Groovin' Blue (Miho Nakayama album)
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| Released | June 21, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Studio | Hitokuchizaka Studio | |||
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| Length | 61:39 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | King Records | |||
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Groovin' Blue (グルービン・ブルー, Gurūbin Burū) is the 19th studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on June 21, 1997, it features the single "March Color". It is the first album to have all songs written by Nakayama.[1][2][3]
The album peaked at No. 28 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 22,000 copies.[4][5]
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics are written by Miho Nakayama, except where indicated
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Sympathy" | Chika Ueda | Satoshi Takebe | 3:59 | |
| 2. | "Angel Soul" | Shinya Naitō | Naitō | 5:18 | |
| 3. | "Chīsana Taiyō (Carrot Red)" ((小さな太陽 -CARROT RED, "Little Sun (Carrot Red)")) | Naitō | Naitō | 4:34 | |
| 4. | "Yeah!" | Naitō | Naitō | 3:34 | |
| 5. | "Precious Love" |
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| Shigeo Miyata | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Shining for You" | Ueda | Naitō | 3:56 | |
| 7. | "Uso wa Yameta (Disappointed Love)" ((嘘はやめた〜Disappointed Love, "I Stopped Lying ~ Disappointed Love")) | Ueda | Yoshinobu Takeshita | 6:39 | |
| 8. | "March Color" (Māchi Karā (マーチカラー)) |
| Yūko Ōtaki | Naitō | 3:52 |
| 9. | "Fuwaraidō (What I Do)" ((付和雷同 -WHAT↑I↓DO-, "Following Blindly -What I Do-")) | Miyata | Miyata | 5:12 | |
| 10. | "Tsuki no Ring" (Tsuki no Ringu (月のリング, "Moon Ring")) | M. Rie | Naitō | 5:10 | |
| 11. | "Yasashii Hito" ((優しい人, "A Kind Person")) | Hitomi Taniwaki | Satoru Shionoya | 4:04 | |
| 12. | "Ruby in Glass" | Ōtaki |
| 5:04 | |
| 13. | "The Eternities" | Keisuke Araki | Miyata | 6:27 | |
| Total length: | 61:39 | ||||
Personnel[edit]
- Miho Nakayama – vocals
- Satoshi Takebe – keyboards (1, 12)
- Makoto Kuriya – keyboards (8)
- Keisuke Araki – keyboards (13)
- Tetsuo Ōtake – synthesizer programming (1, 12)
- Shinya Naitō – synthesizer programming (2–4, 6, 10–11), backing vocals (2–4)
- Shigeo Miyata – synthesizer programming (5, 9, 13)
- Kenji Miyamoto – synthesizer programming (5, 9, 13)
- Yoshinobu Takeshita – synthesizer programming (7–8)
- Satoru Shionoya – piano (11)
- Yoshiyuki Asano – guitar (2)
- Masayoshi Furukawa – guitar (4–6, 13), sitar (5)
- Kazuya Takayama – guitar (7–8)
- Jun Kajiwara – guitar (10)
- Yoshiyuki Sahashi – guitar (11)
- Yūji Toriyama – guitar (12)
- Kenji Takamizu – bass (11)
- Gen Ōgimi – percussion (2)
- Joe Katō Group – strings (1)
- Shirō Sasaki – trumpet (2, 4)
- Masanori Suzuki – trumpet (2, 4)
- Yōichirō Mizue – trumpet (12)
- Mitsukuni Kohata – trumpet (12)
- Hideaki Nakaji – trombone (2, 4)
- Hajime Yamamoto – saxophone (3), flute (3)
- Yoshinari Takegami – saxophone (7, 12)
- Akira Fujiyama – flute (11)
- Masaharu Ishibashi – flute (11)
- Masatsugu Shinozaki Group – strings (11)
- Junko Hirotani – backing vocals (2–3, 6–7)
- Seishirō Kusunose – backing vocals (5)
- Yūko Ōtaki – backing vocals (8, 12)
- Toshinori Yonekura – backing vocals (9)
Charts[edit]
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] | 28 |
References[edit]
- ^ "中山美穂". Idol.ne.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ "中山美穂 / グルーヴィン・ブルー [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ "Groovin' Blue | 中山美穂". Mora. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ a b "Groovin' Blue | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ "中山美穂". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Groovin' Blue at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- Groovin' Blue at Discogs
