Ima no Kimochi

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Ima no Kimochi
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Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released November 17, 2004
Recorded Cello Studios, O'Henry Sound Studios, and Epicurus
Genre Folk rock, kayōkyoku
Length66:57
Label Yamaha Music Communications
Producer Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Love Letter
(2003) Love Letter2003		Ima no Kimochi
(2004)		 Ten-Sei
(2005) Ten-Sei2005

Ima no Kimochi(いまのきもち) is the 32nd studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 2004. The album contains remake versions of her compositions which came out before she created the records with Ichizo Seo, who has co-produced all of her recordings since Goodbye Girl and its lead single "Namida" in 1988.

Japanese people ethnic group native to Japan

Japanese people are a nation and an ethnic group that is native to Japan and makes up 98.5% of the total population of the country. Worldwide, approximately 129 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 125 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live outside Japan are referred to as nikkeijin(日系人), the Japanese diaspora. The term ethnic Japanese is often used to refer to Japanese people, specifically Yamato people. Japanese are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world.

Singer-songwriter musician who writes, composes and sings

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose, and perform their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies.

Miyuki Nakajima is a Japanese singer-songwriter and radio personality. She has released 42 studio albums, 45 singles, 6 live albums and multiple compilations as of January 2019. Her sales have been estimated at more than 21 million copies.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo

  1. "Hill of Pain(あぶな坂,Abuna Zaka)" (Original version appeared on 1975 album Watashi no Koe ga Kikoemasuka
  2. "The Parting Song (わかれうた,Wakareuta)" (Original version released as a single in 1977, and also featured on 1978 album Aishiteiru to Ittekure)
  3. "Reiko(怜子)" (Original version appeared on 1978 album Aishiteiru to Ittekure )
  4. "What is Hard to Believe(信じ難いもの,Shinjigatai Mono)" (Original version appeared on 1979 album Shin-ai Naru Mono e)
  5. "If I Could Take to the Sky(この空を飛べたら,Kono Sora wo Tobetara)" (Initially recorded by Tokiko Kato, Nakajima's version appeared on 1979 album Okaerinasai )
  6. "Self Portrait in Two Mirrors(あわせ鏡,Awase Kagami)" (Original version appeared on 1981 album Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) )
  7. "Diva(歌姫,Utahime)" (Original version appeared on 1982 album Kansuigyo )
  8. "The Incline(傾斜,Keisha)" (Original version appeared on 1982 album Kansuigyo)
  9. "Unrequited Love(横恋慕,Yokorenbo)" (Original version released as a single in 1982)
  10. "Only Two of Us(この世に二人だけ,Kono Yo ni Futari dake)" (Original version appeared on 1983 album Hunch (Yokan) )
  11. "Nice to Meet You(はじめまして,Hajimemashite)" (Original version appeared on 1984 album How Do You Do(Hajimemashite) )
  12. "Wherever I am(どこにいても,Doko ni Itemo)" (Original version appeared on flip side of a 1986 single "Mikaeri Bijin")
  13. "High Summer Waves(土用波,Doyounami)" (Original version appeared on 1988 album Nakajima Miyuki)

Personnel

Vinnie Colaiuta American drummer

Vincent Peter Colaiuta is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1996, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2014.

Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist.

Electric piano musical instrument used by many of the great musicians such as Ray Charles

An electric piano is an electric musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of the piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations which are converted into electrical signals by magnetic pickups, which are then connected to an instrument amplifier and loudspeaker to make a sound loud enough for the performer and audience to hear. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument. Instead, it is an electro-mechanical instrument. Some early electric pianos used lengths of wire to produce the tone, like a traditional piano. Smaller electric pianos used short slivers of steel to produce the tone. The earliest electric pianos were invented in the late 1920s; the 1929 Neo-Bechstein electric grand piano was among the first. Probably the earliest stringless model was Lloyd Loar's Vivi-Tone Clavier. A few other noteworthy producers of electric pianos include Baldwin Piano and Organ Company and the Wurlitzer Company.

Chart positions

YearAlbumChartPositionWeeksSales
2004Ima no KimochiJapanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 300)81276,000+ [1]

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog number
JapanNovember 17, 2004Yamaha Music CommunicationsCDYCCW-10010
December 3, 2008YCCW-10084

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References

  1. ↑ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 24, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
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