Love or Nothing
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| Love or Nothing | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 21, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | Old AIR Azabu Studio, Burnish Stone, Z'd, Sound Inn, ARC Garret, Andora Studios and A&M Recording Studios | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, Kayōkyoku | |||
| Length | 61:00 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK, Yamaha Music Communications | |||
| Producer | Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima | |||
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Love or Nothing is the 22nd studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 1994.
The album produced one of her most successful hit singles "Between the Sky and You", which reached number-one on the Japanese Oricon chart. The song was featured in Ienakiko, the movie sequel movie to a TV drama series of the same title.
The number one success of "Between the Sky and You" led to the album Love or Nothing debuting at number-one on the Oricon chart, becoming her last chart-topping non-compilation album to date. Upon its release, the album gained Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of over 400,000 copies.
Track listing
[edit]All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizō Seo (except "Between the Sky and You", "Tenbin Bakari" and "Don't Fall Asleep" co-arranged by David Campbell).
- "Between the Sky and You (空と君のあいだに, Sora to Kimi no Aida ni)" – 5:00
- "Mou Sanbashi ni Akari wa Tomoranai (もう桟橋に灯りは点らない)" – 5:40
- "Rosemary Future (バラ色の未来, Bara Iro no Mirai)" – 5:21
- "Himawari -Sunward- (ひまわり"Sunward")" – 5:23
- "Antenna no Machi (アンテナの街)" – 5:23
- "Tenbin Bakari (てんびん秤)" – 4:51
- "Ryuusei (流星)" – 6:08
- "Yume Dattandane (夢だったんだね)" – 5:43
- "Kaze ni Naranaika (風にならないか)" – 4:52
- "You Never Need Me" – 8:26
- "Don't Fall Asleep (眠らないで, Nemuranaide)" – 4:12
Personnel
[edit]- Shigeru Suzuki – electric guitar
- Nozomi Furukawa – electric guitar
- Tsuyoshi Kon – Electric, Electric slide, pedal steel and dobro guitars
- Chūei Yoshikawa – Nylon guitar
- Tsugutoshi Gotō – bass guitar
- Yasuo Tomikura – bass guitar
- Akira Okazawa – bass guitar
- Nobuo Kurata – Acoustic Piano, Hammond B3 and keyboards
- Jun Aoyama – drums, marching drums
- Eiji Shimamura – drums
- Toshihiko Furumura – Tenor sax
- Bill Bergman – Tenor sax
- Don Markese – Baritone sax
- Dennis Farias – Trumpet
- Andy Martin – Trombone
- Jon Clarke – Oboe, tin whistle
- Julia Waters – Background vocals
- Maxine Waters – Background vocals
- Oren Waters – Background vocals
- EVE – Background vocals
- Monalisa Young – Background vocals
- Joseph Powell – Background vocals
- Suginami Jidou Chorus – Background vocals
- David Campbell – Strings conductor
- Joel Derouin – Strings concertmaster
- Suzie Katayama – String contractor
Production
[edit]- Producer and arranger: Ichizo Seo
- Composer, Writer, Producer and performer: Miyuki Nakajima
- Arranger:Nobuo Kurata, David Campbell
- Engineer: Tad Gotoh, Joe Chiccarelli, Kengo Katoh
- Mixer: Hiroshi Tokunaga, Tomotaka Takehara, Mike Baumagerther
- A&R: Yuzo Watanabe, Kohichi Suzuki
- Assistant: Katsuhisa Oura, Hideki Kodera, Junichi Hohrin, Yuichi Inoue, Mitsuyoshi Kishida, Koh Yamashita, Tomoaki Satoh, Atsushi Matsui, Bino Espinozza, Randy Wine
- Assistant for Producer: Tomoo Satoh
- Artist Promotor: Yoshio Kan
- Disc Promotor: Narihiko Yoshida, Shoko Sone
- Music Coordinator – Takashi Kimura, Fumio Miyata, Tomoko Takaya, Ruriko Duer, Sam Onoda
- Photographer and art director: Jin Tamura
- Designer: Hirofumi Arai
- Costume: Norio Suzuki
- Hair and make-up: Noriko Izumisawa
- Location Coordinator: Tomiki Sugimura
- Artist Management: Kohji Suzuki
- Assistant: Maki Nishida
- Management Desk: Atsuko Hayashi
- General Management: Takahiro Uno
- DAD – Genichi Kawakami
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
†: Limited edition issued on APO-CD |
Year-end charts[edit]
Certifications[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ "LOVE OR NOTHING／中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [(Highest position and charting weeks for Love or Nothing (Standard Edition) by Miyuki Nakajima)]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ^ "LOVE OR NOTHING／中島みゆき-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [(Highest position and charting weeks for Love or Nothing (APO-CD) by Miyuki Nakajima)]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ^ "1994年 アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1994] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
- ^ "Japanese album certifications – 中島みゆき – Love or Nothing" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1994年11月 on the drop-down menu
