Ikiteite mo Ii Desu ka

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Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
Ikiteitemo Iidesuka.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 5, 1980
RecordedTake One Studio, Tokyo, Japan
GenreFolk
Length44:56
LabelAARD-VARK/Canyon
ProducerMiyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Okaerinasai
(1979)
Ikiteitemo Iidesuka
(1980)
Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)
(1981)

Ikiteitemo Iidesuka (生きていてもいいですか) is a seventh studio album by a Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in April 1980.

Track listing[]

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, except an untitled interlude composed by Tsugutoshi Goto.

Side one[]

All songs arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto, except "Sobaya" co-arranged by Miyuki Nakajima

  1. "Urami Masu (うらみ・ます)" – 7:27
  2. "Nakitai Yoru ni (泣きたい夜に)" – 4:54
  3. "Kitsune Gari no Uta (キツネ狩りの歌)" – 4:08
  4. "Sobaya (蕎麦屋)" – 5:09

Side two[]

All songs arranged by Tsugutoshi Goto, except "Ikoku" co-arranged by Miyuki Nakajima

  1. "Fune wo Dasu no Nara Kugatsu (船を出すのなら九月)" – 5:12
  2. Untitled – 1:10
  3. "Elaine (エレーン, Erēn)" – 7:44
  4. "Ikoku (異国)" – 9:12

Personnel[]

  • Miyuki Nakajima - vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Takahiko Ishikawa - acoustic guitar, flat mandolin
  • Shigeru Suzuki - electric guitar
  • Tsugutoshi Goto - electric bass
  • Makiko Tashiro - keyboards
  • Akira Nishimoto - keyboards
  • Fumihiko Kazama - accordion
  • Nobuo Yagi - harmonica
  • Shin Kazuhara - piccolo trumpet
  • Yukio Eto - flute, alto flute, bass flute
  • Minoru Muraoka - shakuhachi
  • Rien Takimoto - drums
  • Hiro Tsunoda - drums
  • Yas-Kaz Sato - Latin percussions
  • Yoshihisa Tamano - violin
  • Joe Ensemble - strings

Chart positions[]

Year Country Chart Position Sales
1980 Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)[1] 1 330,000
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 1

Release history[]

Country Date Format Label Catalog number
Japan April 5, 1980 LP Canyon Records C25A-0089
Audio cassette Pony 25P-7117
March 1, 1981 LP Canyon Records C28A-0149
May 21, 1981 Audio cassette Pony 28P-6072
September 1, 1983 CD Canyon Records D35A-0018
November 5, 1986 D32A-0230
March 21, 1989 Pony Canyon D35A-0459
May 21, 1990 PCCA-00076
April 18, 2001 Yamaha Music Communications YCCW-00010
October 1, 2008 YCCW-10059

References[]

  1. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
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