New Akina Etranger

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New Akina Etranger
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Studio album by
Akina Nakamori
ReleasedAugust 10, 1983
Recorded1983
Genre Idol Kayokyoku
Length41:06
Language Japanese
Label Warner Pioneer
Producer Yuuzou Shimada
Akina Nakamori chronology
Fantasy (Gensoukyoku)
(1983)		New Akina Etranger
(1983)		 Best Akina Memoires
(1983)

New Akina Etranger is the fourth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on August 10, 1983 under the Warner Pioneer label. It was Nakamori's first album to receive an award for The Album of the Year in the 25th Japan Record Awards. [1]

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Background

New Akina Etranger is the second studio album released in 1983, five months after the release of the album Fantasy.

The music production team consists of collaborators who produced music for the former idol singer, Momoe Yamaguchi, such as Mitsuo Hagita, Shinji Tanimura and Yoko Aki along with previous collaborators such as Takao and Etsuko Kisugi, Masao Urino and Haruomi Hosono. [2] [3]

It's Nakamori's first album which doesn't include any single tracks. All 10 tracks are newly recorded album tracks. [4]

Promotion

Drama theme song

Sukoshi Dake no Scandal was promoted as the theme song to the japanese television drama Ruriiro Generation, which was broadcast on Nippon TV. [5]

Music Home Video

On December 12, 1983, the music home video New Akina Etranger in Europe was released. It's Nakamori's first video release to be published. The music videoclips were filmed in various places of Europe, such as Paris, Geneva and Rome. [6] Aside of the album tracks, it also includes a filmed recording of the single Kinku, which wasn't released in the original album but instead to the first compilation album Best Akina Memorial. [7]

Stage performances

Nakamori performed most of the songs from the album at her Rainbow Shower live tour in 1983, such as Sayonara ne, Sukoshi dake Scandal, Stripe, Wakurabairo no Love Song and Toki ni wa Ennui.

She performed Venus Tanjou at her first dinner show Dinner Show 1996: An evening with Miss Akina Nakamori.

Chart performance

The album reached number one on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart for two consecutive weeks, charted 16 weeks and sold over 482,100 copies. The album was ranked at number 10 on the Oricon Album Yearly Chart in 1983. [8] In December 1983 it was nominated in 25th Japan Record Awards and won the title The Album of the Year. [9]

Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Mitsuo Hagita, except "Mon Amour (Glass ni Hanbun no Tasogare)" by Haruomi Hosono.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Sayonara ne"Etsuko KisugiTakao Kisugi4:26
2."Venus Tanjou" Yoko Aki Kazuo Saitsu4:49
3."Sukoshi Dake Scandal"ShoSho3:40
4."Kanshou Kiko" Shinji Tanimura Tanimura4:11
5."Renaissance: Yasashisa de Kaete" Masao Urino Haruomi Hosono 3:27
6."Mon Amour (Glass ni Hanbun no Tasogare)"UrinoHosono4:11
7."Stripe"E. KisugiT. Kisugi4:37
8."Wakurabairo no Love Song"TakuTaku4:47
9."Toki ni wa Ennui"AkiSaitsu3:07
10."Kakugo no Aki"TanimuraTanimura3:51

Covers

Kanshou Kikou

Release history

YearFormat(s)Serial numberLabel(s)Ref.
1983LP, CT, CD, SDL-12580, LKF-8080, 35XL-15, SDM-15010 Warner Pioneer [10]
1985CD32XL-95 Warner Pioneer [11]
1991CDWPCL-413 Warner Pioneer [12]
1996CDWPC6-8185 Warner Pioneer [13]
2006CD, digital downloadWPCL-10279 Warner Pioneer [14]
2012Super Audio CD, CD hybridWPCL-11137 Warner Pioneer [15]
2014CDWPCL-11725 Warner Pioneer [16]
2018LPWPJL-10086 Warner Pioneer [17]
20222CD, 2CD+BDWPCL-13416/7, WPZL-32020/2 Warner Pioneer [18]

Notes:

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