is the 32nd studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Miyuki Nakajima

Miyuki Nakajima

is a Japanese vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, composer and radio personality. As a principal Japanese female veteran singer-songwriter she is often compared to Yumi Matsutoya, she has released 37 studio albums, 40 singles, 2 live albums and multiple compilations to date, and whose sales have been...

, released in November 2004.
The album contains remake versions of her compositions which came out before she created the records with Ichizo Seo, who has co-produced all of her recordings since Goodbye Girl

Goodbye Girl (Miyuki Nakajima album)

is the 16th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 1988.The album includes "Namida", her own rendition of a song Nakajima originally wrote for Kiyoshi Maekawa...

and its lead single "Namida" in 1988.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima

Miyuki Nakajima

is a Japanese vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, composer and radio personality. As a principal Japanese female veteran singer-songwriter she is often compared to Yumi Matsutoya, she has released 37 studio albums, 40 singles, 2 live albums and multiple compilations to date, and whose sales have been...

, arranged by Ichizo Seo

1. "" (Original version appeared on 1975 album Watashi no Koe ga Kikoemasuka
   Watashi no Koe ga Kikoemasuka
   is the first studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in April 1976.　The album features another renditions of her most early singles, "Azami Jo no Lullaby" and "Time Goes Around". -Track listing:...
   
   
2. "" (Original version released as a single in 1977, and also featured on 1978 album Aishiteiru to Ittekure)
3. "" (Original version appeared on 1978 album Aishiteiru to Ittekure
   Aishiteiru to Ittekure
   is the fourth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in April 1978.Five months before the album came out, she topped on the Oricon singles chart with a song "The Parting Song ", which was released as her fifth single in September 1977. The album features her commercial...
   
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4. "" (Original version appeared on 1979 album Shin-ai Naru Mono e)
5. "" (Initially recorded by Tokiko Kato
   Tokiko Kato
   , is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, and actress. She graduated from the University of Tokyo, and worked as a visiting professor at Josai International University.- Filmography :# Izakaya Chōji .... Shigeko...
   
   , Nakajima's version appeared on 1979 album Okaerinasai
   Okaerinasai
   is the sixth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 1979.The album contains the cover versions of the songs Nakajima composed for other singers, including five top-40 hit singles—"Abayo" sung by Naoko Ken , "Shiawase Shibai" and "Oikakete Yokohama"...
   
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6. "" (Original version appeared on 1981 album Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
   Month of Parturition
   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 .Month of Parturition topped the Japanese albums chart for...
   
   )
7. "" (Original version appeared on 1982 album Kansuigyo
   Kansuigyo
   is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1982. The term ”Kansuigyo" ,which means opposite of , is Nakajima's neologism....
   
   )
8. "" (Original version appeared on 1982 album Kansuigyo)
9. "" (Original version released as a single in 1982)
10. "" (Original version appeared on 1983 album Hunch (Yokan)
    Hunch (album)
    is the tenth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1983.In addition to the songwriting and produce for the entire album, she also participated in arrangement for the first time, except five songs which were arranged by Takayuki Inoue and featured in the...
    
    )
11. "" (Original version appeared on 1984 album How Do You Do(Hajimemashite)
    How Do You Do (album)
    is the 11th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 1984.-Track listing:All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.#"" – 5:27#"" – 3:03#"" [album version] - 5:03#"" – 4:41#"" – 4:38#"" - 5:15#"" – 4:18...
    
    )
12. "" (Original version appeared on flip side of a 1986 single "Mikaeri Bijin")
13. "" (Original version appeared on 1988 album Nakajima Miyuki
    Miyuki Nakajima (album)
    is the eponymous album by the Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 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,...
    
    )

Personnel

• Miyuki Nakajima - Lead and harmony vocals
• Vinnie Colaiuta
  Vinnie Colaiuta
  Vincent Colaiuta is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Republic, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14...
  
   - Drums
• Neil Stubenhaus
  Neil Stubenhaus
  Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist.-Career:He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975...
  
   - Electric bass
• Michael Thompson - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Masayoshi Furukawa - Electric guitar
• Jon Gilutin - Acoustic piano, electric piano
  Electric piano
  An electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented...
  
  , hammond organ
  Hammond organ
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  , keyboards, hammond organ
  Hammond organ
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• Ichizo Seo - Keyboards
• Elton Nagata - Keyboards
• Keishi Urata - Synth programming, drum loop, percussion programming
• Tomō Satō - Synth programming, acoustic guitar, drum loop, percussion programming
• Suzie Katayama - Strings conductor
  Conducting
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• Sid Page
  Sid Page
  Sid Page is an American based violin player who has been playing since the late 1960s. He became a member of Dan Hicks & The Hotlicks replacing violinist David LaFlamme...
  
   - Violin
  Violin
  The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
  
   (Concertmaster
  Concertmaster
  The concertmaster/mistress is the spalla or leader, of the first violin section of an orchestra. In the UK, the term commonly used is leader...
  
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• Joel Derouin - Violin (Concertmaster)
• Eve Butler - Violin
• Darius Campo - Violin
• Susan Chatman - Violin
• Mario De Leon - Violin
• Bruce Dukov - Violin
• Alyssa Park - Violin
• Armen Garabedian - Violin
• Benj Garabedian - Violin
• Cameron Patrlck - Violin
• Michele Richards - Violin
• Charlie Bisharat
  Charlie Bisharat
  Charlie Bisharat is a Grammy-winning violinistwho has extensively toured and/or recorded with numerous artists. He was a member of Shadowfax who won a Grammy in 1988 for Best New Age Performance for Folksongs for a Nuclear Village...
  
  - Violin
• Peter Kent - Violin
• Ruth Bruegger-Johnson - Violin
• Bob Peterson - Violin
• Josefina Vergara - Violin
• Mark Robertson - Violin
• Miwako Watanabe - Violin
• John Wittenberg - Violin
• Larry Corbett - Cello
• Dan Smith - Cello
• Stefanie Fife - Cello
• Steve Richards - Cello
• Rudy Stein - Cello
• Bob Becker - Viola
• Darrin McCann - Viola
• Fumikazu Miyashita- Vocals
• Kazuyo Sugimoto - Harmony vocals
• Julia Waters - Backing vocals
• Maxine Waters - Backing vocals
• Oren Waters - Backing vocals
• Carmen Twillie - Backing vocals
• Maxi Anderson - Backing vocals

Chart positions

Year	Album	Chart	Position	Weeks	Sales
2004	Ima no Kimochi	Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 300)	8	12	76,000+

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number
Japan	November 17, 2004	Yamaha Music Communications	CD	YCCW-10010
	December 3, 2008			YCCW-10084