Month of Parturition

Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released	March 5, 1981
Recorded	Epicurus Studio, Hitokuchizaka Studio, Media Studio
Genre	J-pop (folk, kayokyoku)
Length	45:29
Label	Canyon/AARD-VARK
Producer	Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Singles from Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
	"Hitori Jouzu"; Released: October 21, 1980; "Ashita Tenki ni Nare"; Released: March 21, 1981;

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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 priorly released as a 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.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.

[edit] 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
"Yuki (雪^?)" – 4:55

[edit] Side two

"Bus Dōri (バス通り, Basu Dōri^?)" – 4:18
"Yūjou (友情^?)" – 6:56
"Seijin Sedai (成人世代^?)" – 4:06
"Yakyoku (夜曲^?)" – 6:48

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Awards

Year	Title	Category	Winner
Japan Record Awards
1981 (23rd)	Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)^[2]	Best 10 Albums	Miyuki Nakajima

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] 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]
1981	Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)	Japan	Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)	1	33	590,000^[3]

[edit] 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"	Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100)	25	12	79,000^[4]

[edit] References

^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - 1981 Oricon Year-end Albums" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/nenkan1981_a.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-24.
^ "Japan Composer's Association History of the Japan Record Awards - List of the 23rd Award Winners" (in Japanese). http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1981.htm Japan Composer's Association. Retrieved on 2009-05-24.
^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-24.
^ ^a ^b "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/nakajima.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.

Preceded by Thank Ai You by Masahiko Kondo	Japanese Oricon LP Chart number-one album March 23 - April 5, 1981 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by Heart and Soul by the Chanels

[LPyearend-0] "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - 1981 Oricon Year-end Albums" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/nenkan1981_a.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-24.

[23rt-1] "Japan Composer's Association History of the Japan Record Awards - List of the 23rd Award Winners" (in Japanese). http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1981.htm Japan Composer's Association. Retrieved on 2009-05-24.

[NakajimaLP-2] "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-24.

[NakajimaEP-3] "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/nakajima.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.

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Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

[edit] Side two

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

[edit] Awards

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

[edit] Singles

[edit] References

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