East Asia (album)
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| Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima | ||||
| Released | October 7, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | Burnish Stone, Z'd, Sound Valley, ARC Garret, Sound Inn, Vincent, Jive, Epicurus & Westside Studio(Tokyo) Capitol Studio(Los Angeles) |
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| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 53:05 | |||
| Label | Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK, Yamaha Music Communications | |||
| Producer | Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima | |||
| Miyuki Nakajima chronology | ||||
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East Asia is the 20th studio album recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 1992.
The album features "Shallow Sleep (Asai Nemuri)", a hit single released in July 1992. Nakajima wrote the song as a theme for Shin'ai Naru Mono e, a television drama that she made guest appearance and played acting as a doctor. It peaked at #2 on the Japan's Oricon chart in summer of 1992, and became her first single that has sold more than a million copies.[1][2]
Prior to the release of the album, "Two Boats" and "Haginohara" were already performed on Yakai, the experimental theatres which she had annually performed since 1989.
"Tapestry (Ito)" is a love song Nakajima dedicated to Zenji Nakayama, a later leader of Tenrikyo who got married at that time.[3] In 1998, it was featured on the television drama Seija no Koushin and also released as a double A-Side single with "Another Name for Life". The song has become well-known through a cover version recorded by the Bank Band, a project which Kazutoshi Sakurai and Takeshi Kobayashi launched for the purpose of charity. Their interpretation featuring Sakurai's vocals was included on their 2004 Soushi Souai album.[4]
In December 1992, East Asia won the 34th Japan Record Awards for 10 Excellent Albums, the prizes conferred for ten magnificent studio albums released in that year.[5]
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "East Asia" co-arranged by David Campbell)
- "East Asia" - 6:48
- "Yabai Koi (やばい恋)" - 4:39
- "Shallow Sleep (浅い眠り Asai Nemuri)" - 5:21
- "Haginohara (萩野原)" - 6:35
- "Birth (誕生 Tanjou)" - 6:49
- "Koko ja nai Dokoka e (此処じゃない何処かへ)" - 4:49
- "Imouto ja Arumaishi (妹じゃあるまいし)" - 4:39
- "Two Boats (二隻の舟 Nisou no Fune)" - 8:12
- "Tapestry (糸 Ito)" - 5:07
[edit] Personnel
- Miyuki Nakajima - lead and backing vocals
- Hideo Yamaki - drums
- Eiji Shimamura - drums
- Jun Aoyama - drums programming
- Kenji Takamizu - electric bass
- Yasuo Tomikura - electric bass
- Chiharu Mikuzuki - electric bass
- Tsuyoshi Kon - electric guitar, pedal steel guitar
- Takayuki Hijikata - electric guitar
- Shigeru Suzuki - electric guitar
- Chuei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar
- Elton Nagata - acoustic piano, keyboards
- Yasuharu Nakanishi - acoustic piano, keyboards
- Nobuo Kurata - acoustic piano, keyboards, synth bass
- Nobu Saito - percussion
- Toshihiko Furumura - alto sax
- Joe's Group - strings
- Neko Saito Group - strings
- Syd Page Group - strings
- Keishi Urata - computer programming
- Nobuhiko Nakayama - computer programming
- Tatsuhiko Mori - computer programming
- Ichizo Seo - computer programming, backing vocals
- Yuiko Tsubokura - backing vocals, featuring vocals on "Two Boats"
- Kazuyo Sugimoto - backing vocals, featuring vocals on "Two Boats"
- Keiko Wada - backing vocals
- Yoko Yamauchi - backing vocals
- Raven Kane - backing vocals
- Julia Waters - backing vocals
- Maxine Waters - backing vocals
- Akiya - backing vocals
[edit] Production
- Recording Engineer: Tad Goto
- Additional Engineer: Takanobu Ichikawa, Ray Blair
- Assiatant Engineer: Yutaka Uematsu, Yoshiyuki Yokoyama, Hajime Nagai, Masataka Itoh, Takamasa Kido, Naomi Matsuo, Nobuhiko Nakayama, Tomotaka Takehara, Masashi Kudo, Shouji Sekine, Kenji Nakamura,Jim Gillens
- Mixing Engineer: Tad Goto, Joe Chiccarelli
- Assistant for Mixing Engineer: Tomotaka Takehara, Jamie Seyberth
- Music Coordinater: Koji Kimura, Fumio Miyata, Tomoko Takaya, Ruriko Duer
- Art Direction & Photographer: Jin Tamura
- Cover Designer: Hirofumi Arai
- Illustrator: Shigeko Kashima
- Hair and Make-Up: Noriko Izumisawa
- Artist Management: Kouji Suzuki
- Assistant: Maki Nishida
- Management Desk: Atsuko Hayashi
- General Management: Takahiro Uno
- Promoter: Tadayoshi Okamoto, Shoko Aoki. Narihiko Yoshida
- A&R: Yuzo Watanabe, Koichi Suzuki
- Assistant for the Record Producer: Tsuyoshi Ito
- Promoter for the Recording Artist: Yoshio Kan
- Dad: Genichi Kawakami
Mastering at Future Disc Systems in Los Angeles, by Tom Baker
[edit] Chart positions
[edit] Album
| Year | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales | Cetification (RIAJ) |
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| 1992 | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)[6] | 2(CDDA) | 15 | 357,000+[7] | Platinum |
| 8 (APO-CD) | 3 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales | RIAJ Certification |
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| 1992 | "Birth" (double A-Side with "Maybe") | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 13 | 7 | 69,000 | — |
| "Shallow Sleep" | 2 | 24 | 1,050,000 | 4x Platinum | ||
| 1998 | "Tapestry" (double A-Side with "Another Name for Life") | 12 | 11 | 159,000 | Gold |
[edit] Awards
| Japan Record Awards | ||
| Year | Title | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 (34th) | East Asia[5] | 10 Excellent Albums |
[edit] Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
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| Japan | October 7, 1992 | Pony Canyon | CD | PCCA-00397 |
| APO-CD | PCCA-00398 | |||
| Audio cassette | PCTA-00146 | |||
| May 23, 2001 | Yamaha Music Communications | CD | YCCW-00023 | |
| November 5, 2008 | YCCW-10072 |
[edit] References
- ^ 中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "(Highest position and charting weeks)". oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/178652/2/ 中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
- ^ s-中島みゆき "- Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). December 30, 2007. http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/nakajima.html s-中島みゆき. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
- ^ Article on Tenri Jiho. Tokyo: Tenri Jihosha Co.. April 12, 1992.
- ^ 沿志奏逢 / Bank Band｜エキサイトミュージック（音楽） "(excite review - Soushi Souai / Bank Band)" (in Japanese). excite.co.jp. excite. http://www.excite.co.jp/music/disc/4988061861777/ 沿志奏逢 / Bank Band｜エキサイトミュージック（音楽）. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
- ^ a b Japan Composer's Association "History of the Japan Record Awards - List of the 34th Award Winners" (in Japanese). http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1992.htm Japan Composer's Association. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
- ^ 中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "(Highest position and charting weeks)". oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/173089/1/ 中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
- ^ a-中島みゆき "- Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). December 30, 2007. http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html a-中島みゆき. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
