# Miyuki Nakajima (album)

Miyuki Nakajima (中島みゆき, Nakajima Miyuki) is the eponymous album by the Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1988.
Her 15th studio album features two songs released as a single, "Gokigen Ikaga" and "Kamen". The former was used in the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications' TV ad starring by Nakajima, aired c. 1995. The latter was co-written by Yoshihiro Kai, a frontman of the Kai Band.

## Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, unless otherwise noted.

### Side one

All songs arranged by Kazuo Shiina (except "Doro wa Furishikiru" arranged by Joe Hisaishi)
* "Wangan 24-Ji (湾岸24時)" – 6:31
* "Gokigen Ikaga (御機嫌如何)" – 4:14
* "High Summer Waves (土用波, Doyounami)" – 4:29
* "Doro wa Furishikiru (泥は降りしきる)" – 4:11
* "Musician (ミュージシャン, Myūjishan)" – 5:00

### Side two

All songs arranged by Kazuo Shiina (except "Cleansing Cream" arranged by Joe Hisaishi)
* "Kiiroi Inu (黄色い犬)" – 7:31
* "Kamen (仮面)" (Nakajima, Yoshihiro Kai) - 5:34
* "Cleansing Cream (クレンジング クリーム, Kurenjingu kurīmu)" – 6:50
* "Rolling (ローリング, Rōringu)" – 4:35

## Personnel

* Kōki Itō - bass guitar
* Hitoshi Watanabe - bass guitar
* Chūei Yoshikawa - acoustic guitar
* Kenji Kitajima - electric guitar
* Hideo Saito - electric guitar
* Takayuki Hijikata - electric guitar
* Kazuo Shiina - electric guitar, synthesizer
* Joe Hisaishi - synthesizer
* Yasuharu Nakanishi - piano
* Katsuhiko Kamizuna - hammond organ
* Jake H Conception - saxophone
* Jun Aoyama - drums
* Motoya Hamaguchi - percussion
* Kazuyo Sugimoto - backing vocals
* Yuiko Tsubokura - backing vocals
* Eve - backing vocals
* Kazuhito Murata - backing vocals
* Keisuke Yamamoto - backing vocals
* Joey McCoy - backing vocals
* Michael Wilson - backing vocals
* Miyuki Nakajima - lead vocal, backing vocals
* Keiji Azami - dulcimer
* Takashi Asahi - quena
* Aska Kaneko Group - strings
* Yūichi Tomaru - computer programming
* Yukari Hashimoto - computer programming

## Production

* Producer and Arranger: Kazuo Shiina
* Arranger: Joe Hisaishi (on "Doro wa Furishikiru" and "Cleansing Cream")
* Composer, Lyricist, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima (occasionally credit to "miss M" in association with Airando)
* Mixing Engineer: Larry Alexander
* Digitally mastering: Ted Jensen (at the Stering Sound, NYC)
* Engineer: Yasuo Satō, Takeshi Itō, Hiroshi "Pin" Satō, Masayoshi Ohkawa, Keishi Ikeda, Shun'ichi Yokoyama
* Assistant Engineer: Steve Boyer, Masato Tobisawa, Tōru Okitsu, Kazuyoshi Inoue, Hiroki Iijima, Tsuneharu Manda
* Photographer and Art Director: Jin Tamura
* Designer: Hirofumi Arai
* Visual Coordinator: Norio Murai, Meg Maruyama
* Music Coordinator: Takashi Kimura, Fumio Miyata
* Production Coordinator: Shizu Orishige
* Disc Promotor: Yoshio Kan, Seiki Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Yamauchi
* Artist Management: Kohji Suzuki, Mizuho "Sranky" Shirato
* General Management: Takahiro "Woody" Uno
* A&R: Yūzō Watanabe
* Special Advice: Yoshihiro Kai
* DAD: Genichi Kawakami

## Charts

| Chart (1988) | Peak position | Sales |
| Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100) | 3 | 160,000+ |

## Release history

| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
| Japan | March 16, 1988 | Pony Canyon | LP | C28A-0625 |
| Japan | March 16, 1988 | Pony Canyon | audio cassette | 28P-6783 |
| Japan | March 16, 1988 | Pony Canyon | CD | D32A-0351 |
| Japan | March 21, 1989 | Pony Canyon | CD | D35A-0467 |
| Japan | May 21, 1990 | Pony Canyon | CD | PCCA-00084 |
| Japan | November 21, 2001 | Yamaha Music Communications | CD | YCCW-00018 |
| Japan | November 5, 2008 | Yamaha Music Communications | CD | YCCW-10067 |