Love or Nothing

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Love or Nothing
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 1994
RecordedOld AIR Azabu Studio, Burnish Stone, Z'd, Sound Inn, ARC Garret, Andora Studios and A&M Recording Studios
Genre Folk rock, Kayōkyoku
Length61:00
LanguageJapanese
Label Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK, Yamaha Music Communications
Producer Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Jidai: Time Goes Around
(1993)
Love or Nothing
(1994)
10 Wings
(1995)

Love or Nothing is the 22nd studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 1994.

Contents

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

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 ).

  1. "Between the Sky and You (空と君のあいだに, Sora to Kimi no Aida ni)" – 5:00
  2. "Mou Sanbashi ni Akari wa Tomoranai (もう桟橋に灯りは点らない)" – 5:40
  3. "Rosemary Future (バラ色の未来, Bara Iro no Mirai)" – 5:21
  4. "Himawari -Sunward- (ひまわり"Sunward")" – 5:23
  5. "Antenna no Machi (アンテナの街)" – 5:23
  6. "Tenbin Bakari (てんびん秤)" – 4:51
  7. "Ryuusei (流星)" – 6:08
  8. "Yume Dattandane (夢だったんだね)" – 5:43
  9. "Kaze ni Naranaika (風にならないか)" – 4:52
  10. "You Never Need Me" – 8:26
  11. "Don't Fall Asleep (眠らないで, Nemuranaide)" – 4:12

Personnel

Production

Charts

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References

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