''Stock'' is the twelfth studio album by Japanese singer
Akina Nakamori
is a Japanese Singing, singer and Actor, actress. She is one of the most popular and List of best-selling music artists in Japan, best-selling music artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of the tal ...
, released on March 3, 1988. Unlike her previous albums, it has a
rock
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influence, much like Nakamori's idol,
Momoe Yamaguchi
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's latter albums. The main music producer is Kenji Kitajima from the rock band Fence of Defense.
Background
In January 1988, inside the single "Al-Mauj" was included an inquiry letter with information about the prototype title of the upcoming studio album, ''Fire Water'', with "Fire Starter" being a candidate for the single release. However, the title was changed to ''Stock'' and "Fire Starter" remained as an album track.
Like the previous studio albums, this does not include any promotional singles, and ten completely new songs were recorded. However, the production of songs had started three years before; these were planned to be released as singles.
Music production consisted of pop-rock-oriented musicians Kenji Kitajima from Fence of Defense,
Ryo Aska from Chage and Aska,
Tsugutoshi Gotō, Satoshi Nakamura,
Yūko Asano
is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best actress at the 19th Japan Academy Prize for '' Kura''.
Her biggest hit was "Sexy Bus Stop" released in 1976. It reached the No. 12 position on the Oricon chart list.
Filmography
Fi ...
,
Kisaburo Suzuki,
Akira Inoue and
Shinji Harada.
Stage performances
Nakamori performed "Farewell" on the Fuji TV music program ''Yoru no Hit Studio'', and "Yume no Fuchi" and "Farewell" on the TV Asahi music program ''
Music Station
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'' in early 1988.
Most of the songs have been performed only once, in the live tour ''Femme Fatale'' in 1988: "Mada Juubun Janai", "Fire Starter", "Yume no Fuchi", "Nightmare Akumu" and "Crystal Heaven".
Chart performance
The album debuted at number 2 on the
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Weekly Album Chart and charted for 16 weeks, selling 395,000 copies. It remained at number 14 on the 1988 Yearly Album Chart.
Track listing
Notes:
*All English titles are stylised in all uppercase.
Release history
Notes:
*2006 re-release includes 24-bit digitally remastered sound source
*2012 and 2014 re-release includes subtitles in the tracks "2012 remaster"
*2023 re-release includes lacquer remaster which includes subtitles in the tracks "2023 lacquer remaster" along with original karaoke version of the tracks
References
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1988 albums
1980s Japanese-language albums
Akina Nakamori albums
Warner Music Japan albums