Paradise Cafe

For the Paradise Café TV series, see Paradise Café (TV series).
Paradise Cafe
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released October 18, 1996
Recorded Ocean Way, Encore, Woodstock Karuizawa, and Burnish Stone
Genre Folk rock, pop
Length 57:20
Label Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK
Producer Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Daiginjō
(1996)		 Paradise Cafe
(1996)		 Be Like My Child (Watashi no Kodomo ni Narinasai)
(1998)

Paradise Cafe (パラダイス・カフェ Paradaisu Kafe)" is the 23rd studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 1996. The album includes a new recording of her 1995 chart-topping hit "Wanderer's Song", and also features her own interpretation of "Lie to Me Eternally" which was originally written for Long Time No See album recorded by Takuro Yoshida.

Following massive success of a single "Wanderer's Song" which sold over 1 million units, Paradise Cafe immediately gained Platinum award by the RIAJ for shipments of over 400,000 copies. However, the album itself apparently sold beneath expectations, staying briefly on charts and selling approximately 200,000 units in total.

Track listing

  1. "Wanderer's Song (旅人のうた Tabibito no Uta)" [2nd ver.] – 5:02
  2. "Legend (伝説 Densetsu)" – 4:45
  3. "Lie to Me Eternally (永遠の嘘をついてくれ Eien no Uso wo Tsuitekure)" – 6:00
  4. "Leave Me Alone, Please" – 5:10
  5. "This is Not Love (それは愛ではない Sore wa Ai dewa Nai)" – 4:15
  6. "Untamed Cat (なつかない猫 Natsukanai Neko)" – 4:42
  7. "Singles Bar" – 5:54
  8. "Blue Generation (蒼い時代 Aoi Jidai)" – 3:47
  9. "It's Only Love (たかが愛 Takaga Ai)" – 5:45
  10. "Under the Screw Pine Tree (阿檀の木の下で Adan no Ki no Shita de)" – 6:39
  11. "Paradise Cafe " – 5:21

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1996) Position
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[1] 7
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[2] 20 dagger

dagger: Limited edition issued on APO-CD

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Japanese Albums Chart[3] 167

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Japan (RIAJ)[4] Platinum 207,000[3]

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "パラダイス・カフェ／中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [(Highest position and charting weeks for Paradise Cafe (Standard Edition) by Miyuki Nakajima)]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  2. ↑ "パラダイス・カフェ／中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [(Highest position and charting weeks for Paradise Cafe (APO-CD) by Miyuki Nakajima)]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  3. 1 2 Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  4. ↑ "RIAJ > The Record > December 1996 > Certified Awards (October 1996)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-01-02.
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