Utahime
{{Infobox album
| name = Utahime
| type = album
| artist = Akina Nakamori
| cover = File:Utahime_(Akina_Nakamori_cover_album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 24 March 1994
4 December 2002
| recorded = 1994
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Kayōkyoku
| length = 45:23
| label = MCA Victor
| language = Japanese
| producer = Akina Nakamori
| prev_title = Unbalance+Balance
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = La Alteración
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Utahime
| type = studio
| single1 = Kataomoi/Aibu
| single1date = 24 March 1994
}}
}}
Utahime (歌姫) is a covers album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on 24 March 1994, by MCA Victor. It is Nakamori's first covers album, and her only covers album to be released in the 1990s.{{cite web|title=歌姫<スペシャル・エディション> (中森明菜 ) UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN|url=https://www.universal-music.co.jp/nakamori-akina/products/umck-1150/|website=universal music}} On the same day, the promotional cover single "Kataomoi" was released.{{Cite web|url=http://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/1194050492|title=
The calligraphy on the album cover was written by Yousui Inoue.{{Cite journal|title=MUSIC TOWN|publisher=SHINSEIDO|issue=199|page=6}}
The re-printed version includes instrumental versions of the cover tracks arranged by Akira Senju. In 2002, Nakamori returned to her Utahime cover album series under Universal Music Japan.
Stage performance
In December 1994, Nakamori held a one-night "Utahime Akina Nakamori Live" show in Parco Theatre, where she performed "Aizenbashi", "Watashi wa Kaze", "Shishuuki" and "Dance wa Umaku Odorenai".{{Cite web|author=編集部|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102205622/http://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/2600070029|url=http://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/2600070029|title=
Chart performance
Utahime debuted at number 5 on the Oricon Album weekly chart, charted for nine weeks and sold over 140,500 copies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=1994&month=4&week=1&submit5.x=19&submit5.y=16|title=検索結果-ORICON STYLE アーティスト/CD検索|work=1994年04月第1週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報|publisher=オリコン|access-date=2012-04-15}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=1994&month=4&week=2&submit5.x=19&submit5.y=16|title=検索結果-ORICON STYLE アーティスト/CD検索|work=1994年04月第2週の邦楽アルバムランキング情報|publisher=オリコン|access-date=2012-04-15}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline =
| extra_column = Original performer
| total_length =
| title1 = Dance wa Umaku Odorenai (ダンスはうまく踊れない)
| extra1 = Seri Ishikawa
| length1 = 5:41
| title2 = Aizenbashi (愛染橋)
| extra2 = Momoe Yamaguchi
| length2 = 4:41
| title3 = Kataomoi (片想い)
| extra3 = Mie Nakao
| length3 = 4:43
| title4 = Shishuuki (思秋期)
| extra4 = Hiromi Iwasaki
| length4 = 4:43
| title5 = Aitakute Aitakute (逢いたくて逢いたくて)
| extra5 = Mari Sono
| length5 = 4:05
| title6 = Shuuchaku Eki (終着駅)
| extra6 = Chiyo Okumura
| length6 = 4:04
| title7 = Maho no Kagami (魔法の鏡)
| extra7 = Arai Yumi
| length7 = 4:00
| title8 = Ikigai (生きがい)
| extra8 = Saori Yuki
| length8 = 4:05
| title9 = Watashi wa Kaze (私は風)
| extra9 = Carmen Maki & Oz
| length9 = 10:09
}}
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}} |
| 1994
| CT, CD | MVCC-12, MVCD-12 | MCA |
| 2004
| 2CD | UMCK-1150/1 | UMJ |
| 2017
| 2-UHQCD | UPCH-7268/9 | UMJ |
| 2023
| 2CD | UPCY-7867/8 | UMJ |
| 2024
| 2LP | UPJY-9371/2 | UMJ |
Notes:
Since 2004 re-releases, it publishes as a 2-CD album under subtitle "Special Edition". Second disc includes instrumental versions of the tracks.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Akina Nakamori}}
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Category:1990s Japanese-language albums
Category:Akina Nakamori albums