# Uta de Shika Ienai

Uta de Shika Ienai (歌でしか言えない) is the 19th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, 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 Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra who were still not famous at that time.
Backing tracks of the songs like "Nagisa e" and "Minami Sanjou" were mostly recorded with North American session musicians including Abe Laboriel, Paulinho da Costa and Dean Parks. In addition to such musicians, Rita Coolidge 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 Miyuki Nakajima, 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
* "Odayaka na Jidai (おだやかな時代)" – 7:10
* "Tokyo Maigo (トーキョー迷子)" [Album Mix] – 5:08
* "Maybe" – 6:19
* "Nagisa e (渚へ)" – 6:10
* "Eikyū Ketsuban (永久欠番)" – 6:56
* "Waratteyo Angel (笑ってよエンジェル)" – 5:15
* "Ta-Wa-Wa (た・わ・わ)" – 4:50
* "Sapporo Snowy (サッポロSNOWY)" – 5:40
* "Minami Sanjou (南三条)" – 7:32
* "Honō to Mizu (炎と水)" – 6:49

## Personnel

* Tsuyoshi Kon – Electric guitar, pedal-Steel Guitar, slide guitar
* Shigeru Suzuki – Electric guitar
* Paul Jackson, Jr. – Electric guitar
* Chuei Yoshikawa – Acoustic Guitar, flat mandolin
* Dean Parks – Acoustic Guitar
* Abraham Laboriel – Electric bass
* Yasuo Tomikura – Electric bass
* Chiharu Mikuzuki – Electric bass
* Kenji Takamizu – Electric bass
* Nobu Saito – Percussion
* Paulinho da Costa – 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
* Rita Coolidge – Background vocals

## Chart positions

| Year | Chart | Position | Sales | Certification (RIAJ) |
| 1991 | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100) | 4(CDDA) | 197,000+ | Platinum |
| 1991 | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100) | 47 (APO-CD) | 197,000+ | Platinum |

## Release history

| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
| Japan | October 23, 1991 | Pony Canyon | CD | PCCA-00311 |
| Japan | October 23, 1991 | Pony Canyon | APO-CD | PCCA-00315 |
| Japan | October 23, 1991 | Pony Canyon | Audio cassette | PCTA-00105 |
| Japan | May 23, 2001 | Yamaha Music Communications | CD | YCCW-00022 |
| Japan | November 5, 2008 | Yamaha Music Communications | CD | YCCW-10071 |