is the eighth studio album

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 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

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 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 1981.

The album features "Hitori Jouzu", a song released as a lead single

Lead single

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 in October 1980 and became her second top-ten hit on the Japanese Oricon (since her 1977 chart-topper "The Parting Song

The Parting Song

is a song composed and performed by a Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released as her fifth single in September 1977."The Parting Song" topped Japanese Oricon chart three months after the release, pulling down Pink Lady's "Wanted " from the pinnacle.A song was also appeared on her...

").

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. Also in December 1981, the album received honor of winning the 23rd Japan Record Award

Japan Record Award

for outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association, is major music awards show held annually in Japan.- Categories :The Japan Record Award are four awards which are not restricted by genre....

s for "Album Best 10", a category acclaimed the ten most magnificent long-playing records.

Along with a follow-up 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....

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.

Side one

1. "" – 3:19
2. "" – 5:42
3. "" – 5:13
4. "" – 4:12
5. "" – 4:55

Side two

1. "" – 4:18
2. "" – 6:56
3. "" – 4:06
4. "" – 6:48

Personnel

• Miyuki Nakajima - Vocals
• Masaki Matsubara - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• 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
  Bass guitar
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• 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
  Masataka Matsutoya
  is a Japanese arranger, composer, music producer, and motor journalist. He currently resides in Setagaya, Tokyo. He is a graduate of Keio Senior High School and Keio University. Aliases include and...
  
   (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
  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....
  
  
  • Special Thanks to Gil House People
  • Mixed and Mastered at the Hitokuchizaka SIudio, Tokyo, Japan

Awards

Japan Record Awards
Year	Title	Category	Winner
1981 (23rd)	Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)	Best 10 Albums	Miyuki Nakajima

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
			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
1981	"Ashita Tenki ni Nare"	"Anzu Mura kara"		25	12	79,000