Ringetsu
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Month of Parturition (臨月, Ringetsu) is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1981.
The album features "Hitori Jouzu", a song released as a lead single in October 1980 and became her second top-ten hit on the Japanese Oricon (since her 1977 chart-topper "The Parting Song").
Month of Parturition topped the Japanese albums chart for two weeks, and marked the number-six on the country's year-end chart of 1981.[1] Also in December 1981, the album received honor of winning the 23rd Japan Record Awards for "Album Best 10", a category acclaimed the ten most magnificent long-playing records.
Along with a follow-up Kansuigyo released in the following year, Month of Parturition has been one of her best-selling non-compilation albums to date, selling over 590,000 copies.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.
Side one
- "Ashita Tenki ni Nare (あした天気になれ)" – 3:19
- "Anata ga Umi wo Miteiru Uchi ni (あなたが海を見ているうちに)" – 5:42
- "Self Portrait in Two Mirrors (あわせ鏡, Awase Kagami)" – 5:13
- "Hitori Jouzu (ひとり上手)" – 4:12
- "Snow (雪, Yuki)" – 4:55
Side two
- "Bus Dōri (バス通り, Basu Dōri)" – 4:18
- "Friendship (友情, Yūjou)" – 6:56
- "Seijin Sedai (成人世代)" – 4:06
- "Yakyoku (夜曲)" – 6:48
Personnel
- Miyuki Nakajima - Vocals
- Masaki Matsubara - electric guitar
- Takashi Ozaki - electric guitar
- Ken Yashima - electric guitar
- Shigeru Suzuki - elecrtic guitar
- Kazuo Shiina - elecrtic guitar
- Chuei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar
- Hiromi Yasuda - acoustic guitar
- Tsugutoshi Goto - bass guitar
- Michio Nagaoka - bass guitar
- Kenji Takamizu - bass guitar
- Ryoichi Akimoto - bass guitar
- Masataka Matsutoya - keyboards
- Haruo Togashi - keyboards
- Yasuharu Nakanishi - keyboards
- Maki Tashiro - keyboards
- Izumi Kobayashi - keyboards
- Nobu Saito - percussion
- Motoya Hamaguchi - percussion
- Yuki Sugawara - percussion
- Nobuo Yagi - harmonica
- Keiko Yamakawa - harp
- Jake H Conception - saxophone
- Eiji Shimamura - drums
- Yuichi Tokashiki - drums
- Tatsuo Hayashi - drums
- Yutaka Uehara - drums
Production
- Performer, composer, lyricist, producer: Miyuki Nakajima
- Arranger: Katz Hoshi (Side one #1 / Side two #3), Hiromi Yasuda (Side one #2), Masataka Matsutoya (Side one #3 / Side two #2,4), Mitsuo Hagita (Side one #4,5 / Side two #1)
- Recording director: Yoshio Okujima
- Director: YūZō Watanabe
- Mixing and mastering engineer: Katsuya Kuroda
- Assistant engineer: Bill Takahashi
- Photographer, art director: Jin Tamura
- Designer: Hirofumi Arai
- Management for the artist: Hiroshi Kojima, Kunio Kaneko
- Executive producer: Genichi Kawakami
- Special Thanks to Gil House People
- Mixed and Mastered at the Hitokuchizaka SIudio, Tokyo, Japan
Awards
| Japan Record Awards | |||
| Year | Title | Category | Winner |
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| 1981 (23rd) | Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)[2] | Best 10 Albums | Miyuki Nakajima |
Chart positions
Album
| Year | Album | Country | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) | Japan | Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) | 1 | 48 | 590,000[3] |
| Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) | 1 | 33 |
Singles
| Year | Single | B-Side | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "Hitori Jouzu" | "Kanashimi ni" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 6 | 23 | 444,000[4] |
| 1981 | "Ashita Tenki ni Nare" | "Anzu Mura kara" | 25 | 12 | 79,000[4] |
References
- ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - 1981 Oricon Year-end Albums" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ Japan Composer's Association "History of the Japan Record Awards - List of the 23rd Award Winners" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-05-24.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ a b "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-01-24.