Released March 5, 1981 | Length 45:29 | |
Recorded Epicurus Studio, Hitokuchizaka Studio, Media Studio | ||
Month of Parturition (臨月, Ringetsu) is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1981.
Contents
The album features "Hitori Jouzu", a song released as a lead single in October 1980 and became her second top-ten hit on the Japanese Oricon (since her 1977 chart-topper "The Parting Song").
Month of Parturition topped the Japanese albums chart for two weeks, and marked the number-six on the country's year-end chart of 1981. Also in December 1981, the album received honor of winning the 23rd Japan Record Awards for "Album Best 10", a category acclaimed the ten most magnificent long-playing records.
Along with a follow-up Kansuigyo released in the following year, Month of Parturition has been one of her best-selling non-compilation albums to date, selling over 590,000 copies.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.
Side one
- "Ashita Tenki ni Nare (あした天気になれ)" – 3:19
- "Anata ga Umi wo Miteiru Uchi ni (あなたが海を見ているうちに)" – 5:42
- "Self Portrait in Two Mirrors (あわせ鏡, Awase Kagami)" – 5:13
- "Hitori Jouzu (ひとり上手( lit., Having Been Accustomed to Solitude))" – 4:12
- "Snow (雪, Yuki)" – 4:55
Side two
- "Bus Dōri (バス通り, Basu Dōri)" – 4:18
- "Friendship (友情, Yūjou)" – 6:56
- "Seijin Sedai (成人世代)" – 4:06
- "Yakyoku (夜曲)" – 6:48