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East Asia
East Asia cover
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released October 7, 1992
Recorded Burnish Stone, Z'd, Sound Valley, ARC Garret, Sound Inn, Vincent, Jive, Epicurus & Westside Studio(Tokyo)
Capitol Studio(Los Angeles)
Genre Folk rock
Length 53:05
Label Pony Canyon/AARD-VARK
Producer Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Utadeshika Ienai
(1991)		 East Asia
(1992)		 Jidai: Time Goes Around
(1993)

East Asia is the 20th studio album recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 1992.

The album features "Shallow Sleep (Asai Nemuri)", a huge hit single released in July 1992. Nakajima wrote the song as a theme for Shin'ai Naru Mono e, a television drama that she also made guest appearance and played acting as a doctor. It peaked at #2 on the Japan's Oricon chart in summer of 1992, and became her first single that has sold more than a million copies.

Prior to the release of the album, "Two Boats" and "Haginohara" were already performed on Yakai, the experimental theatres which she had annually performed since 1989.

"Tapestry (Ito)" is a song Nakajima originally wrote for Zenji Nakayama, a later leader of Tenrikyo who got married at that time. In 1998, it was featured pn the drama Seija no Koushin and also released as a double A-Side single with "Another Name for Life". The song has become well-known through a cover version recorded by the Bank Band, a project which Kazutoshi Sakurai and Takeshi Kobayashi launched for the purpose of charity. Their interpretation featuring Sakurai's vocals was included on their 2004 Soushi Souai album.

In December 1992, East Asia won the 34th Japan Record Awards for 10 Excellent Albums, the prizes conferred for ten magnificent studio albums released in that year.[1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo (except "East Asia" co-arranged by David Campbell)

  1. "East Asia" - 6:48
  2. "Yabai Koi (やばい恋?)" - 4:39
  3. "Shallow Sleep (浅い眠り Asai Nemuri?)" - 5:21
  4. "Haginohara (萩野原?)" - 6:35
  5. "Remember (誕生 Tanjou?)" - 6:49
  6. "Koko ja nai Dokoka e (此処じゃない何処かへ?)" - 4:49
  7. "Imouto ja Arumaishi (妹じゃあるまいし?)" - 4:39
  8. "Two Boats (二隻の舟 Nisou no Fune?)" - 8:12
  9. "Tapestry (糸 Ito?)" - 5:07

[edit] Personnel

  • Miyuki Nakajima - Lead and backing vocals
  • Hideo Yamaki - Drums
  • Eiji Shimamura - Drums
  • Jun Aoyama - Drums programming
  • Kenji Takamizu - Electric bass
  • Yasuo Tomikura - Electric bass
  • Chiharu Mikuzuki - Electric bass
  • Tsuyoshi Kon - Electric guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Takayuki Hijikata - Electric guitar
  • Shigeru Suzuki - Electric guitar
  • Chuei Yoshikawa - Acoustic guitar
  • Elton Nagata - Acoustic piano, keyboards
  • Yasuharu Nakanishi - Acoustic piano, keyboards
  • Nobuo Kurata - Acoustic piano, keyboards, synth bass
  • Nobu Saito - Percussion
  • Toshihiko Furumura - Alto sax
  • Joe's Group - Strings
  • Neko Saito Group - Strings
  • Syd Page Group - Strings
  • Keishi Urata - Computer programming
  • Nobuhiko Nakayama - Computer programming
  • Tatsuhiko Mori - Computer programming
  • Ichizo Seo - Computer programming, backing vocals
  • Yuiko Tsubokura - Backing vocals, featuring vocals on "Two Boats"
  • Kazuyo Sugimoto - Backing vocals, featuring vocals on "Two Boats"
  • Keiko Wada - Backing vocals
  • Yoko Yamauchi - Backing vocals
  • Raven Kane - Backing vocals
  • Julia Waters - Backing vocals
  • Maxine Waters - Backing vocals
  • Akiya - Backing vocals

[edit] Production

  • Recording Engineer: Tad Goto
  • Additional Engineer: Takanobu Ichikawa, Ray Blair
  • Assiatant Engineer: Yutaka Uematsu, Yoshiyuki Yokoyama, Hajime Nagai, Masataka Itoh, Takamasa Kido, Naomi Matsuo, Nobuhiko Nakayama, Tomotaka Takehara, Masashi Kudo, Shouji Sekine, Kenji Nakamura,Jim Gillens
  • Mixing Engineer: Tad Goto, Joe Chiccarelli
  • Assistant for Mixing Engineer: Tomotaka Takehara, Jamie Seyberth
  • Music Coordinater: Koji Kimura, Fumio Miyata, Tomoko Takaya, Ruriko Duer
  • Art Direction & Photographer: Jin Tamura
  • Cover Designer: Hirofumi Arai
  • Illustrator: Shigeko Kashima
  • Hair and Make-Up: Noriko Izumisawa
  • Artist Management: Kouji Suzuki
  • Assistant: Maki Nishida
  • Management Desk: Atsuko Hayashi
  • General Management: Takahiro Uno
  • Promoter: Tadayoshi Okamoto, Shoko Aoki. Narihiko Yoshida
  • A&R: Yuzo Watanabe, Koichi Suzuki
  • Assistant for the Record Producer: Tsuyoshi Ito
  • Promoter for the Recording Artist: Yoshio Kan
  • Dad: Genichi Kawakami

Mastering at Future Disc Systems in Los Angeles, by Tom Baker


[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Year Chart Position Weeks Sales Cetification
(RIAJ)
1992 Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100) 2(CDDA) 15 357,000+[2] Platinum
8 (APO-CD) 3

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Position Weeks Sales RIAJ Certification
1992 "Remember" (double A-Side with "Maybe") Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) 13 7 69,000 —
"Shallow Sleep" 2 24 1,050,000 4x Platinum
1998 "Tapestry" (double A-Side with "Another Name for Life") 12 11 159,000 Gold

[edit] Awards

Japan Record Awards
Year Title Category
1992 (34th) East Asia[1] 10 Excellent Albums

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Japan Composer's Association History of the Japan Record Awards - List of the 34th Award Winners" (in Japanese). Retrieved on 2008-12-28.
  2. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
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Miyuki Nakajima
Studio albums
Live albums
Notable compilations
Singles · Singles II · Daiginjō · Daiginmaku (Starring) · Singles 2000
Videos
A Film of Nakajima Miyuki · Yakai 1990 · Yakai Vol.3 Kan-Tan · Yakai Vol.4 Kinkanshoku · Yakai Vol.5 "Hana no Iro wa Utsuri ni keri na Itazura ni Waga Mi Yo ni Furu Nagame Seshi Ma ni" · Yakai Vol.6 "Shangri-La" · Yakai Vol.7 "2/2" · Film of Nakajima Miyuki II · Yakai Vol.8 "Tou On'na" · Yakai Vol.10 "Kaishou" · The Film of Nakajima Miyuki · Yakai no Kiseki 1989-2002 · Yakai Vol.14 "24-ji Chaku 0-ji Hatsu" · Utahime: Live in L.A." · Nakajima Miyuki Live at Sony Pictures Studios in L.A." · Utatabi: Miyuki Nakajima Concert Tour 2007
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