is the 19th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter

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, released in October 1991. The album features remix version of "Tokyo Maigo", a song released as a less successful lead single in June 1991. Gospelesque "Odayaka na Jidai" is a remake version of a song that she originally contributed for the news program '' News Station'' aired on TV Asahi in the mid 1980s. "Ta-Wa-Wa" features horn sections that played by the members of a group

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who were still not famous at that time.

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s of the songs like "Nagisa e" and "Minami Sanjou" were mostly recorded with North American

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s including Abe Laboriel,

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and Dean Parks. In addition to such musicians,

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participated in "Odayaka na Jidai" as one of the backing vocalists. Since ''Uta de shika Ienai'' album, Nakajima came to appoint those distinguished players for her recording.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by

, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except horn arrangement of "Ta-Wa-Wa" by Masahiko Kitahara, strings arrangement of "Sapporo Snowy" by Mitsuo Hagita). # "C.Q." – 7:55 # "" – 7:10 # "" lbum Mix– 5:08 # "Maybe" – 6:19 # "" – 6:10 # "" – 6:56 # "" – 5:15 # "" – 4:50 # "" – 5:40 # "" – 7:32 # "" – 6:49

Personnel

*Tsuyoshi Kon – Electric guitar, pedal-Steel Guitar, slide guitar *Shigeru Suzuki – Electric guitar *

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– Electric guitar *Chuei Yoshikawa – Acoustic Guitar, flat mandolin *

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– Acoustic Guitar *

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– Electric bass *Yasuo Tomikura – Electric bass *Chiharu Mikuzuki – Electric bass *Kenji Takamizu – Electric bass *Nobu Saito – Percussion *

– Percussion *John Robinson – Drums *Hideo Yamaki – Drums *Eiji Shimamura – Drums *Elton Nagata – Keyboards *Nobuo Kurata – Piano, keyboards, synth bass *Ryoichi Kuniyoshi – Keyboards, synth bass *Joe Group – Strings *Nobuhiko Nakayama – Computer programming *Keishi Urata – Computer programming, drum programming, synth percussion *Tatsuhiko Mori – Computer programming, drum programming *Ichizo Seo – Computer programming, drum programming, synth percussion, keyboards, piano, background vocals * Ska Para Horns **Masahiko Kitahara – Trombone, horn arrangement **Nargo (credited to Kimiyoshi Nagoya) – Trumpet **Gamou – Tenor sax *Toshihiko Furumura – Tenor sax *Yasuhiro Kido – Background vocals *Kiyoshi Hiyama – Background vocals *Yuiko Tsubokura – Background vocals *Kazuyo Sugimoto – Background vocals *Maxi Anderson – Background vocals *Clydene Jackson – Background vocals *Carmen Twillie – Background vocals *Monalisa Young – Background vocals *Varelie Kashimura – Background vocals *Joey Diggs – Background vocals *David Lasley – Background vocals *Arnold McCuller – Background vocals *Fred White – Background vocals *

Track listing

Personnel

Chart positions

Release history

References