Ringetsu

Month of Parturition (臨月, Ringetsu) is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in March 1981.

Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
Studio album by
Miyuki Nakajima
ReleasedMarch 5, 1981
RecordedEpicurus Studio, Hitokuchizaka Studio, Media Studio
GenreJ-pop (folk, kayokyoku)
Length45:29
LabelCanyon/AARD-VARK
ProducerMiyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
(1980)		 Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
(1981)		 Kansuigyo
(1982)
Singles from Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
  1. "Hitori Jouzu"
    Released: October 21, 1980
  2. "Ashita Tenki ni Nare"
    Released: March 21, 1981

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.[1] 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
  1. "Ashita Tenki ni Nare (あした天気になれ)" – 3:19
  2. "Anata ga Umi wo Miteiru Uchi ni (あなたが海を見ているうちに)" – 5:42
  3. "Self Portrait in Two Mirrors (あわせ鏡, Awase Kagami)" – 5:13
  4. "Hitori Jouzu (ひとり上手( lit., Having Been Accustomed to Solitude))" – 4:12
  5. "Snow (雪, Yuki)" – 4:55

Side two
  1. "Bus Dōri (バス通り, Basu Dōri)" – 4:18
  2. "Friendship (友情, Yūjou)" – 6:56
  3. "Seijin Sedai (成人世代)" – 4:06
  4. "Yakyoku (夜曲)" – 6:48

Personnel
  • Miyuki Nakajima – Vocals
  • Masaki Matsubara – electric guitar
  • Takashi Ozaki – electric guitar
  • Ken Yashima – electric guitar
  • Shigeru Suzuki – electric guitar
  • Kazuo Shiina – electric guitar
  • Chuei Yoshikawa – acoustic guitar
  • Hiromi Yasuda – acoustic guitar
  • Tsugutoshi Goto – bass guitar
  • Michio Nagaoka – bass guitar
  • Kenji Takamizu – bass guitar
  • Ryoichi Akimoto – bass guitar
  • Masataka Matsutoya – keyboards
  • Haruo Togashi – keyboards
  • Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards
  • Maki Tashiro – keyboards
  • Izumi Kobayashi – keyboards
  • Nobu Saito – percussion
  • Motoya Hamaguchi – percussion
  • Yuki Sugawara – percussion
  • Nobuo Yagi – harmonica
  • Keiko Yamakawa – harp
  • Jake H Conception – saxophone
  • Eiji Shimamura – drums
  • Yuichi Tokashiki – drums
  • Tatsuo Hayashi – drums
  • Yutaka Uehara – drums

Production
  • Performer, composer, lyricist, producer: Miyuki Nakajima
  • Arranger: Katz Hoshi (Side one #1 / Side two #3), Hiromi Yasuda (Side one #2), Masataka Matsutoya (Side one No. 3 / Side two #2,4), Mitsuo Hagita (Side one #4,5 / Side two #1)
  • Recording director: Yoshio Okujima
  • Director: YūZō Watanabe
  • Mixing and mastering engineer: Katsuya Kuroda
  • Assistant engineer: Bill Takahashi
  • Photographer, art director: Jin Tamura
  • Designer: Hirofumi Arai
  • Management for the artist: Hiroshi Kojima, Kunio Kaneko
  • Executive producer: Genichi Kawakami
    • Special Thanks to Gil House People
    • Mixed and Mastered at the Hitokuchizaka SIudio, Tokyo, Japan

Awards
Japan Record Awards
Year Title Category Winner
1981 (23rd) Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)[2] Best 10 Albums Miyuki Nakajima

Chart positions

Album
Year Album Country Chart Position Weeks Sales
1981 Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) 1 48 590,000[3]
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 1 33

Singles
Year Single B-Side Chart Position Weeks Sales
1980 "Hitori Jouzu" "Kanashimi ni" Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) 6 23 444,000[4]
1981 "Ashita Tenki ni Nare" "Anzu Mura kara" 25 12 79,000[4]

References
  1. "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – 1981 Oricon Year-end Albums" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 15, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
  2. "History of the Japan Record Awards – List of the 23rd Award Winners" (in Japanese). Archived from Japan Composer's Association the original Check |url= value (help) on February 13, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
  3. "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
  4. "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Singles Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2008.
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