Goodbye Girl (グッバイ ガール, Gubbai Gāru) is the 16th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 1988.
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| Released | November 16, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | Sound Valley, Z'd, Sound Inn, Vincent and Epicurus Studios | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 44:54 | |||
| Label | Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK | |||
| Producer | Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima | |||
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The album includes "Namida", her own rendition of a song Nakajima originally wrote for Kiyoshi Maekawa. The song released as a single before the album came out was the first material which was co-produced by Ichizo Seo, who has been her long-term collaborator since then.
The album debuted at number one on the Oricon Chart.
Track listing
edit- All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima.
- "Nousagi no You ni (野ウサギのように)" – 4:22
- "Fura Fura (ふらふら)" – 4:40
- "Megami" – 4:53
- "Ki ni Shinaide (気にしないで)" – 4:59
- "December (十二月, Jūnigatsu)" – 3:59
- "Tatoe Sekai ga Sora kara Ochitemo (たとえ世界が空から落ちても)" – 4:10
- "Ai Yorimo (愛よりも)" – 6:10
- "Namida (涙) -Made in Tears" – 5:08
- "Fubuki (吹雪)" – 6:33
Personnel
edit- Miyuki Nakajima – Lead and backing vocals
- Ichizo Seo – keyboards, backing vocals, computer programming
- Tsuyoshi Kon – electric guitar
- Hideo Saitō – electric guitar
- Chuei Yoshikawa – acoustic guitar
- Chiharu Mikuzuki – bass guitar
- Kenji Takamizu – bass guitar
- Yasuo Tomikura – bass guitar
- Nobuo Kurata – keyboards
- Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards
- Ken Shima – keyboards
- Elton Nagata – keyboards
- Tatsuhiko Mori – computer programming
- Keishi Urata – computer programming
- Nobuhiko Nakayama- computer programming
- Toshihiko Furumura – tenor sax
- Kazuyo Sugimoto – backing vocals
- Jun Aoyama – drums
- Hideo Yamaki – drums
- Toru Hasebe – drums
- Fairlight CMI, TR-707 – programming drums
- Tomota Group – strings
- Masatsugu Shinozaki – electric violin
Chart positions
edit| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
Sales | RIAJ Certification |
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| Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)[1] | 1 | 137,000+ | Gold |
References
edit- ^ "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved August 24, 2008.