Arigatō (Miyuki Nakajima album)

A Ri Ga To U (あ・り・が・と・う) is the third studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in June 1977. The album features "On the Platform", a song later released as B-side of her breakthrough single "The Parting Song (Wakareuta)" .

A Ri Ga To U
Studio album by
Miyuki Nakajima
ReleasedJune 25, 1977
RecordedEpicurus and the Hit Studios, Tokyo, Japan
GenreFolk
Length43:10
LabelAARD-VARK/Canyon, Yamaha Music Communications
ProducerGenichi Kawakami
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Minna Itte Shimatta
(1976)		 A Ri Ga To U
(1977)		 Aishiteiru to Ittekure
(1978)

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima.

Side one

All tracks arranged by Shun Fukui and Kinji Yoshino (except for arrangement of "Henro" by Yoshino, "Matsuribayashi" by Fukui)

  1. "Henro (遍路)" - 5:03
  2. "Mise no Na wa Life (店の名はライフ, Mise no Na wa Raifu)" - 5:47
  3. "Matsuribayashi (まつりばやし)" - 4:02
  4. "On'na Nante Mono ni (女なんてものに)" - 5:13

Side two

All tracks arranged by Shun Fukui and Kinji Yoshino (except for arrangement of "Katte ni Shiyagare" and "Toki wa Nagarete" by Yoshino, "On the Platform" by Fukui)

  1. "Asayake (朝焼け)" - 3:42
  2. "On the Platform (ホームにて, Hōmu Nite)" - 4:50
  3. "Katte ni Shiyagare (勝手にしやがれ)" - 3:02
  4. "Searchlight (サーチライト, Sāchiraito)" - 4:24
  5. "Toki wa Nagarete (時は流れて)" - 7:07

Personnel
  • Miyuki Nakajima - vocal, acoustic guitar
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto - keyboards
  • Ken Yoshida - bass guitar
  • Kiyoshi Sugimoto - guitars
  • Masao Komatsuzaki - drums
  • Shinji Hagiwara - drums
  • Naomi Kawahara - drums
  • Teruo Sato - drums
  • Masaki Nomura - drums

Production
  • Recording director; Yoshio Okushima
  • Assistant engineer; Koji Sakakibara
  • Manager; Kunio Kaneko
  • Director; Yūzō Watanabe
  • Cover designer; Natsuo Ueda
  • Photographer; Jin Tamura
  • Executive producer; Genichi Kawakami

Chart position
Year Country Chart Position Weeks Sales
1977 Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) 6 [1] 54 210,000+
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 39 [1] 3

References
  1. "- Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). December 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
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