Miyuki Nakajima (album)

Miyuki Nakajima (中島みゆき, Nakajima Miyuki) is the eponymous album by the Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1988.

Miyuki Nakajima
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released	March 16, 1988
Recorded	1987, at the Peninsula, Wonder Station, Music Inn, Sound Inn, Hitokuchizaka
Genre	Folk rock
Length	48:55
Label	Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK
Producer	Kazuo Shiina Miyuki Nakajima　(credited to "miss M.")
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
36.5°C (1986) Miyuki Nakajima (1988) Goodbye Girl (1988)

Her 15th studio album features two songs released as a single, "Gokigen Ikaga" and "Kamen". The former was used in the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications' TV ad starring by Nakajima, aired c. 1995. The latter was co-written by Yoshihiro Kai, a frontman of the Kai Band.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, unless otherwise noted.

Side one

All songs arranged by Kazuo Shiina (except "Doro wa Furishikiru" arranged by Joe Hisaishi)

1. "Wangan 24-Ji (湾岸24時)" – 6:31
2. "Gokigen Ikaga (御機嫌如何)" – 4:14
3. "High Summer Waves (土用波, Doyounami)" – 4:29
4. "Doro wa Furishikiru (泥は降りしきる)" – 4:11
5. "Musician (ミュージシャン, Myūjishan)" – 5:00

Side two

All songs arranged by Kazuo Shiina (except "Cleansing Cream" arranged by Joe Hisaishi)

1. "Kiiroi Inu (黄色い犬)" – 7:31
2. "Kamen (仮面)" (Nakajima, Yoshihiro Kai) - 5:34
3. "Cleansing Cream (クレンジング クリーム, Kurenjingu kurīmu)" – 6:50
4. "Rolling (ローリング, Rōringu)" – 4:35

Personnel

• Kōki Itō - bass guitar
• Hitoshi Watanabe - bass guitar
• Chūei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar
• Kenji Kitajima - electric guitar
• Hideo Saito - electric guitar
• Takayuki Hijikata - electric guitar
• Kazuo Shiina - electric guitar, synthesizer
• Joe Hisaishi - synthesizer
• Yasuharu Nakanishi - piano
• Katsuhiko Kamizuna - hammond organ
• Jake H Conception - saxophone
• Jun Aoyama - drums
• Motoya Hamaguchi - percussion
• Kazuyo Sugimoto - backing vocals
• Yuiko Tsubokura - backing vocals
• Eve - backing vocals
• Kazuhito Murata - backing vocals
• Keisuke Yamamoto - backing vocals
• Joey McCoy - backing vocals
• Michael Wilson - backing vocals
• Miyuki Nakajima - lead vocal, backing vocals
• Keiji Azami - dulcimer
• Takashi Asahi - quena
• Aska Kaneko Group - strings
• Yūichi Tomaru - computer programming
• Yukari Hashimoto - computer programming

Production

• Producer and Arranger: Kazuo Shiina
• Arranger: Joe Hisaishi (on "Doro wa Furishikiru" and "Cleansing Cream")
• Composer, Lyricist, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima (occasionally credit to "miss M" in association with Airando)
• Mixing Engineer: Larry Alexander
• Digitally mastering: Ted Jensen (at the Stering Sound, NYC)
• Engineer: Yasuo Satō, Takeshi Itō, Hiroshi "Pin" Satō, Masayoshi Ohkawa, Keishi Ikeda, Shun'ichi Yokoyama
• Assistant Engineer: Steve Boyer, Masato Tobisawa, Tōru Okitsu, Kazuyoshi Inoue, Hiroki Iijima, Tsuneharu Manda
• Photographer and Art Director: Jin Tamura
• Designer: Hirofumi Arai
• Visual Coordinator: Norio Murai, Meg Maruyama
• Music Coordinator: Takashi Kimura, Fumio Miyata
• Production Coordinator: Shizu Orishige
• Disc Promotor: Yoshio Kan, Seiki Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Yamauchi
• Artist Management: Kohji Suzuki, Mizuho "Sranky" Shirato
• General Management: Takahiro "Woody" Uno
• A&R: Yūzō Watanabe
• Special Advice: Yoshihiro Kai
• DAD: Genichi Kawakami

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position	Sales
Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)	3	160,000+

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number
Japan	March 16, 1988	Pony Canyon	LP	C28A-0625
			audio cassette	28P-6783
			CD	D32A-0351
	March 21, 1989			D35A-0467
	May 21, 1990			PCCA-00084
	November 21, 2001	Yamaha Music Communications		YCCW-00018
	November 5, 2008			YCCW-10067