Anniversary (Akina Nakamori album)

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Anniversary
Anniversary Akina Nakamori jacket cover.jpg
Studio album by
Akina Nakamori
Released1 May 1984
Recorded1984
StudioAoi Studio
Cherry Island Studio
Compass Point Studios
Genre Idol Kayokyoku
Length44:41
Language Japanese
Label Warner Pioneer
Reprise Records
Producer Yuuzou Shimada
Akina Nakamori chronology
Best Akina Memoires
(1983)		Anniversary
(1984)		 Possibility
(1984)
Singles from Anniversary
  1. "Kita Wing"
    Released: 1 January 1984

Anniversary is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on 1 May 1984 under the Warner Pioneer label. It was released on her second debut anniversary. The album includes the hit singles "Kita Wing" and first song written by Akina herself, Yume wo Misasete.

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Background

Anniversary is the first studio album released in 1984.

The music production team consist of a long-term collaborators from Nakamori's debut times, such as a Mitsuo Hagita, siblings Etsuko and Takao Kisugi, Amii Ozaki, Kōji Tamaki (a future member of Anzen Chitai), Yoshiko Miura and Haruomi Hosono. [1] [2]

Unlike previous album New Akina Etranger, which had heavy influence of later's Momoe Yamaguchi music production team and European-oriented album style, Anniversary has more summer and tropical style according to interview from the magazine The Television. [3]

Promotion

Single

"Kita Wing" was released on 1 January 1984, her first single in 1984. The single debuted at number two on the Oricon Single Weekly Chart and became the ninth best-selling single of 1984. In The Best Ten ranking, it debuted at number one and stayed at number 11 in the yearly chart. [4]

It received three rewards: special composition award in the 4th Japan Composition Award, Best Hit Award in the 13th FNS Music Festival and Best Singing Award in the 26th Japan Record Awards . [5]

On 15 December 1984, "Kita Wing" was released as a special edition Kita Wing/Refrain.

Stage performances

In the TBS television program The Best Ten , she performed Kita Wing five times.

Most of the songs have been performed on the live tour Ongaku Kanshō-kai: Aitaina Aerukana, such as "Easy", "Asylum", "Shut Out", "100 Celsius Vacation", "Natsu Basama", "Yume wo Misasete" and "Melancholy Fiesta".

"Kita Wing" was performed in Bitter and Sweet in 1985, Akina Index: The 8th Anniversary in 1989, Akina Yume Special Live in 1991, Symphonic Concert in 1998 and AKINA NAKAMORI A-1 tour in 2004.

"Mabushii Futari" was performed in the Akina's first dinner show Xmas An evening with Miss Akina Nakamori in 1996.

"Asylum" was performed in the Akina Yume Special Live in 1991 and in the special cover live Empress at CLUB EX in 2005.

Chart performance

The album reached number one on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart for three consecutive weeks, charted 21 weeks and selling over 483,400 copies. The album was ranked at number 13 on the Oricon Album Yearly Chart in 1984. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Asylum" Yoshiko Miura Kōji Tamaki Ichizou Seo4:03
2."Mabushii Futari de"Etsuko KisugiTakao KisugiKei Wakakusa5:01
3."Easy" Amii Ozaki OzakiSeo4:07
4."Yume wo Misasete" Akina Nakamori J. SmithWakakusa4:33
5."Kita Wing" Chinfa Kan Tetsuji Hayashi Hayashi4:39
6."100°C Vacance" Masao Urino Haruomi Hosono Seo4:25
7."Natsu Hazama"E. KisugiT. KisugiSeo4:47
8."Melancholy Fiesta"E. KisugiJuichi SaseMitsuo Hagita3:31
9."Ballerina"OzakiOzakiWakakusa3:43
10."Shut Out"Masako ArikawaWataru KuniyasuWakakusa4:12
2022 remaster reissue
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Namida no Katachi no Earring"KanHayashiHayashi4:28

Covers

Kita Wing

Mabushii Futari de

Japanese singer-songwriter, Takao Kisugi covered the song in his solo album Labyrinth in 1984. [7]

Release history

YearFormat(s)Serial numberLabel(s)Ref.
1984LP, CT, CDL-12591, LKF-8091, 35XL-40 Warner Pioneer [8]
1985CD32XL-73 Warner Pioneer [9]
1991CDWPCL-415 Warner Pioneer [10]
1996CDWPC6-8186 Warner Pioneer [11]
2006CD, digital downloadWPCL-10281 Warner Pioneer [12]
2012Super Audio CD, CD hybridWPCL-11139 Warner Pioneer [13]
2014CDWPCL-11726 Warner Pioneer [14]
2018LPWPJL-10088 Warner Pioneer [15]
20222CDWPCL-13438/9 Warner Pioneer [16]

Notes:

See also

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