| length7 = 5:01

| title8 = Yume Miruyouni Nemuritai (夢みるように眠りたい)

| lyrics8 = Okabe

| music8 = Hitoshi Chizawa

| extra8 = Itaru Sakota

| length8 = 4:06

| title9 = Biyaku (桜)

| lyrics9 = Natsuno

| music9 = U-ki

| extra9 = U-ki

| length9 = 4:57

| title10 = Kaze wo Dakishimete (風を抱き締めて)

| lyrics10 = Yuuko Matsuzaki

| music10 = Masanori Shimada

| extra10 = Shimada

| length10 = 5:36

| title11 = Tsuki wa Aoku (月は青く)

| lyrics11 = Okabe

| music11 = Toshikazu Noda

| extra11 = Tamaki

| length11 = 5:13

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Shaker+3

| extra_column = Arranger(s)

| total_length =

| title12 = Moonlight Shadow

| lyrics12 = Takamizawa

| music12 = Komuro

| extra12 = Komuro

| length12 = 5:10

| title13 = Appetite

| lyrics13 = Natsuno

| music13 = U-ki

| extra13 = U-ki

| length13 = 5:18

| title14 = Sweet Suspicion

| lyrics14 = Kanon Kuwa

| music14 = Chizawa

| extra14 = Sakota

| length14 = 4:53

}}

Notes:

• Re-releases since 2002 always includes additional 3 tracks, which were not included during its the first release time.

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