Oiro Naoshi
| Change (Oiro Naoshi) | ||||
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| Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima | ||||
| Released | April 17, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | Hitokuchizaka and Epicurus Studios (except backing track for "Kamome wa Kamome" recorded at Ishibashi Memorial Hall) | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, Kayokyoku | |||
| Length | 38:09 | |||
| Label | Canyon Records/AARD-VARK, Yamaha Music Communications | |||
| Miyuki Nakajima chronology | ||||
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Change (御色なおし Oiro Naoshi) is the 12th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima. It was released in April 1985. The album comprises nine tracks originally written for other singers, including "Kamome wa Kamome" which has been known as one of the signature songs for Naoko Ken and "Sparrow (Suzume)" which became the sole top-ten charting solo single for ex-Pink Lady Keiko Masuda.
Track listing
All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima, except the music of "Bibou no Miyako" composed by Kyouhei Tsutsumi
Side one
| No. | Title | Original performer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hitoripocchi de Odorasete (ひとりぽっちで踊らせて)" (arranged by Chito Kawauchi) | Naoko Ken | 4:48 |
| 2. | "Sparrow (すずめ Suzume)" (arranged by Nobutaka Tsugei) | Keiko Masuda | 4:40 |
| 3. | "Saiai (最愛)" (arranged by Nobutaka Tsugei) | Yoshie Kashiwabara | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Farewell Chimes (さよならの鐘 Sayonara no Kane)" (arranged by Michio Yamashita and Crystal King) | Graciela Susana | 4:57 |
Side two
| No. | Title | Original performer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Sea and the Jewels (海と宝石 Umi to Houseki)" (Album version, arranged by Nobutaka Tsugei) | Keiko Matsuzaka | 2:45 |
| 2. | "Camouflage (カム・フラージュ Kamufuraju)" (arranged by Chito Kawauchi) | Yoshie Kashiwabara | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Tabako (煙草)" (arranged by Michio Yamashita and Crystal King) | Yuko Kotegawa | 3:33 |
| 4. | "Bibou no Miyako (美貌の都)" (arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto) | Hiromi Go | 4:40 |
| 5. | "Kamome wa Kamome (かもめはかもめ)" (arranged by Kuni Kawauchi) | Naoko Ken | 4:15 |
Personnel
Kai Band
- Yoshihiro Kai - guitars, backing vocals
- Nobukazu Omori - guitars
- Hideo Matsufuji - drums
- Ichiro Tanaka - guitars
Sentimental City Romance
- Nobutaka Tsugei - E. Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion & Chorus
- Fumio Kondo - drums
- Yutaka Hosoi - keyboards, chorus
- Tokuo Nakano - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, chorus
- Kiyoshi Hisada - electric bass, chorus
Crystal King
- Katsumasa "Monsieur" Yoshizaki - percussion, chorus
- Masayuki Tanaka - chorus
- Kimiharu Nakamura - piano
- Hiromi Imakiire - keyboards
- Michio Yamashita - electric guitars
- Hidetoshi Nomoto - electric bass
- Kazuyoshi Takagi - drums
Additional musicians
- Yasuo Tomikura - electric bass
- Tsugutoshi Goto - electric bass, electric guitar
- Haruo Togashi - piano, keyboards
- Elton Nagata - keyboards
- Kuni Kawauchi - pipe organ
- Hideki Matsutake - synthsizer programming
- Shigeo Fuchino - saxophone
- Kiyoshi Saito - saxophone
- Pecker - percussion
- Hideo Yamaki - drums
- Maeda Strings - strings
Production
- Composer, Lyricist, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima (credited in association with Airando)
- Composer for "Bibou no Miyako": Kyohei Tsutsumi
- Arrangers: Chito Kawauchi (on M1,6), Nobutaka Tsugei (on M2,3,5), Michio Yamashita and Crystal King (on M4,7), Tsugutoshi Goto (on M8),Kuni Kawauchi (on M9)
- Recording Director: Yoshio Okujima
- Director: Yuzo Watanabe
- Art Director: Jin Tamura
- Designer: Hirofumi Arai
- Costume Designer: Kazumi Yamase
- Manager: Osamu Tsuchiya
- Executive Producer: Genichi Kawakami
- Special Thanks: Ken Okugawa
Mixed at the TAKE ONE and Epicurus Studios, Tokyo, Japan
Chart positions
| Year | Country | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Japan | Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)[1] | 1 | 14 | 338,000 |
| Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) | 1 | 19 | |||
Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | April 17, 1985 | Audio cassette | Pony | 28P-6416 |
| Canyon Records | LP | C25A-0404 | ||
| April 21, 1985 | CD | D32A-0073 | ||
| March 1, 1985 | LP | C32A-0406 | ||
| March 21, 1989 | Pony Canyon | CD | D35A-0464 | |
| May 21, 1990 | PCCA-00081 | |||
| April 18, 2001 | Yamaha Music Communications | YCCW-00015 | ||
| October 1, 2008 | YCCW-10064 | |||
References
- ↑ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 24, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
| Preceded by Bitter and Sweet by Akina Nakamori |
Japanese Oricon LP Chart number-one album April 23 - April 29, 1985 (one week) |
Succeeded by Tan Tan Tanuki (Soundtrack) by Various Artists |
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