is the eponymous album by the Japanese singer-songwriter 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 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, aired circa 1995. The latter was co-written by Yoshihiro Kai, a frontman of the Kai Band.

Side one

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

Joe Hisaishi

, known professionally as , is a composer and director known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981.While possessing a stylistically distinct sound, Hisaishi's music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres, including minimalist, experimental electronic,...

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1. "" – 6:31
2. "" – 4:14
3. "" – 4:29
4. "" – 4:11
5. "" – 5:00

Side two

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

1. "" – 7:31
2. "" (Nakajima, Yoshihiro Kai) - 5:34
3. "" – 6:50
4. "" – 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
  Electric guitar
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  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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• Joe Hisaishi
  Joe Hisaishi
  , known professionally as , is a composer and director known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981.While possessing a stylistically distinct sound, Hisaishi's music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres, including minimalist, experimental electronic,...
  
   - synthesizer
• Yasuharu Nakanishi - piano
• Katsuhiko Kamizuna - hammond organ
  Hammond organ
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• Jake H Conception - saxophone
  Saxophone
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• Jun Aoyama - drums
  Drum kit
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• Motoya Hamaguchi - percussion
• Kazuyo Sugimoto - backing vocals
• Yuiko Tsubokura - backing vocals
• Eve - backing vovals
• 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
  Hammered dulcimer
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• Takashi Asahi - quena
  Quena
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• Aska Kaneko Group - strings
• Yūichi Tomaru - computer programming
• Yukari Hashimoto
  Yukari Hashimoto
  is a Japanese female composer and arranger.Collaboration with Yukari Tamura include arranging some tracks on the album Gin no Senritsu, Kioku no Mizuoto.. She composed and arranged the music for the song "Cutie ♥ Cutie" on Yukari Tamura's single Spiritual Garden and the track Princess Rose...
  
   - 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
  Ted Jensen
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   (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
  Genichi Kawakami
  was the president of the Yamaha Corporation from 1950 to 1977, and again from 1980 to 1983. He is often credited with the international success of Yamaha and was also widely influential as a community music educator....
  
  

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position	Weeks	Sales
1988	Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100)	3	10	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