Mellow (Miho Nakayama album)

Mellow
Mellow
Studio album by Miho Nakayama
Released	June 10, 1992
Recorded	1992
Genre	J-pop; pop rock; R&B; dance-pop;
Length	56:57
Language	Japanese
Label	King Records
Producer	Miho Nakayama; Masato Osumi;
Miho Nakayama chronology
Singles from Mellow
	"Mellow"; Released: April 1, 1992;

Mellow (メロウ, Merou) is the 14th studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on June 10, 1992, it features the single "Mellow". The album was co-produced by Nakayama and recorded in Los Angeles. She wrote majority of the album's songs; both under her real name and her pseudonym "Issaque" (一咲, Issaku). A limited edition release included a mini photo book featuring pictures taken during the Los Angeles recording sessions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The album peaked at No. 3 on Oricon's albums chart. It also sold over 140,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAJ.^[4]^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Mellow"	Issaque	Yoshimasa Inoue	Y. Inoue	5:50
2.	"Arukinasai." ((あるきなさい。, "Come On."))	Miho Nakayama	Yūsuke Asada	Asada	6:03
3.	"Yukkuri My Love" ((ゆっくりMy Love, "Slowly My Love"))	Nakayama	Masaya Ozeki	Nittoku Inoue	5:18
4.	"Platinum Cat"	Issaque	Y. Inoue	Y. Inoue	5:50
5.	"Silent"	Nakayama	Chiho Kiyooka	Yoshio Tsuru	5:02
6.	"Wasurenakute mo Ii ja Nai" ((忘れなくてもいいじゃない, "You Don't Have to Forget"))	Chiharu Akahoshi Nakayama	Ozeki	Hiroshi Shinkawa	4:44
7.	"Shakunetsu no Kokoro" ((灼熱の心, "Burning Heart"))	Mika Watanabe Nakayama	Watanabe	N. Inoue	5:43
8.	"Hanashi wo Kiite" ((はなしをきいて, "Listen to the Story"))	Nakayama	Joey Carbone Jeff Caruthers	Hiroshi Narumi Makio Tada	5:54
9.	"Kiss Kiss Kiss"	Nakayama	Narumi Tada	Narumi Tada	4:54
10.	"Treasure"	Yui Nishiwaki	Nishiwaki Yōko Orihara	Nobuo Ariga	5:51
11.	"Mellow [CM Version]"	Issaque	Y. Inoue	Y. Inoue	1:48
Total length:					56:57

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	3

Certification


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[6]	Gold	200,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "中山美穂". Idol.ne.jp. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
^ "中山美穂 / メロウ [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
^ "Mellow | 中山美穂". Mora. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
^ ^a ^b "Mellow | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
^ "中山美穂". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
^ "Japanese certifications – 中山美穂 – Mellow" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-08-07. Select 1992年7月 on the drop-down menu

External links

Official website
Mellow at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
Mellow at Discogs

[1] "中山美穂". Idol.ne.jp. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-07.

[2] "中山美穂 / メロウ [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-07.

[3] "Mellow | 中山美穂". Mora. Retrieved 2021-08-07.

[Oricon-4] "Mellow | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-07.

[Yamachan-5] "中山美穂". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-07.

[RIAJ-6] "Japanese certifications – 中山美穂 – Mellow" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-08-07. Select 1992年7月 on the drop-down menu

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